Next USAID Indonesia Forestry Program

July 7, 2014

• USAID Program Cycles• USAID Indonesia Country Development

Cooperation Strategies (CDCS)• Current USAID Indonesia Forestry Portfolios• Sector Assessment• What is new• Sector Approaches• Illustrative Activities• Time Line

Presentation Outline

USAID Program Cycle: Overview

USAID Indonesia: Country Development Cooperation Strategies (CDCS)

USAID Indonesia: Country Development Cooperation Strategies (CDCS)

USAID Forestry Program under Assistance Agreement with Menko Kesra

Indonesia Forest and Climate Support (IFACS)US $ 40 Million

2010-2014

Sustainable Landscape Partnership – PPP with CI & WaltonUS $ 10 Million

2011-2016

PAPA with DOJ (ended), PAPA with USFS (ongoing), PAPA with DOI (not yet started) Approximately USD$3 Million

2009-2015

University Partnerships: 6 Partnerships with Columbia, Rutgers, Oregon State, Texas A&M and others (Approximately $6 Million)

2011-2015

APS forest climate change mitigation: Yagasu-Mangrove Rehabilitation in North Sumatera (USD

$800,000)

2012-2015

Sector Assessment: FOREST Mechanisms

Findings• FOREST was developed through GOI consultations • FOREST mechanism performance variable, but improving • Significant need and opportunity exists to improve

coordination among FOREST mechanisms for results • Programming gaps not being filled by current mechanisms,

especially national level policy and support• Landscape approach addresses many GOI priorities• Challenging to link GOI national priorities to district-level• IFACS stretched across a large area with many landscapes

(8) resulting in minimal impact

Current Challenges in the Forest Sector

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Indonesia highest deforestation rate in the world ;

The deforestation drivers: agriculture extension (Palm oil)

Palm oil area projected increase double in 2020

The forestry sector contribution to GDP declined successively from 1.5% in 2001 to become 0.78% in 2012; About 60 Million Ha of State forest unmanaged

Indonesia forest fire and haze risk remain high. The fire alert 3 times compared last decade

Illegal mining uncontrolled: encroaches protecting area

Land acquisition projection for Palm Oil

Forestry Program Focus Area

• Low land forest, high biodiversity resource, Orang Utan Habitat, Carbon pools

• Strengthening USAID investment in IFACS landscapes• Potential opportunity to expand outside of these landscapes with

private sector partnerships

Forestry Program Objectives and Overarching Approaches

Objective: Reduce land based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and conserve valuable biodiversity in carbon rich and biologically significant forest and ecosystems in partnership with private sector, communities, and the Government of Indonesia.

• Approaches

• Build on past USAID successes in spatial planning, local capacity building, forest governance, building multistakeholder processes.

• Continued landscape focus with increased coordination at Provincial and National levels.

• Increased emphasis on biodiversity through Conservation Areas.• More emphasis on national policy engagement especially with

Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, BIG, REDD Agency etc• Private sector engagement• Increased emphasis on communities

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Program Focus

1. Forest and Land Use Governance, Policy and Advocacy

2. Partnering with the Private Sector

3. Community Conservation, Participation and Livelihood

4. Protecting Key Species

1. Forest and Land Use Governance, Policy and Advocacy

Strengthening District spatial planning, monitoring, enforcement, and other basic forest governance;

Improving District level Carbon Finance Readiness and alignment with provincial RAD-GRK and National MRV systems;

Support to sustainable palm oil policies, governance, monitoring and enforcement

Support to wildlife policies, governance, monitoring and enforcement

Building national and local coalitions for conservation

2. Private Sector Partnerships

• Develop new partnerships directly with private sector actors committed to sustainable forest uses and enterprises;

• Support private sector-led commitments towards zero deforestation and  conservation of HCV;

• Develop and pilot sustainable business models: forest production and palm oil;

• Improve enabling environment for sustainable business practices.

3. Community Conservation, Participation and Livelihoods

• Activities:• Explore, enhance and apply models for community based and

co-management conservation and management of forests;• Improve key stakeholders’ awareness and appreciation for

forest and species conservation; • Develop citizen-based mechanisms for public input and

monitoring of government decisions;• Establish co-management arrangements between communities,

private sector and appropriate government entities;• TAs to communities to improve sustainable natural resources

management practices • Strengthening sustainability of community livelihood program• Leverage village development and conservation program

4. Protecting Key Species

• Enhance conservation area (CA) performance, management and sustainable financing;

• Capacity building program for CAs management-Sister Park Program through relationship with Department of Interior;

• Using technology to monitor and enforce wildlife encroachment and poaching;

• Improve opportunities for collaborative management strategies;• advocate, manage, and report on threats to CAs and other areas of

high biodiversity;• Improve national incentives and policies for improving management

of conservation areas and the species they harbor; • Reduce wildlife poaching and trafficking.

Planned USAID funded Forestry Projects

1. Follow-on to IFACS launched in first quarter of 2015

2. National Policy and Advocacy Program

3. Public and Private Partnership (PPP) Program (Multiple)

4. Continued engagement with Department of Interior and US Forest Service.

5. Other

Time Line

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• Consultations• With Government: November 28, 2013; May 7, 2014• With Partners: July 7, 2014• With International Development Agency: Beginning of

August, 2014

• Current FOREST Program ends first/second quarter of 2015

• New Forestry Program starts first/second quarter of 2015.

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