In accordance with the set deadline (Sep 23), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Professor Siti Nurbaya has confirmed that President Joko Widodo has approved the submission of Indonesia’s enhanced NDC to the UNFCCC Secretariat by increasing the country's emissions reduction targets.

The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry is continuing to make consistent and substantial efforts to ensure that forest carbon governance remains on a legal track following the issuance of the landmark presidential regulation on the country's economic value of carbon, which was signed by President Joko Widodo in October last year.