Indonesia Country Lessons:Transparency, Participation and Innovation in

Natural Resources Governance

T. Nirarta Samadhi, 5th Deputy Head of UKP-PPPASEAN Forum on Natural Resources Governance

Jakarta, 17 April 2013

Almost 50% of the 191 million acres of our land is reserved for mining, forestry and plantation

in thousands of acresSource: Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, 2012

Oil Palm Plantation, 9,271

Other Land Used, +/- 53,000

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Improvement of forestry sector governance implemented throughPresidential Instruction 10/2011

Minister Kuntoro Mangkusubroto: Presidential Instruction 10/2011 is not just about the decreasing or increasing of the

number of the (license) moratorium area, more importantly it is about proposing better governance on forest (and peatland)

management, more inclusive and transparent …

• Indonesia government to disclose taxes, royalties and fees received from the oil, gas and mining sector.

• Indonesia government will explore innovative approaches to increase the comprehensiveness of EITI reporting and public understanding of revenues

• Indonesia government formalize it’s commitment to implement EITI through the President Regulation No 26/2010

• The first EITI report covering 2009 is expected to be published in 2013

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Internationally, Indonesia admitted as a candidate country within EITI

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First time in history – public access for digital map of primary forest and peatlands ...

• Indicative Moratorium Map (IMM) updated in every 6-months.• Postponed new licenses on 64,7 million acres of forest and peatlands.• Shared publicly through websites, downloadable in shapefile, hence open for scrutiny, input

and proposal of revision.

http://appgis.dephut.go.id/appgis/petamoratorium_rev3.html

Transparency

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IMM is accessible for everyone …

Downloadable shapefile of Indicative Map of Moratorium (IMM) from Ministry of Forestry, UKP4 and REDD+ Taskforce websites.

Transparency

• Income in Oil and Gas sector

• Oil and Gas Monthly production

• Investment in Oil and Gas sector

• Oil and Gas Sector Statistic

http://www.skspmigas-esdm.go.id/en/

Disclosure of oil and gas resources managementTransparency

An internet community of GIS proposed a correction (1/2)

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Participation

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An internet community of GIS proposed a correction (2/2) Participation

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An international NGO conducted a groundchecking mission to verify the map Participation

http://lpp.dephut.go.id/home

Online forest licensing information system, degraded forest land on Ministry of Forestry website … and more

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http://www.kph.dephut.go.id/index.php

Innovation

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Ministry of Forestry’s web-based forest mapping(forest cover, licenses, critical land)

http://appgis.dephut.go.id/appgis/

Innovation

Tracking system is running online

± 80 Companies Monitored

http://puhh.dephut.net/pls/hph/home_default#

Ministry of Forestry’s web-based forest mapping(forest cover, licenses, critical land) Innovation

Open Government:Game changer in natural resources governance in Indonesia

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innovationparticipation

transparency

(methodology and approach)

(collaborative action)

(information sharing)

geospatial computerized analysis

real-time IT-based public grievance

Portal of

licensing

system and

information

integrated

database

‘live’ data for public scrutiny

shared spatial data

infrastructure and geoportal

moratorium watch

participator

y mapping

public verification

Indonesia Country Lessons:Transparency, Participation and Innovation in

Natural Resources Governance

T. Nirarta Samadhi, 5th Deputy Head of UKP-PPPASEAN Forum on Natural Resources Governance

Jakarta, 17 April 2013