Abstract
To address deforestation, South Sumatra Goverment was committed to be the frontrunner in attaining Green Growth 2017. All economic activities related to land use must comply with the regulations. The private sector supports them with some initiatives by several certifications as their commitment toward zero deforestation (ZDC). However, from the land cover data, South Sumatra Province is one of the highest forest cover loss in Indonesia followed by increasing economic activities. This study aims to explain commitments of the public and private sectors in complying toward zero deforestation. We conducted interviews with relevant agencies and collect the data regarding interventions and initiatives. This study used compliance theory to analyze the commitments of both sectors. The results showed that the public and private sectors in South Sumatra have shown their commitment with the type of treaty-induced compliance. The compliance showed how the commitment is integrated into policies, aligned public and private governance arrangements, and a good environmental quality change by reduced deforestation rate. This showed that one of the ZDC’s objectives is at least halve the rate of loss of natural forests globally by 2020 has been implemented by both. Thus, they strive to end natural forest loss by 2030.
Highlights
IntroductionDeforestation is a major world focus because of its implications for biodiversity loss, culture, and climate change (Nobre et al, 2016)
The private sector supports them with some initiatives by several certifications as their commitment toward zero deforestation (ZDC)
The results showed that the public and private sectors in South Sumatera had shown their commitment to the type of treaty-induced compliance
Summary
Deforestation is a major world focus because of its implications for biodiversity loss, culture, and climate change (Nobre et al, 2016). Indonesia is the world's largest palm oil producer and is included in the top 10 P&P producers (Pirad et al, 2018), with a plantation area of 10 million ha (FWI, 2014). In 2005-2010, the expansion of oil palm plantations reached 1.3 million ha (Gunarso et al, 2013) and expanded, of which one third came from the conversion of primary and secondary forests. ZDC is a sustainability initiative that signals an intention to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain (Lambin et al, 2018) and fill gaps in Jurnal Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Alam dan Lingkungan 11(4): 638-652 forest governance (Prakash and Potoski, 2007). One of the NYDF's goals is to halve natural forest loss by 2020 and complete reduction by 2030 (Climate Focus, 2015)
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