This report evaluates feasibility of applying the Jurisdictional Approach (JA) to eliminate deforestation from Indonesia’s palm oil sector and promote wider improvements to land governance. Based on extensive stakeholder interviews, field research, and geospatial analysis to understand JA challenges and opportunities, the report describes distinctive features of the JA, where…

This report analyses recent changes in the legal and policy frameworks in Indonesia to understand their effects on deforestation and offer recommendations for strengthening and improving this framework.