About the foundation

Yayasan Penabulu is an independent Indonesian foundation established in 2003. Since being appointed Lembaga Perantara (intermediary agency) for the Green Climate Fund's REDD+ Results-Based Payment, Output 2, Penabulu has managed and channelled RBP funds across seven provinces, working through existing forest management units (KPH) and community institutions rather than building parallel structures.

The RBP recognises Indonesia's verified national emission reductions for the 2014 to 2016 period: 20.25 million tCO₂eq, valued at USD 103.8 million. Of that, USD 93.4 million is allocated to Output 2, the component Penabulu implements, with USD 56.25 million of it earmarked for direct disbursement to the seven provinces. The programme's stated objective: sustainable forest management and successful forest rehabilitation, alongside stronger community empowerment and poverty alleviation, with improved forest governance supporting Indonesia's wider effort to reduce deforestation and forest degradation.

Penabulu's institutional history runs well beyond this programme, with over two decades delivering work for funders including the Global Fund, the Gates Foundation, and Oxfam.