With the rise of increased government regulations to support more sustainable commodity-sourcing and advance the Sustainable Development Goals, a number of regencies and provinces in Indonesia have taken steps to embrace sustainable and low-carbon development plans. Since 2018, Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) has been supporting the government and stakeholders of the Sintang Regency by designing and implementing a Green Regency sustainable development plan that includes sustainable land-use practices and better natural resource governance. CSF is contributing expertise in economics, sustainable development, and strategic planning while working closely with the local government and local civil society organizations (CSOs).
Recent highlights of this ongoing collaboration include:
- In March 2022, we held a public consultation on the Sintang General Investment plan in collaboration with the Sustainable District Association (LTKL) and the Sintang One-Stop Integrated Services and Investment Agency (DPMPTSP)
- In July 2022, we held the Green Sintang Initiative with Green Budget Tagging Training. The training was part of the ongoing collaboration with the Sintang Development Planning Agency (BAPPEDA) involving the local stakeholders on the practice of identifying district budget elements that align with the Green Sintang Vision.
- In August 2022, we held the first Green Budget Tagging Working Group Assembly. As part of the Green Budget Tagging training, CSF Indonesia and the Sintang’s BAPPEDA formed a working group to conduct a Groundwork Analysis of the Green Budget Tagging.
- In September 2022, we hosted a sustainable landscape modeling training with Sintang’s Land and Spatial Department to improve Sintang the Department capacity for the use of Landscape Modelling in understanding land-based economic activities.
- In January 2023, we facilitated a Sintang Green Budget Tagging (GBT) Working Group Public Dissemination. As the groundwork analysis of the GBT reached its end, the working group, together with Sintang’s Development Planning Agency, held its public dissemination of green budget tagging facilitated by the CSF Indonesia team. Green budget tagging involves classifying budget measures according to their environmental and/or climate impact.
- In June 2023, alongside USAID Segar and WWF-Indonesia, we began our effort to support the Sintang Spatial Planning Revision. This revision will make sure that Sintang could have its sustainable planning embedded into the Spatial Plan currently in development.
This work is funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Photo: Mount Kelam, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan
Photo credit: Nizar Kauzar