Interconnected Webinar Series: Behind the Permits: Forest Concessions and Carbon Markets in Indonesia

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Join us for an engaging webinar series where we will highlight investigations into carbon market and climate finance. From the Amazon to the Congo Basin to Indonesia’s forests, we will analyze these operations while examining their impact on forests and communities.

Featuring Pulitzer Center reporting, our discussions will bring together journalists, leaders from environmental and social movements, policymakers, and affected communities. This platform is designed to foster critical conversations on some of the most pressing and emerging issues of our time.

Indonesia officially launched domestic carbon trading in 2023 and expanded it to international trading earlier this year. However, there are several concerns, such as land-grabbing, deforestation, and inadequate protections for Indigenous land rights. Further, lack of transparency in forestry licensing are hurdles to monitoring the activities of companies making it difficult to hold them accountable. 

This webinar series will be a deep dive with experts on these existing issues while navigating how regulatory processes can ensure accountability from the sector. 

Speakers

Agoeng Wijaya (Journalist, Tempo Magazine)

With over 15 years of experience in journalism, Wijaya covers political-economic issues, particularly those related to natural resources in Indonesia. He is managing editor of Tempo Magazine’s economic desk and has participated in several global collaborations on finance and taxation.

Rudi Syaf (Senior adviser, Indonesian Conservation Community Warsi, KKI Warsi)

Syaf works to protect the cultural survival of marginalized Indigenous groups in Indonesia. He combines innovative advocacy strategies with culturally grounded programmatic responses that reduce barriers to social and environmental justice.

Riko Wahyudi (Carbon governance researcher, Research Center for Climate Change Universitas Indonesia)

Wahyudi is a climate policy and carbon finance expert with over 15 years’ experience in forest governance, REDD+, and carbon markets. A key architect of Indonesia’s REDD+ framework and carbon pricing systems, he has advised national and local governments and served as Indonesia’s negotiator for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Wahyu Marjaka (director of carbon market governance, Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry)

As a senior government official, Marjaka oversees Indonesia’s carbon market mechanisms and regulatory frameworks.

Mama Ocha (Indigenous leader, Masyarakat Adat Kepulauan Aru)

An Indigenous leader from the Aru Islands in Indonesia, Mama Ocha advocates for Indigenous land rights and the protection of local communities’ cultural and environmental heritage.

Moderator

Lasti Fardilla Noor (Knowledge Management officer at the Working Group ICCAs Indonesia)
The Working Group ICCAs (Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas) Indonesia aims to promote and enhance the understanding of natural resources and environmental management practices by Indigenous people and local communities.