Jakarta, Sept. 7 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry has emphasized that strengthening human resources is key to developing a credible, transparent, and high-integrity national carbon market.

Senior advisor to the Minister of Forestry Edo Mahendra said in a statement issued in Jakarta on Monday that strengthening human resources must go hand in hand with efforts to bolster the national regulatory framework.

The effort is to ensure that forestry-sector carbon trading delivers tangible benefits for climate action, forest conservation, and local communities.

Edo said that, in Indonesia, capacity building must be carried out alongside the implementation of Presidential Regulation No 110 of 2025 on the Implementation of Carbon Economic Valu...