DFID 7823 Service Provider for implementing Green Economic Growth Programme (GEGP) for Papua Provinces in Indonesia

Indonesia is the world's fifth largest emitter of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and is crucial to the success of any global strategy to tackle climate change. Almost 80% of these emissions stem from deforestation and land-use change. The rate of deforestation in Papua has been historically low compared to the rest of Indonesia. It is Indonesia's easternmost province and has 40% of Indonesia's remaining tropical forest. Other provinces in Indonesia have followed a high carbon development path, driven by large scale capital intensive projects (plantations, industrial forestry and mining). To date this has not occurred to the same extent in Papua. However, there is significant and growing pressure to …

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