Norad REDD Civil Society Coordination Seminar, CIFOR-Bogor, 20-21 May 2010

Addressing the challenges of scaling-up REDD-plus activities in Indonesia

Dr. D. Andrew Wardell and Taufiq AlimiClinton Climate Initiative, S.E. Asia/Indonesia

(National/sub-national contexts)

• 5-stage/10-step carbon development process

• Structuring the process

• REDD+ projects supported by CCI

• Tenure assessments

• FPIC/community understanding of REDD-plus

• Key challenges

Outline

Source: National Council for Climate Change, 29 August 2009

National context

Sub-national context: KalTeng• Palangka Raya Statement

(26 November 2008)• National REDD workshop

(30 June 2009)• Creating Low Carbon Prosperity

(17 December 2009)• Spatial Management Plan-RTRWP

(09 January 2010)• Provincial CCC (DDPI)

(March 2010)• Reducing Transaction Costs to Access

Carbon Markets (CCI/AusAID) (27-30 April 2010)

Deforestation trends: KalTeng

5-stage Carbon Development Process

• Due diligence/screening

• Feasibility study/Technical Proposal

• Carbon development inc. METH development

• Validation (VCS and CCB Standards)

• Verification, ERPA and Registration

Structuring the process

• Complexities of REDD-plus project design and development

• Harnessing a broad range of skills through nested partnerships– Government of Indonesia– Local NGO/Foundation or Private

Company– National or International project

developer– Short-term technical assistance

• ‘Learning- by-doing’• Meeting international standards

Source: PT. Rimba Makmur Utama and PT. Starling Resources

• Project proponent: PT Rimba Makmur Utama • Total area: 200,000+ hectares• State forest designation

• Production forest: 87.30%• Production forest that can be converted: 12.70%

• Concession: Ecosystem Restoration Permit• Threats: Illegal logging, illegal mining, forest conversion,

encroachment, forest fires, etc.• Wildlife: 6th largest Orangutan population in the world• Avoided Planned Peatland Conversion Methodology-TGC• Standards: Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance

(CCBA) and Voluntary Carbon Standards (VCS)

Priority Hectares % Activities

Priority area 1 28,588 12.58%

Fire prevention & mitigation, rehabilitation of poor soil & heavily degraded areas, canal blocking, native species planting

Priority area 2 43,780 19.26%

Rehabilitation of degraded areas, canal blocking, restoration and enrichment planting, protection and enforcement

Priority area 3 154,892 68.16%Natural regeneration, protection and enforcement, wildlife habitat management

Total 227,260 100.00%

Katingan - KalTeng

Source: Yayorin

Lamandau - KalTengClimate Change Campaign and

Information Dissemination REDD

Scheme

• Printed Media inc. News Letter, Calendar, Factsheet and Poster

• Electronic Media (radio) inc.

Adlibs, Loose Spot and Talkshow• Community Meeting

Sarasehan, Farmer Group Meeting• Stakeholder meeting

REDD Forum,Seminar and Workshop

Source: PT. Rimba Raya/Infinite Earth Earth

Rimba Raya - KalTeng

Dual Validation Process

Baseline and Monitoring Methodology for conservation projects that avoid planned land use conversion in peat swamp forests (Version 5.2, March 2010)

Validated by:Rainforest Alliance and Bureau Veritas Cerification

Source: Macquarie/FFI Carbon Forests Taskforce

Danau Siawan - KalBar

• METH - ADP modules

• Land use/land cover classification using RapidEye data

• 3D peat modelling using SRTM data

• Fire scar analysis

• Peat monitoring

Tenure assessments 1

• Site-specific assessments

• Clarifying rights to land and trees

• Signed agreements with Bupatis are not enough

• Ensure linkages between central and local governments (provincial and district)

– Land and the (assumed) rights to carbon– License-issuing procedures

Tenure assessments 2

• Relationship between adat (customary), ulayat (collective) and statutory rights remains unclear

• Patterns of (trans-)migration have weakened customary institutions

• Critical role of local partners

• Addressing complexity and diversity – applying locally-developed tools e.g. RaTA

• Protecting rights of access to trees (e.g. ‘jelutung’ – Dyera costulata)

Tenure assessments 3

Options being explored

• Katingan – IUPHHK-RE (60 years + potential 35 year extension)

• Lamandau – HPK - convert to HKm (35 years) + jelutung rights

• Rimba Raya – IUPHHK-RE

• Danau Siawan – IUPHHK-RE + adat land rights

FPIC/community understanding of REDD-plus

• Critical role of local partners (yayasan)

• Lack of appropriate training materials (cf. CCBA/RA/TNC/WWF/CI/GtZ REDD Training and Participant

Resource Manuals, April 2009)• Radio/regular contact to build

understanding • Moving beyond participation and

towards the negotiation of FPIC• Engaging communities in all project

activities• Community forest carbon

agreements?• Community forestry federations?

Key challenges

• Clarify the GOI enabling environment• Address the technical and financial

barriers of entry– Simplify procedures– Reduce transaction costs– Shorten project design and

validation times• Programmatic approach in KalTeng

– REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards

– LULUCF mapping/capacity building of DK– Review of Green PNPM

Case studies

• Pact, 2009. Designing Collaborative REDD Projects: a Case Study from Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia

• CFI/TGC, 2009. Communities and Carbon Establishing a Community Forestry REDD Project in Cambodia

• Katingan Peat Conservation IUPHHK-RE Project (in preparation)

• Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve HKm Project (in preparation)

• 5-stage/10-step Carbon Development Process (in preparation)