ABSTRACT

Pelangi with the collaboration of the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) have undertaken a preparatory project to prepare a policy paper on a Clean Air Law for Indonesia (the first phase) by means of participatory process from September 2002 to July 2003. One of the main findings is the Regional Autonomy Law in Indonesia has mounted the authority distribution complexity among the local, provincial and central governments, which then influences the complexity of the air quality management in Indonesia. To specifically address this finding, Pelangi, with the support of The Asia Foundation (TAF) and US-Asia Environment Partnership (US-AEP), undertakes the second phase of the study in nine months (July 2004 to April 2005) and continue to implement a participatory approach. The activities at the second phase focus on the consultations at the local level, i.e. Medan, Pontianak, and Makassar. Medan and Makassar represent the fast growing cities in western and eastern part of Indonesia. Pontianak represents a growing threat from forest fire that causes detriment not only many cities in Indonesia but also to the region. This poster presentation describes the objective, methodology and expected output of the second phase of the study. Both the result of the first and second phases will be the primary input to draft the policy paper that provide arguments of the importance of a Clean Air Law enactment for Indonesia.