Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry has emphasized that strengthening human resources is key to developing a credible, transparent, and high-integrity national carbon market.
Senior advisor to the Minister of Forestry Edo Mahendra said in a statement issued in Jakarta on Monday that strengthening human resources must go hand in hand with efforts to bolster the national regulatory framework.
The effort is to ensure that forestry-sector carbon trading delivers tangible benefits for climate action, forest conservation, and local communities.
Edo said that, in Indonesia, capacity building must be carried out alongside the implementation of Presidential Regulation No 110 of 2025 on the Implementation of Carbon Economic Value Instruments and National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control, as well as Minister of Forestry Regulation No 6 of 2026 on Procedures for Carbon Trading through Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets in the Forestry Sector.
“Regulations provide the governance foundation, but market integrity is largely determined by the quality of the people implementing them. We need professionals who not only understand regulations but are also capable of managing carbon data, measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV), safeguards, project integrity, and market mechanisms,” Edo said.
Head of the Ministry of Forestry’s Agency for Extension and Human Resources Development (BP2SDM) Indra Eksploitasia added that understanding international carbon integrity standards, national regulations, digital MRV, nested approaches, safeguards, and benefit-sharing mechanisms should be introduced to the younger generation entering green jobs, particularly in carbon trading.
“The carbon market should not be viewed merely as a trading mechanism. It must serve as an instrument for building a high-integrity carbon market ecosystem that ensures real, measurable, and verifiable emission reductions, benefits local communities, and supports Indonesia’s climate targets,” Indra said.
The transformation, says Indra, depends on people, making human resources the most important asset in the transition to green jobs.
“Therefore, carbon market development must be accompanied by a carbon competency framework, upskilling and reskilling programs, and the development of relevant professional certifications,” Indra said.
He added that green jobs are not only about creating new positions in the forestry sector.
“They also involve transforming existing jobs by equipping workers with new competencies aligned with the demands of the green economy,” he said.
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Translator: Bayu Prasetyo
Editor: M Razi Rahman
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