“Zero Deforestation Commitments” – Realizing the Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges Krystof Obidzinski, CIFOR-GOV World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, March 2015 Washington DC.

“Zero-Deforestation”: the Promise  Consumer goods manufacturers, traders, producers are pledging “zero deforestation”  New York Forests Declaration  Potential to dramatically slow tropical deforestation  Potential to overcome multiple bottlenecks and inertia  Zero-deforestation commitments have the potential to change everything!  However, there is a lot of work to be done

Smallholders 2.2 Million Families Involved Up to 170,000 Of small enterprises 5 Million hectares cultivated by small holders Contribute 40% Of Indonesia’s CPO production Negligible level of awareness in RSPO & ISPO The “X” Factor: Unregistered independent small holders Indonesia 3.5 Million hectares by Independent smallholders 1.5 Million hectares by outgrowers

Land Rights Dilemma The Constitutional Court support for customary land rights, but little progress so far Land ownership clarity crucial to eliminate conflict and confusion Concerns that customary land rights may facilitate, not reduce, liquidation of forests (cf. timber) What safeguards and/or incentives are needed to reach common ground?

Legal Headache Lessons from earlier initiatives, especially RSPO Preserving forest in agro development zones may be penalized The need to revise the legal framework Zero-deforestation ideal clashes with the legal framework in Indonesia

6. Who is going to monitor all of this? Sanctions? Penalties? Transparency and traceability are becoming much easier now But who will monitor the commitment? What standards will they be bench marked against? Self regulation? NGOs?

Zero-Deforestation: Kick-starter for a Green Economy?  The power of regulation and government (e.g. Singapore haze bill)  How will this relationship develop?  What synergistic structures can be put in place?  What can we learn from policies that have come before?  Global governance context and Paris 2015

What we hope to achieve from today’s discussion Discuss:  Perceived role of each of the stakeholders  Conflicting agendas and challenges and implementation on the ground  Problem solving  How to move forward…how to collaborate beyond panel discussions?  A greater collective and collaborative effort  Tangible ideas to move forward with