B. Indonesia

Abstract

In January, the minister of environment and forestry and the Danish ambassador for Indonesia conducted a meeting to discuss future outcomes for co-operation between Indonesia and Denmark involving public and private entities. Indonesia and Denmark, through the Danish International Development Agency, have pursued co-operation that focuses on the Environmental Support Program since 2015. Denmark has supported Indonesia in the areas of strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment, and environmental taxes and fines. The program has allowed Indonesia to develop instruments on strategic environmental assessment and an environmental tax and has included Act no. 32/2009 on Environmental Protection and Management. Indonesia and Denmark’s future co-operation will focus on safeguard instruments that include planning and evaluating effective programs and developing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment, and economic instruments. These instruments are to be implemented in 2018 (<http://www.menlh.go.id/pertemuan-menteri-lhk-ri-dengan-dubes-denmark/>). In March, Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Embassy of Denmark, and the Hyprowira Company conducted a focus group discussion on the use of a predictive emission monitoring system in the ministry’s office. The participants of the focus group included government officers, industrial workers, and academic communities. The focus group aimed at increasing compliance with the emission monitoring system and at informing the public on the results of a pilot project on the implementation of emission monitoring in Indonesia, which is supported by Denmark. It also informed the participants on new rules and technology related to the monitoring of emissions (<http://www.menlh.go.id/pemantauan-emisi-industri-melalui-teknologi-predictive-emission-monitoring-system-pems/>).