Anindya Bakrie Reveals Potential of Indonesian Biodiversity Resources

Jakarta – President Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bakrie & Brothers (BNBR), Anindya Novyan Bakrie revealed that ASEAN especially Indonesia has enormous resources that can contribute to sustainability. 

"In terms of biodiversity, Indonesia and ASEAN have enormous resources," Anindya Bakrie said as a speaker at the Hong Kong-ASEAN Summit 2023, on Monday. 

"These biodiversity resources include forests, mining land, mangroves, coral reefs, and so on," he continued. 

According to him, "One day, we will know how much carbon credits and carbon sinks Indonesia and ASEAN countries have,"

"We believe the figure will exceed the economic growth figure of US$1.4 trillion, or maybe US$1 trillion from carbon capture by our biodiversity can also be achieved,"

It's actually pretty equivalent to the rate of inflation reduction set by law in the United States, he informed. 

Bakrie also stated: "So, you can imagine how valuable the biodiversity process is for ASEAN, especially Indonesia,"

Mostly, those done by underground miners, combined with above-ground renewable energy management efforts, "Now with technology, you can do almost anything, geothermal, solar, tidal, hydro, and so on,"