ID: 944

East Kalimantan Green Growth Program

East Kalimantan is home to some of the last remaining large, intact primary forests in Indonesia. The province contains vast mineral deposits and tropical forest that are rich in biodiversity and crucial in addressing climate change. It is home to approximately 3.43 million people, including indigenous Dayak and Kutai, as well as an estimated 10% of the world’s wild orangutan. Natural resources are immensely important to the region’s economy, but 30-year legacy of forest loss and degradation caused by unsustainable practices threatens East Kalimantan’s natural wealth and the well-being of its people. The East Kalimantan Green Growth Program leverages a jurisdictional approach to reduce deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, conserve biodiversity, and improve the lives of local communities through multistakeholder partnerships between communities, the private sector, government, universities, and civil society organizations. Through this initiative, The Nature Conservancy aims to reduce deforestation and land conversion, and protect high conservation value areas; expand science-based and tested solutions for a more sustainable logging practices, oil palm development and shrimp farming; create markets for sustainably produced commodities and leverage community enterprises to improve livelihoods; enhance village governance and natural resources management; and support government initiatives and policies that help manage forests sustainably and address climate change.

Planned actions

Protection of land/water

Management of land/water

Education or awareness-raising