The Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 limiting the issuance of licenses for conversion of forest or development of peat is one key deliverable forming part of a bilateral agreement outlined in the Letter of Intent (LoI) between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GoI) and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway on “Cooperation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation”. The LoI directly supports GoI?s own voluntary targets of achieving 26% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 2020 coupled with 7% economic growth (often referred to as the “7/26 objectives? for low emissions development).

The Presidential Instruction (PI) forms two parts: (i) main text describing actions to be taken by GoI, and (ii) an indicative map of the areas over which such actions will be applied (the Map). This document is an analysis of the PI, covering content of the text, the Map, and key implications for the PI as a tool to assist Indonesia in progress toward achieving the 7/26 objectives.