Belem, Nov. 14 -- Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq reaffirmed Indonesia's commitment to strengthening peat and mangrove ecosystems to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), citing the country's continued participation in the International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) project.

Nurofiq raised the issue during a meeting with UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson on the sidelines of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday (November 13).

"We discussed many things about our environmental action with UNEP, highlighting the International Tropical Peatlands Center initiated by the Indonesian government in 2018," he noted.

The minister said he briefed UNEP on Indonesia's progress in res...