NATIONAL CULTURE AS MODALITY IN MANAGING THE CARBON ECONOMY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

A new approach to alleviating terrestrial emissions related to climate change called 'REDD+' (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) or recently known as carbon economy has been familiarized all over the world. Although Southeast Asia hosts some early REDD+ projects, there have been notable differences between countries that have managed to implement REDD+. Thus, this paper aims to discuss the challenges faced in managing the carbon economy by using the frameworks of national culture. For that purpose, interviewees have been chosen to be interviewed using semi-structured questions from two categories; facilitator and implementer. Qualitative finding from the interview was utilized to confirm the result of quantitative data on world national culture scores for Indonesia and Malaysia. The countries are chosen as the first is the leading and the later has the least involvement in the REDD+ project in Southeast Asia. This study has identified that out of six dimensions; Indonesia is mostly compatible in all aspect while Malaysia is only fit into one category implementing the carbon economy is tremendous in Indonesia.