Participatory Governance Assessment: The 2012 Indonesia Forest, Land, and REDD+ Governance Index

Summary

Forest and REDD+ governance is one of the targets of the 2010-2014 Strategic Plan of Ministry of Forestry. Various activities to strengthen forest and REDD+ governance have been undertaken, among others the strengthening of forest management institutions, improvement of human resources in the forestry sector, increasing opportunities for communities living around forest areas to participate actively in forest management, improving internal control of each forest development and improving quality of public services to be more efficient, effective, transparent and participatory.