Estimating losses in aboveground carbon stock from land-use and land-cover changes in Indonesia (1990, 2000, 2005)

Indonesia is one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world and more than half of the emissions come from the land use, land cover and forestry (LULUCF) sector? The Government of Indonesia has declared its commitment to unilaterally reduce emissions by 26% by 2020 and by a further 15% with international support. More than 50% of the reductionis to come from LULUCF? Reducing uncertainties in the quantification of past emissions from LUL UCF at disaggregated, sub-na tional le vels ar e ins trumen tal in establishing r eference emission le vels. Iden tific ation of dominan t sour ces and driv ers of L UL UCF a t sub-na tional le vel is necessary f or de veloping loc al s trategies t o r educe emissions ? Thr ough the Acc oun tability and Loc al Le vel Initia tiv e f or R educing Emission fr om De forestation and Degr ada tion (ALLREDDI) pr oject, tw o basic da ta r equir ed f or c alcula ting gr eenhouse g as emissions w ere produced and pr ocessed: (1) activity da ta fr om spa tially e xplicit, na tion wide, land-use and land-c ov er chang e analy sis; and (2) emission fact ors for f orests acr oss Indonesia deriv ed fr om the Na tional F orest Inven tory (NFI) da tabase and of other land-use and land-c ov er types fr om various da tabases

A.E Ekadinata, 'Estimating losses in aboveground carbon stock from land-use and land-cover changes in Indonesia (1990, 2000, 2005)', p.6, 2011