The Government of Indonesia officially launched its Blue Carbon Ecosystems Roadmap and Action Guide at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Indonesia possesses 20% of the world’s mangroves, covering 3.4 million hectares. Mangroves and seagrass can sequester more carbon per unit area than most terrestrial forests, yet they remain undervalued in national climate strategies. While mangroves are already integrated into Indonesia’s Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system and national climate commitments, seagrass and salt marsh ecosystems have not yet been formally included, limiting the country’s ability to comprehensively account for all blue carbon contributions in its NDCs.
The document provides national policy directions and coordinated actions to protect, restore, and sustainably manage Indonesia’s blue carbon ecosystems–including mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Its framework links science, policy, monitoring systems, and finance to support Indonesia’s transition toward a low-carbon and climate-resilient ocean economy.
“Blue carbon ecosystems are among Indonesia’s most valuable climate assets,” said H.E. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. “Indonesia’s second Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, now explicitly include the marine and fisheries sector in its mitigation and adaptation agenda. This step marks the recognition that the ocean is not only a victim of climate change, but also a source of global solutions.”
The newly issued Presidential Regulation No. 110 of 2025 on the Carbon Economic Value (CEV) and Indonesia’s Second NDCs reinforce the country’s commitment to higher climate ambition. The regulation establishes a legal framework for carbon trading and performance-based payment mechanisms, paving the way for blue carbon ecosystems to play a stronger role in Indonesia’s carbon market and results-based finance system.
“The launch of this document demonstrates Indonesia’s leadership in linking land and ocean climate action,” said H.E. Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, Minister of Environment. “Through strengthening scientific knowledge, strategic policies, and international cooperation, Indonesia wants to ensure that blue carbon contributions can be fully integrated into the carbon economy value system and the national carbon market.”
Indonesia’s Blue Carbon Ecosystems Roadmap and Action Guide is jointly developed by Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Finance with technical support from the Global Green Growth Institute and funding from the Government of Canada. The document serves as a key reference for coordinated, high-integrity blue carbon implementation across Indonesia’s coastal and marine ecosystems. It also supports ongoing efforts to align ocean-based mitigation with Indonesia’s Forest and Land Use (FOLU) Net Sink 2030 and CEV frameworks.
