Launching the RESTORE+ Project in Jakarta
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IIASA together with Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), WRI Indonesia and ICRAF hosted the RESTORE+ project launch to stakeholders in Indonesia. The event puts emphasis on the synergy between RESTORE+ project activities with the formulation of Indonesia’s next National Medium‐Term Economic Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024.
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The highly attended event was held on 6 June 2017 at the JS Luwansa Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Representatives from national and provincial governments, CSOs, research institutes and international organizations were present to understand planned project activities and discuss concerns as well as potential synergies. This event targeted not only at formulating a strategy to accelerate effective forest and landscape restoration but how such an effort could contribute into sustainability planning that are embedded in mainstream national policies such as the RPJMN.
One of the key objectives of the RESTORE+ project is to support the Indonesian government through providing evidence-based policy options on restoration and on broader land use related issues. IIASA with its partners, ICRAF, WRI, and WWF will conduct research to provide data on degraded land in Indonesia, provide scenarios and trajectory of environmental impact caused by the development activities as well as to provide technical capacity for spatially explicit land use modelling. Thus, the RESTORE+ outputs will provide robust information for land use policy assessment for BAPPENAS’ Strategic Environmental Assessment (KLHS) which will be fed into the next period’s RPJMN.
The event was opened by the BAPPENAS’ Deputy Minister for Maritime and Natural Resources, Dr. Gellywnn Jusuf followed by three panel discussions. The sessions covered the topics of identification of degraded land and landscape restoration planning; lessons from implementation and restoration monitoring in Indonesia. The discussions ended with a summarizing session and recommendations on ways to go forward.
One of the key objectives of the RESTORE+ project is to support the Indonesian government through providing evidence-based policy options on restoration and on broader land use related issues. IIASA with its partners, ICRAF, WRI, and WWF will conduct research to provide data on degraded land in Indonesia, provide scenarios and trajectory of environmental impact caused by the development activities as well as to provide technical capacity for spatially explicit land use modelling. Thus, the RESTORE+ outputs will provide robust information for land use policy assessment for BAPPENAS’ Strategic Environmental Assessment (KLHS) which will be fed into the next period’s RPJMN.
The event was opened by the BAPPENAS’ Deputy Minister for Maritime and Natural Resources, Dr. Gellywnn Jusuf followed by three panel discussions. The sessions covered the topics of identification of degraded land and landscape restoration planning; lessons from implementation and restoration monitoring in Indonesia. The discussions ended with a summarizing session and recommendations on ways to go forward.
