Jakarta, July 14 -- Indonesia is expanding forest carbon trading to help meet emissions targets, widen community participation and strengthen its position in global carbon markets, Deputy Forestry Minister Rohmat Marzuki said.

The government has backed the initiative by approving the issuance of forestry carbon units by international institutions for use in carbon trading.

"The approval supports Indonesia's carbon pricing framework announced at the COP30 UNFCCC conference in Belem, Brazil, in 2025," Marzuki told lawmakers on Tuesday.

He said the forestry strategy also includes rehabilitating 12.3 million hectares of degraded land and forests.

The plan covers sustainable management of 48.9 million hectares of production and protected f...