Indonesia, Brasil explore forest conservation funding at COP31 Antalya

Indonesia and Brasil explored cooperation on financing tropical forest conservation, carbon certification and empowering communities around forests in a meeting on the sidelines of COP31 UNFCCC in Antalya, Turki, on Friday (13/11). The Indonesia delegation was led by Haruni Krisnawati, Senior Expert Staff to the Minister of Forestry, along with Ristianto Pribadi, while Brasil was represented by Virgilio Viana of Fundação Amazônia Sustentável and Marco Tulio Scarpelli Cabral of the Brasil Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The talks covered Brasil's experience through the FAS program in the Amazon, which links forest protection with access to drinking water, solar energy, internet and food security. The two sides also reviewed forest protection funding mechanisms, including Amazon Fund, as well as the chance to study Ecora, a science-based carbon credit certification system built on verification and transparent governance.