Redd Policy in Indonesia Reality in Grey Area

Abstract

Forestry sector has been a significant evolution in climate change regime in last decade. While international negotiators still discuss about the legally binding regulation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), Indonesia as one of country with a high rate of deforestation and have large number of tropical forests of course become the main actor in REDD regime. Indonesia policy regarding REDD is the first come to response it in international climate change law. Nowadays Indonesia have a lot of REDD project that based on voluntary approach and some of it already finish. This condition makes the legitimacy of REDD regime in Indonesia to be questioned and seemed play in grey area because there is no legally binding formulation about REDD in international area but already exist in Ministry of Forestry level. This paper will emphasize some of the main issues related to REDD in international and Indonesia context. Firstly, the background on the adoption concept of REDD in international discourse and the debate from developed and developing countries perspective about it. Secondly, trace the basic legitimacy of REDD implementation in Indonesia based on regulations and stakeholder was involve in REDD project. Lastly, the response that should be done from the clearly position of REDD in Indonesia. This response was in order to encourage the legitimation of legal instrument and legal institution that can accommodate the implementation of REDD projects in Indonesia.