Enviro News Asia, Yerevan — Indonesia is stepping up its role in global biodiversity negotiations at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Armenia, advocating fairer financing, technology transfer and benefit-sharing mechanisms to support conservation in biodiversity-rich developing countries.
The Indonesian delegation is taking part in the conference, held in Yerevan from October 19 to 30, 2026, alongside the 12th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the sixth meeting under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing.
Led by Noer Adi Wardjojo, deputy for Pollution and Environmental Damage Control at the Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Control Agency, the delegation includes representatives from several government ministries and institutions.
Indonesia’s participation reflects its efforts to help shape global biodiversity governance while ensuring that conservation contributes to sustainable development and delivers fair benefits to local communities.
Under the theme “Taking Action for Nature,” COP17 is reviewing progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). Indonesia has presented its national efforts through the Indonesian Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (IBSAP) 2025–2045, which sets out 20 national targets. The country also submitted its Seventh National Report to the Convention’s Secretariat in February 2026.
During negotiations, Indonesia has focused on resource mobilisation and financing, capacity-building, technology transfer, digital sequence information on genetic resources, multilateral benefit-sharing mechanisms, biosafety, synthetic biology, protected areas, and stronger safeguards for local and Indigenous communities.
Noer Adi said Indonesia was pressing for global financing and benefit-sharing arrangements that were fair and transparent, allowing developing countries with significant biodiversity resources to receive adequate support.
At the national level, Indonesia is strengthening regulations and measures to implement the KMGBF. These include controlling invasive alien species and pollution, integrating climate action with conservation, and improving the protection of genetic resources.
To support Target 19 of the KMGBF on biodiversity financing, Indonesia presented three initiatives at the conference.
The first is a study and pilot project on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). The second is the development of the KIRANAS platform with the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) to encourage private-sector participation. The third is biodiversity budget tagging through the KRISNA system to improve monitoring of government spending allocated to nature conservation.
Beyond formal negotiations, the Indonesian delegation has shared national experiences through side events covering the protection of priority ecosystems and species, innovative financing instruments, and links between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.
The government said Indonesia’s participation was intended to strengthen international cooperation that is inclusive and equitable, while translating multilateral commitments into national policies and practical conservation measures. (*)
