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QUARTERLY REPORT

USAID LESTARI

FIRST QUARTER OF YEAR 3 WORK PLAN

OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2017

This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Tetra Tech ARD.

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This publication was prepared for review by the United States Agency for International Development under Contract # AID-497-TO-15-00005. The period of this contract is from July 2015 to July 2020. Implemented by:

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Tetra Tech Contacts:

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Cover Photograph: From left to right: Women Media Champions training event held in Gayo Lues District; Capacity building in basic forest management for 200 FMU staff in Aceh; Release of a rehabilitated orangutan by LESTARI Grantee BOSF in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, Central Kalimantan.

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QUARTERLY REPORT

USAID LESTARI

OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2017

DISCLAIMER

This publication is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Tetra Tech ARD and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 1

Ringkasan Eksekutif ........................................................................................................... 4

LESTARI Background ......................................................................................................... 9

LESTARI Technical Theme & Progress Towards Theory of Change............................. 10

Technical Theme 1: Forest & Land Use Governance & Advocacy ............................................ 10

LESTARI 1 – Awareness and Advocacy ....................................................................................... 11

LESTARI 2 – Operationalize SEAs and LCPs to Improve Land Use Governance ....................... 12

LESTARI 3 – Sustainable Landscape Governance ...................................................................... 13

Technical Theme 2: Improved Conservation & Forest Management ......................................... 17

LESTARI 4 – Improved Forest Management ................................................................................ 17

LESTARI 5 – Protected Area Management and Key Species Conservation ............................... 17

Technical Theme 3: Private Sector Engagement ........................................................................ 21

LESTARI 6 – Green Enterprises ................................................................................................... 21

LESTARI 7 – Private Sector Best Management Practices (BMPs) .............................................. 21

LESTARI 8 – Innovative Financing for Sustainable Land and Forest Management .................... 22

Landscape Initiatives ........................................................................................................ 26

Leuser Landscape ........................................................................................................................... 26

Katingan-Kahayan Landscape ....................................................................................................... 33

Lorentz Lowlands Landscape ........................................................................................................ 41

Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape .................................................................................................. 44

Sarmi Landscape............................................................................................................................. 46

Cyclops Landscape ........................................................................................................................ 48

Papua Provincial Initiatives ............................................................................................................ 50

Gender Integration ............................................................................................................ 53

Amplification and Sustainability of LESTARI Models .................................................... 54

Project Management, Coordination, and Communications ........................................... 55

Appendix 1: LESTARI Progress Matrix – 1st Quarter FY 2018....................................... 65

Appendix 2: Y3Q1 LESTARI-Supported Trainings .......................................................... 70

Appendix 3: LESTARI Results Framework ...................................................................... 79

Appendix 4: Grants Management .................................................................................... 80

Appendix 5: LESTARI Team ............................................................................................. 81

Appendix 6: LESTARI Staffing Chart ............................................................................... 82

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AMEP Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

APL Non-Forest Area / Areal Penggunaan Lain

ATR Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning

BAPPENAS Ministry of National Development Planning

BBBR Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park

BIG Geospatial Information Agency

BKPRD Regional Spatial Planning Coordination Agency

BKSDA Nature Conservation Agency

BMP Best Management Practice

BOSF Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

BRG National Peatland Restoration Agency

BUMDes Village-Owned Enterprise

CA Conservation Area

CLA Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting

CMMP Conservation Management and Monitoring Plan

DAK Special Budget Allocation Fund

DAU Regular Budget Allocation Fund

DPMPTSP One-Stop-Shop for Licensing / Dinas Penanaman Modal Dan

Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu

FMU / KPH Forest Management Unit

FPIC Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GOI Government of Indonesia

HCS High Carbon Stock

HCV High Conservation Value

HD Hutan Desa / Village Forest

HKm Hutan Kemasyarakatan / Community Forest

IFACS Indonesia Forestry and Climate Support Project

KLHK Ministry of Environment and Forestry

KRP Policies, Plans, and Programs / Kebijakan, Rencana, Program

KSDAE Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem

Conservation

LBA Landscape Baseline Analysis

LCP Landscape Conservation Plan

LEDS Low Emission Development Strategy

LPHDP Village Forest Management Institution / Lembaga Pengelola Hutan Desa

LTTA / STTA Long-Term Technical Assistance / Short-Term Technical Assistance

LWA Lembaga Wana Aksara

METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool

MMP Community Forest Rangers / Masyarakat Mitra Polisi Kehutanan

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MSF / MSI Multi-Stakeholder Forum / Multi-Stakeholder Initiative

MSU Michigan State University

MTE Mid Term Evaluation

NP National Park

OIC Orangutan Information Center

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PA Protected Area

PES Payment for Environmental Services

PerBup Head of District Decree / Peraturan Bupati

PerGub Governor’s Decree / Peraturan Gubernur

PerMen Ministerial Decree / Peraturan Menteri

PHKA Directorate General of Forest and Nature

PPP Public-Private Partnership

RDTR Detailed Spatial Plan / Rencana Detail Tata Ruang

Renstra Strategic Plan / Rencana Strategis

RIL-C Reduced Impact Logging to Reduce Carbon Emissions

RKT Annual Work Plan

RPJM District Development Plan

RPJMA Provincial Development Plan for Aceh

RPJMD Regional Development Plan

RPJMDes Village-level Development Plan

RSWR Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve

RTRWK / RTRWP District / Provincial Spatial Plan

SDI Spatial Data Infrastructure

SEA / KLHS Strategic Environmental Assessment

SIMTARU Management Information System for Spatial Planning

SKPD Regional Working Unit / Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah

SMART Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

TNGL Leuser National Park / Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser

TFF Tropical Forest Foundation

UNPAR University of Palangkaraya

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USDOI United States Department of the Interior

USFS United States Forest Service

USG United States Government

WCS Wildlife Conservation Society

WWF World Wildlife Fund

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) summarizes the activities and achievements of the USAID LESTARI project during Year 3, Quarter 1 – October 1 to December 31, 2017. During this quarter, LESTARI continued to implement its broad range of tools, activities, and approaches in order to bring about measurable impact across its 6 project landscapes in Aceh, Central Kalimantan, and Papua. Overall, this collaboration aims to improve forest and biodiversity conservation practices, advance sustainable development, and promote the U.S.-Indonesia strategic partnership. This QPR reports on Quarter 1 progress against the Year 3 Work Plan, which was developed at the end of Year 2. The field level approach is based on integrated landscape initiatives. These initiatives were designed during a collaborative workshop that included landscape staff and partners, USAID, and the LESTARI management team. The initiatives, informed by Landscape Situation Models and a Political Economy Analysis, are targeted at meeting the unique threats and opportunities facing each landscape. This new approach also aims to build greater synergy and collaboration between LESTARI staff. Some significant results achieved during this quarter, as well as key challenges and opportunities, are highlighted below and further detailed in the landscapes sections of this QPR. Leuser Landscape

● LESTARI provided technical support for a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Aceh Province that produced five key recommendations to minimize environmental impacts related to deforestation and forest degradation from proposed development. Subsequently, LESTARI facilitated the incorporation of these recommendations into the regional development plan for Aceh Province (RPJMA). Once the RPJMA is endorsed by the Indonesian Parliament as a Local Regulation next quarter, SEA recommendations become mandatory for all government agencies.

● LESTARI provided technical support for BKSDA Aceh to review the management

and zonation plan of Singkil Wildlife Reserve. A series of public consultations in 30 villages resulted in participatory zonation as part of the plan. Subsequently, KLHK approved the plan and recommended that the zonation process for Singkil Wildlife Reserve serve as a model for other CAs in Indonesia. The assigned land use zones provide greater legal protection for a peatland area rich in biodiversity and carbon stocks. Meanwhile, communities are granted access outside the wildlife reserve for sustainable utilization, which is expected to reduce conflicts and encroachment.

● LESTARI provided training for more than 200 FMU V staff in Leuser Landscape in

areas where management and technical capacity is currently insufficient. This included basic forest management, basic knowledge on procedures and regulations related to co-management, facilitation skills, and conflict resolution. Assistance was also provided to FMUs to revise their Long-Term Forest Management Plans (RPHJP) – a foundational planning document that is mandatory for all FMU.

● LESTARI completed a six-volume manual that guides village development planning

(RPJMDes) to contribute to the achievement of sustainable forest management.


In Aceh Selatan, the head of the district welcomed the approach facilitated by this manual and enacted a decree mandating that all 260 villages within the district incorporate environmental protection in their village development plans. This brings more than 400,000 hectares of forest, including major sections of Leuser National Park and Singkil Wildlife Reserve that contain the habitats of key, critically endangered species, under sustainable co-management for conservation.

Katingan-Kahayan Landscape

● Training in Reduced Impact Logging continued for 7 partner timber concessions in order to support their adoption of more sustainable practices. A total of 126 field staff from these concessions have received training, while the estimated concession area impacted has reached about 400,000 ha.

● Following a process of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), four villages

covering 25,000 hectares of degraded peatland in Pulang Pisau District agreed to the blocking of canals to reduce the risk of forest and land fires. Local communities, local government, Public Works, and the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) widely appreciated this process, which resulted in a binding written agreement (Berita Acara) for each of the four villages. The Head of BRG expressed interest in applying this approach to comparable and larger peatland restoration areas in Sumatra.

● Together with the Central Kalimantan Social Forestry Working Group, LESTARI

provided technical assistance for the submission of applications for Social Forestry licenses. In this quarter, 2 licenses were successfully obtained – 1 Community Forestry (HKm) license from Gunung Mas District and 1 HKm from Katingan District. Subsequently, LESTARI began to assist the communities/villages in the business development and marketing of potential local commodities such as honey and ecotourism.

● Through LESTARI Grantee Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), 12

critically endangered orangutans were successfully rehabilitated and reintroduced into their natural habitats in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park.

Papua Landscapes

● Following negotiations, LESTARI signed a letter of intent with Korindo Group – an international group of companies in the paper and forest products sector – to work together on the implementation of a sustainable land use model following FPIC principles. It was agreed that the pilot project location will be Blocks D and E, as these are new areas to be developed within the concession.

● In Asmat District, LESTARI supported the formation of the Yapem Water Resources

Management Working Group and facilitated the completion of the Medium-Term Management Plan (RPJM) document in Ewer and Saw Villages. The RPJM incorporates principles of mangrove ecosystem protection and should facilitate the legalization of village regulations on mangrove conservation.

● LESTARI continued implementation of a sustainable vanilla initiative in Cyclops Landscape. It aims to increase the incomes of local farmers through the cultivation of high quality and high yielding vanilla while reducing pressures for deforestation within the nature reserve. During this quarter, activities focused on community outreach and engaging other key stakeholders into the program. In total, 39 farmers have received trainings in vanilla agroforestry and sustainable land use management.


National-level, Communications, and Gender

● LESTARI continued to support the draft Ministerial Regulation that will mandate the adoption of Reduced Impact Logging practices for all natural forest timber concessions operating nationwide. Several technical meetings to discuss the content of the regulation were conducted during this quarter with Directorate General of Sustainable Production Forest Management (PHPL) under KLHK. The regulation is expected to be signed in May 2018.

● LESTARI provided technical inputs to the Directorate of Conservation Area Management at KLHK and partners on ways to improve the long-term management of CAs, including: (1) buffer area management strategies for inputs to a Ministerial Regulation, (2) development of partnerships/collaborative management in conservation areas, and 3) preparation of guidelines for CA management plans.

● 29,657 people in all LESTARI landscapes viewed 44 articles published by LESTARI

subcontractor Mongabay on issues such as wildlife poaching, community advocacy initiatives, and encroachment.

● LESTARI gender mainstreaming activities focused this quarter on the Leuser

Landscape. A series of workshops and training events were held in Gayo Lues and Aceh Selatan Districts that aimed to build the capacity and awareness of local women so that they are able to lead effective advocacy initiatives for the conservation of Leuser Landscape. Each of the 25 participants produced an article, while 5 videos were produced during group activity sessions. The sessions were an important step towards building the capacity and confidence of these women Champions.

Challenges/Opportunities

● 2018 local elections will be held in various provinces, districts, and municipalities within LESTARI Landscapes. The campaign period runs from mid-February until the end of June, leading to an election date of June 27th. This has the potential to disrupt LESTARI field activities, particularly those requiring close collaboration and coordination with local government partners.

● For LESTARI’s sustainable livelihoods initiatives, particularly rubber in Central

Kalimantan, the LESTARI team is exploring opportunities for greater alignment with local and national government programs. This will allow for leveraged funding sources and therefore promote the scale up and sustainability of these investments for community livelihoods.

● The Bupati Decree on RPJMDes in Aceh Selatan District will scale up the adoption of LESTARI’s approach for village development planning, which incorporates principles of conservation and sustainable forest management, across the entire district. One notable challenge is to make sure that village facilitators in Aceh Selatan are able to master and implement the technical guidance for all district forest villages.

● Investments in strengthening civil society capacity should be a high priority, both for increased effectiveness and also in consideration of the post-project impact. Papua, in particular, is in need of significant investments in civil society capacity for policy engagement.


RINGKASAN EKSEKUTIF Laporan Kemajuan Triwulan (Quarterly Progress Report/QPR) ini merangkum kegiatan dan pencapaian proyek USAID LESTARI selama Tahun 3 Triwulan 1, periode 1 Oktober hingga 31 Desember 2017. Pada kuartal ini, LESTARI terus menerapkan berbagai alat, kegiatan, dan pendekatannya untuk memberi dampak yang terukur di 6 lanskap proyek di Aceh, Kalimantan Tengah, dan Papua. Secara keseluruhan, kolaborasi ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan praktik-praktik pelestarian hutan dan keanekaragaman hayati, memajukan pembangunan berkelanjutan, dan mempromosikan kemitraan strategis pemerintah AS-Indonesia. QPR ini melaporkan perkembangan Triwulan 1 terhadap Rencana Kerja Tahun 3, yang dikembangkan pada akhir Tahun 2. Pendekatan tingkat lapangan berlandaskan pada inisiatif lanskap terpadu (integrated landscape initiatives). Inisiatif ini dirancang selama lokakarya kolaboratif yang meliputi staf dan mitra lanskap, USAID, dan tim manajemen LESTARI. Inisiatif yang diinformasikan oleh Model Situasi Lanskap dan Analisis Ekonomi Politik, ditargetkan untuk memenuhi ancaman dan peluang unik yang dihadapi masing-masing lanskap. Pendekatan baru ini juga bertujuan untuk membangun sinergi dan kolaborasi yang lebih baik antara staf LESTARI. Beberapa hasil signifikan yang dicapai selama kuartal ini, serta tantangan dan peluang utama, ditunjukkan di bawah ini dan diuraikan lebih lanjut di bagian lanskap QPR ini. Lanskap Leuser

● LESTARI menyediakan dukungan teknis untuk Kajian Lingkungan Hidup Strategis (KLHS) untuk Provinsi Aceh yang menghasilkan lima rekomendasi utama untuk meminimalkan dampak lingkungan yang terkait dengan deforestasi dan degradasi hutan dari pembangunan yang diusulkan. Selanjutnya, LESTARI memfasilitasi penggabungan rekomendasi-rekomendasi ini ke dalam rencana pembangunan regional untuk Provinsi Aceh (RPJMA). Setelah RPJMA disahkan oleh parlemen sebagai suatu Peraturan Daerah pada kuartal berikutnya, rekomendasi KLHS menjadi wajib bagi semua instansi pemerintah.

● LESTARI memberikan dukungan teknis untuk BKSDA Aceh untuk meninjau rencana

pengelolaan dan zonasi Suaka Margasatwa Rawa Singkil. Serangkaian konsultasi publik di 30 desa menghasilkan zonasi partisipatif sebagai bagian dari rencana tersebut. Selanjutnya, KLHK menyetujui rencana tersebut dan merekomendasikan agar proses zonasi untuk Suaka Margasatwa Rawa Singkil berfungsi sebagai model untuk kawasan konservasi lainnya di Indonesia. Zona penggunaan lahan yang ditetapkan memberikan perlindungan hukum yang lebih besar untuk lahan gambut yang kaya dengan keanekaragaman hayati dan cadangan karbon. Sementara itu, masyarakat diberikan akses di luar suaka margasatwa untuk pemanfaatan berkelanjutan, yang diharapkan dapat mengurangi konflik dan perambahan.

● LESTARI memberikan pelatihan kepada lebih dari 200 staf KPH V di lanskap Leuser

di daerah-daerah yang kapasitas manajemen dan teknisnya saat ini tidak mencukupi. Ini termasuk pengelolaan hutan dasar, pengetahuan dasar tentang prosedur dan peraturan yang terkait dengan pengelolaan bersama, keterampilan fasilitasi, dan resolusi konflik. Bantuan juga diberikan kepada KPH untuk merevisi Rencana Pengelolaan Hutan Jangka Panjang (RPHJP) - dokumen perencanaan dasar yang wajib untuk semua KPH.


● LESTARI menyelesaikan manual enam jilid yang memandu Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Desa (RPJMDes) untuk berkontribusi pada pencapaian pengelolaan hutan lestari.

Di Aceh Selatan, Bupati menyambut baik pendekatan yang difasilitasi oleh manual ini dan membuat suatu keputusan yang mewajibkan seluruh desa di kabupaten tersebut yang jumlahnya 260 desa memasukkan perlindungan lingkungan dalam rencana pembangunan jangka menengah desa mereka. Ini membuat lebih dari 400.000 hektar hutan, termasuk yang menjadi bagian utama dari Taman Nasional Leuser dan Suaka Margasatwa Rawa Singkil yang memuat habitat spesies utama terancam punah, masuk dalam pengelolaan bersama yang berkelanjutan untuk konservasi.

Lanskap Katingan-Kahayan

● Pelatihan Pembalakan Berdampak Rendah (Reduced Impact Logging - RIL) berlanjut untuk 7 konsesi kayu mitra untuk mendukung agar mereka mengadopsi praktik-praktik yang lebih lestari. Sebanyak 126 staf lapangan dari konsesi ini telah mendapat pelatihan, sementara perkiraan wilayah konsesi yang terkena dampak telah mencapai sekitar 400.000 ha.

● Setelah proses Persetujuan Atas Dasar Informasi di Awal Tanpa Paksaan atau

PADIATAPA (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent - FPIC), empat desa yang mencakup 25.000 hektar lahan gambut terdegradasi di Kabupaten Pulang Pisau menyetujui pemblokiran kanal untuk mengurangi risiko kebakaran hutan dan lahan. Masyarakat lokal, pemerintah daerah, Pekerjaan Umum, dan Badan Restorasi Gambut (BRG) sangat menghargai proses ini, yang menghasilkan perjanjian tertulis mengikat (Berita Acara) untuk masing-masing desa tersebut. Kepala BRG menyatakan ketertarikan untuk menerapkan pendekatan ini ke area restorasi lahan gambut yang sebanding dan lebih besar di Sumatera.

● Bersama dengan Kelompok Kerja Kehutanan Sosial Kalimantan Tengah, LESTARI

memberikan bantuan teknis untuk pengajuan permohonan izin Kehutanan Sosial. Dalam kuartal ini, 2 izin telah berhasil diperoleh - 1 izin Hutan Komunitas (HKm) dari Kabupaten Gunung Mas dan 1 HKm dari Kabupaten Katingan. Selanjutnya, LESTARI mulai membantu masyarakat/desa dalam pengembangan bisnis dan pemasaran komoditas lokal yang potensial seperti madu dan ekowisata

● Melalui LESTARI Grantee Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), 12

orangutan yang terancam punah berhasil direhabilitasi dan dilepaskan kembali ke habitat alami mereka di Taman Nasional Bukit Baka Bukit Raya.

Lanskap Papua

● Setelah negosiasi, LESTARI menandatangani letter of intent dengan Korindo Group - sebuah kelompok perusahaan internasional di sektor bubur kertas dan produk-produk hutan - untuk bekerja bersama dalam implementasi model penggunaan lahan berkelanjutan berdasarkan prinsip FPIC. Lokasi proyek percontohan disepakati di Blok D dan E, karena ini adalah area baru yang akan dikembangkan di dalam konsesi.

● Di Kabupaten Asmat, LESTARI mendukung pembentukan Kelompok Kerja

Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Air Yapem dan memfasilitasi penyelesaian dokumen Rencana Pengelolaan Jangka Menengah (RPJM) di Desa Ewer dan Saw. RPJM


menggabungkan prinsip-prinsip perlindungan ekosistem bakau dan harus memfasilitasi legalisasi peraturan desa tentang konservasi hutan bakau.

● LESTARI melanjutkan implementasi inisiatif vanili berkelanjutan di lanskap Cyclops yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pendapatan petani lokal melalui budidaya vanili berkualitas tinggi dan hasil tinggi sembari mengurangi tekanan deforestasi di dalam cagar alam. Dalam kuartal ini, kegiatan difokuskan pada penjangkauan masyarakat dan pelibatkan pemangku kepentingan lainnya ke dalam program. Secara total, 39 petani telah mendapat pelatihan dalam agroforestri vanili dan pengelolaan penggunaan lahan berkelanjutan.

Tingkat nasional, Komunikasi dan Jender

● LESTARI terus mendukung rancangan Peraturan Menteri yang akan mengamanatkan penerapan praktik-praktik Pembalakan Berdampak Rendah (RIL) untuk semua konsesi kayu hutan yang beroperasi di seluruh negeri. Beberapa pertemuan teknis untuk membahas muatan peraturan tersebut dilaksanakan selama kuartal ini dengan Direktorat Jenderal Pengelolaan Hutan Produksi Lestari (PHPL) di bawah KLHK. Peraturan ini diharapkan akan ditandatangani pada Mei 2018.

● LESTARI memberikan masukan teknis kepada Direktorat Pengelolaan Kawasan Konservasi di KLHK dan bermitra mengenai cara-cara untuk meningkatkan manajemen jangka panjang di kawasan konservasi, termasuk: (1) strategi pengelolaan kawasan penyangga untuk input ke Peraturan Menteri, (2) pengembangan kemitraan/pengelolaan kolaboratif di kawasan konservasi, dan 3) persiapan pedoman untuk rencana pengelolaan kawasan konservasi.

● 29.657 orang di semua bentang alam LESTARI melihat 44 artikel yang diterbitkan

oleh subkontraktor LESTARI Mongabay tentang isu-isu seperti perburuan satwa liar, prakarsa advokasi masyarakat, dan perambahan.

● Kegiatan pengarusutamaan jender LESTARI berfokus pada kuartal ini di Lanskap

Leuser. Serangkaian kegiatan lokakarya dan pelatihan diadakan di Gayo Lues dan Kabupaten Aceh Selatan yang bertujuan untuk membangun kapasitas dan kesadaran perempuan lokal sehingga mereka dapat memimpin inisiatif advokasi yang efektif untuk konservasi Lanskap Leuser. Masing-masing dari 25 peserta menghasilkan artikel dan 5 video telah diproduksi selama sesi kegiatan kelompok. Sesi itu merupakan langkah penting untuk membangun kapasitas dan kepercayaan diri para champion wanita.

Tantangan/Peluang

● Pemilihan daerah 2018 akan diadakan di berbagai provinsi, kabupaten, dan kota dalam Landskap LESTARI. Periode kampanye berlangsung dari pertengahan Februari hingga akhir Juni, yang menuju pemilihan di tanggal 27 Juni. Hal ini berpotensi mengganggu kegiatan LESTARI di lapangan, terutama yang membutuhkan kerja sama dan koordinasi dengan mitra-mitra pemerintah daerah.

● Untuk inisiatif mata pencaharian berkelanjutan LESTARI, khususnya karet di

Kalimantan Tengah, tim LESTARI mengeksplorasi peluang-peluang untuk menyelaraskan program LESTARI dengan program pemerintah daerah dan pusat. Ini akan meningkatkan sumber-sumber pendanaan dan mendorong pengembangan usaha dan investasi berkelanjutan untuk mata pencaharian masyarakat.


● Keputusan Bupati tentang RPJMDes di Kabupaten Aceh Selatan akan mendukung penerapan pendekatan LESTARI untuk perencanaan pembangunan desa, yang memasukkan prinsip-prinsip konservasi dan pengelolaan hutan lestari, di seluruh kabupaten. Salah satu tantangan penting adalah memastikan bahwa para fasilitator desa di Aceh Selatan dapat menguasai dan mejalankan bimbingan teknis untuk semua desa hutan di kabupaten.

● Investasi dalam memperkuat kapasitas masyarakat sipil harus menjadi prioritas utama, baik untuk peningkatan efektivitas dan juga dalam pertimbangan dampak pascaproyek. Papua, khususnya, membutuhkan investasi yang cukup signifikan dalam peningkatan kapasitas masyarakat untuk mendorong keterlibatannya dalam isu kebijakan.


Figure 1. LESTARI Landscapes Map


LESTARI BACKGROUND USAID LESTAI partners with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and conserve biodiversity in carbon rich and biologically significant forest and mangrove ecosystems. Built on the strong foundation of the USAID IFACS project, LESTARI applies a landscape approach to reduce GHG emissions, integrating forest and peatland conservation with low emissions development (LEDS) on other, already degraded land. This is achieved through improved land use governance, enhanced protected areas management and protection of key species, sustainable private sector and industry practices, and expanded constituencies for conservation among various stakeholders. LESTARI is implemented under the leadership of Tetra Tech and a consortium of partners including WWF-Indonesia, Winrock International, Wildlife Conservation Society, Blue Forests, Yayasan Sahabat Cipta, PT South Pole Indonesia, Michigan State University, FIELD Foundation, and INFIS-Mongabay Indonesia. LESTARI runs from August 2015 through July 2020. LESTARI activities are targeted in six strategic landscapes on three of Indonesia’s largest islands, where primary forest cover remains most intact and carbon stocks are greatest. In northern Sumatra, the Leuser Landscape comprises significant portions of Aceh Selatan, Gayo Lues, Aceh Tenggara, and Aceh Barat Daya districts, and includes the Aceh portion of Leuser National Park and Singkil Wildlife Reserve. In Central Kalimantan, LESTARI works in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, comprising Pulang Pisau, Katingan, and Gunung Mas districts; Palangkaraya municipality; and Sebangau and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Parks. LESTARI also works in four landscapes in Papua. Sarmi and Cyclops Landscapes are located along the northern coast and comprise Sarmi district as well as Jayapura district and municipality. The Lorentz Lowlands Landscape, comprising Mimika and Asmat districts plus a large portion of Lorentz National Park, and the Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape are located along Papua’s southern coast. LESTARI is managed from its headquarters in Jakarta, with offices in each landscape as well as the provincial capitals of Aceh, Central Kalimantan, and Papua. Expected results to be achieved by the end of the project include:

At least 41% of total CO2-equivalent emissions reduced from land use, land use change and deforestation averaged across all landscapes within the project scope;

At least 8.42 Million hectares of primary or secondary forest, including orangutan habitat, under improved management;

Management of at least six conservation areas improved, resulting in the conservation of valuable orangutan and other key species habitat, and the reduction in poaching of threatened and endemic species;

At least ten public - private partnerships (PPPs) promoting LEDS established;

Funding leveraged from public and private sources, representing co-investment in project outcomes;

Increased commitment of key private sector, government, and community stakeholders regarding the positive benefits of conservation and sustainable use of forests and the species they encompass;

Policies, laws, regulations, and procedures in support of LEDS and forest conservation and management increased, promulgated, and enforced at all levels;

Models for successful integration of district, provincial, and national low emissions development and forest conservation strategies developed and shared at all levels of government and with other key stakeholders.


LESTARI TECHNICAL THEMES & PROGRESS TOWARDS THEORY OF CHANGE LESTARI’s technical approach is built upon three integrated technical themes: (1) Forest and Land Use Governance and Advocacy to enable (2) Improved Conservation and Forest Management, and (3) Private Sector Engagement as direct drivers of improved land management. Each technical theme is guided by various strategic approaches and their corresponding Theory of Change (ToC). The ToC illustrates the connection between project interventions, threats, and intermediate results, building up towards the key project goals: 41% reduction in GHG emissions from forest and land use sectors and 8.42 million hectares of forest, including orangutan habitat, under improved management (See Appendix 2). The ToC also demonstrates the horizontal connection between strategic approaches, as they are designed to be closely integrated and mutually reinforcing, where relevant. An overview of the Year 3 Quarter 1 progress under each Technical Theme and supporting Strategic Approaches is presented within this section. Accompanying ToC diagrams highlight the areas of progress/focus. Subsequently, dedicated landscape sections illustrate how the approach was contextualized and implemented to address the unique threats and opportunities present within each LESTARI landscape.

TECHNICAL THEME 1: FOREST & LAND USE GOVERNANCE & ADVOCACY


LESTARI 1 – Awareness and Advocacy This cross-cutting strategic approach integrates activities to ensure all local stakeholders, including underrepresented and marginalized groups, are equipped to contribute to sustainable land use practices and policy through informed action. During this quarter, Awareness and Advocacy activities underwent a shift, in line with the recommendations of LESTARI’s Mid Term Assessment including the Political Economy Analysis undertaken in Year 2. Specifically, this shift involves:

Clearly distinguishing between communication and advocacy activities, with advocacy activities oriented towards achieving specific changes in policy formulation or implementation. Advocacy and communication activities are being integrated across all technical work conducted by the project in order to strengthen impact.

Devoting more focus to strengthening constituencies for change in project landscapes, to contribute to more effective advocacy approaches, and leave a legacy of active constituencies for conservation after the project ends.

Supporting Multi-Stakeholder Fora (MSFs) to be more effective in channeling aspirations from community stakeholders to policymakers, and to shift emphasis from creating new multi-stakeholder fora with institutional legitimacy to supporting multi-stakeholder initiatives which function to integrate inputs from various stakeholders into policy formulation, implementation, or monitoring processes.

In line with the above focus, achievements this quarter have included:

Media advocacy activities undertaken by LESTARI sub-contractor Mongabay/INFIS have been more tightly integrated with the current landscape initiatives and policy reform objectives of each landscape. This has led to more media articles (on the Mongabay site as well as through partnerships with local media) on priority topics in each landscapes and production of videos in line with key landscape initiatives. For more details, activities are described more completely under each landscape, and summary tables on media products and outreach are presented in the Communications section.

Development of the ‘Women Media Champions’ initiative in Aceh continued, through a series of workshops to build capacity of the champions, field visits so that they could investigate environmental needs in the landscapes, and technical support as they built their own media advocacy activities. This has led to the beginnings of a new advocacy network in Aceh (i.e. a constituency for change) which strengthens women’s voice on environmental issues. For more details see the gender integration section.

In Aceh, technical assistance for the incoming provincial government’s Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was undertaken, which succeeded in ensuring that key forestry-related priorities and threats were featured in the SEA. Through close collaboration with the Aceh provincial government, recommendations from the SEA were also integrated into the new Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMA), in order to strengthen and safeguard the Plan’s content related to sustainable forest management and threat reduction.

Twenty-five village facilitators, community organizers and LESTARI staff in Central Kalimantan were trained on advocacy and community organizing. Following the training, facilitators continued their work with villages in the LESTARI landscape, with


more emphasis on building constituencies in the villages to advocate to government to address their needs, as related to social forestry, rubber livelihoods, and collaborations with Forest Management Unit (FMU). Further results of this support will be described in the next quarter.

In Papua, a series of discussions were held between LESTARI, local NGOs, and BAPPEDA (the Papua Development Planning Board), seeking to reduce distrust and build relationships between the NGOs and BAPPEDA. The objective is for NGOs to understand the utility of the SIMTARU for conducting civil society monitoring of spatial planning and licenses, and also to integrate their participative community maps into SIMTARU so that they can be utilized to strengthen permitting processes. Collaboration between NGOs and BAPPEDA is not yet strong and will be further supported through the upcoming establishment of a new multi-issue Sustainable Development Forum, which LESTARI will support to focus on spatial planning issues.

Due to this current shift in how LESTARI does advocacy work, this section not only reports achievements, but also notes the next priorities in strengthening advocacy. These include supporting new Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) to enable key stakeholders to be empowered to have voice in policy formulation and implementation; improving public monitoring of land use governance, including both the implementation of key policies (such as spatial planning and land use licenses) and monitoring of land use change; and strengthening engagement with civil society and other potential advocacy partners. Such alliance building requires flexibility in both advocacy approaches and specific policy objectives, as strong advocacy requires strong partnerships, which will require collaboration and compromise. Investments in strengthening civil society capacity should be a high priority, both for increased effectiveness and also in consideration of the post-project impact. Papua, in particular, is in need of significant investments in civil society capacity for policy engagement.

LESTARI 2 – Operationalize Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) and Landscape Conservation Plans (LCPs) to Improve Land Use Governance Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA), which are mandatory under Indonesian law, are designed to ensure new or revised policies, plans or programs – including development plans and spatial land use plans – are based on the principles of sustainability and provide alternative scenarios and recommendations to mitigate impacts. Importantly, SEAs provide formal mechanism for explicitly incorporating LESTARI goals into government decision-making. LESTARI aims to operationalize existing SEAs and LCPs drafted under USAID IFACS as well as updated and new SEAs to make recommendations for spatial and development planning so that large-scale pressures on forests such as from oil palm, mining, and infrastructure are reduced in the landscape. This aims to raise the policy profile of forestry resource management and safeguards through appropriate additional budget allocations and monitoring and enforcement of land use regulations. One way to achieve greater utility of SEA is through ensuring that SEA analyses and recommendations improve spatial plans, new regional development plans and regional policies (e.g., Governor or Bupati decrees, regional regulations) as well as concession licensing processes. LESTARI obtains clear written agreement with government counterparts that LESTARI support for SEAs will result in recommendations that are adopted in specific policies, plans, and programs.


During this quarter, the final draft of the Aceh Provincial economic development plan (RPJMA) adopted recommendations from the SEA facilitated by LESTARI on forestry resource management. Among the adopted recommendations were the importance of addressing forest and land degradation including peatlands, natural disasters caused by water resource mismanagement, conversion of forestry land to plantations, and human-wildlife conflicts. The next step is to ensure that these recommendations are programmed and budgeted within the Strategic Plans (Rencana Strategis, Renstra) of government agencies. Meanwhile, LESTARI continued to support the updating of SEAs in the districts of Mimika, Boven-Digoel, and Mappi in Papua. The focus this quarter was on producing storyboard animations that depict alternative landscape development pathways, ranging from destructive business-as-usual to optimal forestry resource management. These animations served as important tools to broaden participation and understanding in the SEA process amongst all key stakeholders, including those with non-technical backgrounds. The SEAs are expected to be finalized within the third quarter of this year. Subsequently, LESTARI will work to ensure that SEA recommendations are adopted into local policies, plans, and programs by decision-makers.

LESTARI 3 – Sustainable Landscape Governance Deforestation and land degradation in Indonesia are rooted in weak governance, most notably misallocation of resource management rights, uncertainty of land access, insufficient involvement of local communities, and weak law enforcement. Improved land use governance enables conservation of biodiversity and reduction of land-based GHG emissions that increases the likelihood of LESTARI benefits persisting beyond the lifetime of the project. This strategic approach consists of two principle pillars: (1) multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI) to ensure citizen-based inputs to government and (2) transparent and accountable natural resource licensing with robust law enforcement and monitoring, also strengthened by citizen involvement. In order to conduct canal blocking and peatland restoration activities to reduce the risk of forest and land fires, LESTARI led a successful MSI in Central Kalimantan that concluded in October 2017. Communities were engaged through a process of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) to incorporate citizen inputs into the dam design. The initiative supported by LESTARI covered four villages and over 25,000 ha. Local communities asked for it to be applied to all external assistance whether from donors or the government. In Aceh, the Head of South Aceh District enacted a decree mandating that all 260 villages incorporate environmental protection and sustainable forest management in their village development plans (RPJMDes) – an approach introduced by LESTARI through a six-volume RPJMDes manual. Moreover, provincial authorities in Papua endorsed the Sustainability Screening Tool (SST) as a means for rationalizing and monitoring land use licensing. For the SST to operate effectively, up to date data (including maps of licensed concession areas) must be already uploaded to the SIMTARU (spatial planning management system). Thus when the SST is fully adopted and functional, this should increase pressure on the various agencies to upload their most recent data to SIMTARU. Next quarter, LESTARI will follow up on opportunities for SST adoption in Aceh as well.


Technical Theme 2: Improved Conservation & Forest management

LESTARI 4 – Improved Forest Management Through Co-Management and FMU Strengthening The focus of this strategic approach is to improve forest management, particularly outside conservation areas (CAs), through co-management approaches to impact broad areas in the landscape. Year 3 work focuses on implementing the initiative in the village and Forest Management Unit (FMU) levels. This is conducted through advocacy towards Provincial Forestry Offices to incorporate co-management schemes in their planning and budgeting, and capacity building for FMU staff. In addition, the approach involves facilitating co-management agreements between communities and the local government and/or private sector in order to secure communities’ access to forests and forest resources as well as build their capacities in sustainable forest management. During this quarter, LESTARI continued to provide technical assistance to 11 local villages in Leuser and Katingan-Kahayan Landscapes to obtain social forestry permits (e.g., mapping, forest management group establishment, forest management plan development). LESTARI also provided training for more than 200 FMU V staff in Leuser Landscape in areas where management and technical capacity is currently insufficient. This included basic forest management, basic knowledge on procedures and regulations related to co-management, facilitation skills, and conflict resolution. Assistance was also provided to FMUs to revise their Long-Term Forest Management Plans (RPHJP) – a foundational planning document that is mandatory for all FMUs. In coordination with partners USAID BIJAK and USFS, LESTARI continued to provide inputs on how the USFS FMU toolkit can be best adapted to serve FMUs in the LESTARI landscapes.

LESTARI 5 – Protected Area Management and Key Species Conservation LESTARI works with KLHK’s KSDAE Directorate Kawasan Konservasi to improve the management in 6 Conservation Areas located within LESTARI landscapes. To do this, LESTARI supports mainstreaming the application of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) to quantify, monitor, and enhance management effectiveness by engaging with CA management staff, BKSDA, and local communities. The approach includes implementing technology-driven tools such as SMART Patrols and camera traps, as well as improving management and zonation plans, dedicated wildlife crime and forest crime units, and human-wildlife conflict mitigation, among others.


During this quarter, LESTARI provided technical support for BKSDA to complete the management and zonation plan of Singkil Wildlife Reserve. Proper zonation is fundamental to CA management, as it makes clear to all stakeholders the types of activities allowed within each block. A hydrology survey conducted by USDOI also contributed to the plan considered by BKSDA. KLHK approved the result and stated that it will be used as a model in other CAs. LESTARI continued to support the implementation of joint annual work plans together with CA management staff and BKSDA. SMART Patrol teams are operational in all 6 CAs and are actively detecting and mitigating illegal activities such as wildlife poaching, trafficking, and illegal logging. In Leuser Landscape, patrols covered 389 km and uncovered 16 incidents of poaching and 24 incidents of encroachment. In Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, patrols covered 1383 km and uncovered 27 incidents of illegal logging, mostly within Sebangau National Park. The LESTARI team also coordinated with BKSDA and CA management to prepare 2018 joint annual work plans in order to clarify areas of technical assistance to be provided by LESTARI. In Central Kalimantan, LESTARI grantee Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), reintroduced 12 orangutans into their natural habitats in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park following successful rehabilitation efforts. Post-release monitoring continued to be conducted for these and previously reintroduced orangutans.


Technical Theme 3: Private Sector Engagement

LESTARI 6 – Green Enterprises This strategic approach involves supporting community livelihoods through improved production and enhanced market access for key local commodities that are produced sustainably. It is targeted in select buffer zone locations aimed at reducing deforestation and encroachment pressures. It is also a strategic entry point to secure buy-in from local governments. During this quarter, this strategic approach focused on continuing implementation of the sustainable livelihoods and PPP initiatives in various landscapes. In the Leuser Landscape, about 850 cacao farmers received training in demo-plot establishment and nursery development. In the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, about 1,000 rubber farmers received training in nursery development and post-harvest processing. In Papua, about 39 farmers received technical training in vanilla agroforestry. All of these trainings aim to improve quality and yield, resulting in lasting economic benefits for communities as well as reduced pressures for encroachment. In the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, the LESTARI team also held discussions with the private sector, farmer groups, and local government (Dinas, FMU, state-owned enterprises) to explore opportunities for greater leveraged funding and support for the rubber livelihoods initiative. This could entail provision of quality seedlings, rehabilitation of degraded peatland, and establishment of farmer groups. While still in the planning stages, it will be an important focus area in the coming quarters until the end of the project to ensure sufficient impact and sustainability.

LESTARI 7 – Private Sector Best Management Practices (BMPs) The focus of this strategic approach involves engaging with private sector companies operating in and/or impacting LESTARI landscapes to build their capacity and secure their commitment towards the long-term implementation of BMPs for reducing deforestation and improving biodiversity conservation within concession areas. During this quarter, LESTARI continued to deliver trainings in Reduced Impact Logging-Carbon (RIL-C) for the 9 timber concession (HPH) partners in the Katingan-Kahayan and Sarmi Landscapes. The RIL-C training supports HPHs to adopt modern practices that are more sustainable and less damaging to the natural environment. It is expected to result in commitments for reduced deforestation and carbon emissions from the natural forest production sector beyond the life of the LESTARI project. Thus far, the total estimated area impacted is about 400,000 ha. During the next quarter, LESTARI will also start collaborating with several HPHs to implement High Conservation Value (HCV) monitoring. In Papua, LESTARI signed a letter of intent with Korindo Group to work together on the implementation of a sustainable land use model following FPIC principles. This collaboration aims to ensure natural forest areas are safeguarded for watershed protection, local livelihoods, and cultural value.


LESTARI 8 – Innovative Financing for Sustainable Land and Forest Management This strategic approach focuses on two key areas: (1) sustainable tourism development and (2) community-based innovative financing. For sustainable tourism, due to the delay of the sub-contractor and grantee selection process, technical assistance to local government for this initiative was limited. However, the LESTARI team did support a multi-stakeholder dialogue geared towards developing a sustainable tourism partnership between a local community and Sebangau National Park. An MoU was signed and subsequently KLHK endorsed this partnership. For the innovative financing approach, the LESTARI team completed a detailed business plan for the Sebangau Restoration Fund. The final report describes the costs, benefits, and timeframes for supporting the long-term restoration of the national park. It also describes multiple donor funding options with both domestic and international sources for potential contribution. Sebangau National Park is home to the largest remaining population of wild orangutans on Borneo. It contains severely degraded peatlands and faces threats from illegal logging, forest fires, and habitat destruction.


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Overview

The Leuser Landscape encompasses an area of 1.6 million hectares in Aceh that is rich in natural resources and an economy that dominated by agroforestry. Crops such as cacao, nutmeg, rubber, and oil palm are important contributors to the region’s development and community livelihoods as well as export markets, including the United States. The landscape is largely defined by two protected areas, Leuser National Park and Singkil Wildlife Reserve, which provide habitat for critically endangered key species (Sumatran orangutan, tiger, elephant, and rhino), and regulate freshwater resources for communities. The landscape includes the districts of Gayo Lues, Aceh Tenggara, Aceh Selatan, and Aceh Barat Daya. According to the Landscape Baseline Analysis (LBA), projected land transitions in the Leuser Landscape are dominated by primary and secondary dryland forest converted to agriculture, brush, agroforestry, mixed agriculture, and some transmigration projects. Such transitions are responsible for the vast majority of projected emissions. Moreover, the majority of these emissions are projected to occur within Leuser National Park, Singkil Wildlife Reserve, protected forest (hutan lindung) and other non-forest areas (APL). Nearly half of all land-based emissions in the Leuser Landscape occur on peatlands that are restricted to the areas along the coast. LESTARI’s overall vision for this landscape is to advance collaborative and sustainable management practices in targeted forested sub-watersheds facing significant encroachment pressures. The Year 3 target for hectares under improved management is 143,279 ha. The following are the Year 3 integrated landscape initiatives that contribute to this vision.

● Initiative 1: Provincial and district LESTARI integration and scaling through engagement in annual budgeting (including Aceh Green leveraged incorporating SEA recommendations into RTRW and RPJMD)

● Initiative 2: Provincial forest management and FMU collaboration with sustainable livelihoods development

● Initiative 3: Protected Area conservation co-management in Leuser NP, Singkil WR, and Trumon Corridor (including orangutan conservation)

Progress This Quarter

Initiative 1: Provincial and district LESTARI integration and scaling through engagement in annual budgeting (including Aceh Green leveraged incorporating SEA recommendations into RTRW and RPJMD) Given the growing importance of strategic environmental assessments (SEA) in Indonesia, LESTARI’s support for the SEA of the new regional development plan for Aceh Province (RPJMA) was successful both in terms of progress and results. LESTARI analyses produced five main land use based policies, plan, and programs (KRP) that resulted in an actionable set of recommendations for improved land use governance. The five land use based KRP recommendations related to: (1) agriculture expansion to support food security; (2) energy and mining exploration; (3) industry and agroindustry expansion; (4) spatial plan and economic development, and (5) road and bridge construction. With almost 50% of forest cover, the implementation of five KRP under a business-as-usual scenario could result in deforestation and degradation, large scale of natural disasters, social conflict, human-wildlife conflict, the extinction of endangered species, and 24 million tons of GHG emissions. To minimize impacts, the SEA recommends the designation of local protected areas (kawasan lindung setempat). The implementation of that recommendation will reduce an estimated 4 million tons of GHG emissions. LESTARI facilitated the incorporation of these SEA recommendations into the final draft RPJMA with an explicit statement that SEA is an integral part of the RPJMA. Once the RPJMA is endorsed by parliament as a Local


Regulation next quarter, SEA recommendations become mandatory for all government agencies. The next step for LESTARI is to ensure that SEA recommendations are programmed and budgeted under the Strategic Plans (Renstra) of the government agencies. At the end of the first quarter, the provincial forestry office formally requested LESTARI assistance for Renstra development during the second quarter. In parallel, LESTARI also advocated for the adoption of provincial SEA recommendations at the district level through the assistance of SEA development for Gayo Lues and Aceh Barat Daya Districts. Based on provincial SEA analysis, Gayo Lues is ranked as the second most vulnerable district to flood and landslides with more than 80% of forest cover. In Aceh Barat Daya, LESTARI and partners submitted a draft detailed spatial plan (RDTR) for the Susoh Watershed to the SEA working group. The core feature of the RDTR for this Bupati-designated strategic area is a participatory mapped area that identifies key environmental and cultural sites for a dozen constituent villages of the watershed. The RDTR is of sufficiently-small scale for all parties to relate the maps to familiar geographical features. It is therefore a workable guide for land use decision-making. This watershed area approach is now a model for scaling up across the entire district and will help secure the northwestern flank of the Leuser landscape All SEA recommendations focused the economic development plan on the need to safeguard forestry ecosystem management from major threats such as road building, mining exploration, and plantation development as well as to factor in direct forest management by forest management units (FMUs). Before the SEA process, forestry resource management had barely featured in the RPJMA. The forestry sector’s position is now stronger to argue for higher and sustained budget allocation starting in 2019. At the village level, LESTARI continued to advocate for village development planning (RPJMDes) that incorporates principles of sustainable forest management. LESTARI completed a six-volume RPJMDes manual that assists village-level authorities through six sequential steps: (1) understand the paradigm of sustainable forest management and village development, (2) incorporate sustainable forest management into RPJMDes, (3) prepare the Village Government Work Plan (RKP) and the Village Budgets (APBDes), (4) conduct a technical assessment of village conditions, (5) develop a village zonation plan, and (6) collaboratively manage forest areas. Engagement with the Aceh Selatan District government resulted in expressed support for the approach facilitated by this manual. Subsequently, in November 2017, the Bupati issued a decree (Peraturan Bupati) requiring all villages within the district to develop a village plan that involves programs for environmental protection. These programs include reforestation and forest rehabilitation, forest protection and preservation, water catchment protection, and human wildlife conflict mitigation. This brings more than 400,000 hectares of forest, including major sections of Leuser National Park and Singkil Wildlife Reserve that contain the habitats of key, critically endangered species, under sustainable co-management for conservation. With 260 villages located in the district, the total potential funding leveraged from APBDes is around 2 million USD. The decree institutionalizes this approach facilitated by LESTARI and scales up impact from the village level up to the entire district. Given the interest in green development initiatives from the Aceh Government, LESTARI will seek to expand adoption across other districts in the Leuser Landscape and across Aceh Province. It has the potential to serve as a model for strengthening village-based forest governance across Indonesia.


Initiative 2: Provincial forest management and FMU collaboration with sustainable livelihoods development In line with provincial SEA recommendation to optimize forest protection, LESTARI provided technical assistance to FMUs V and VI to formulate their Long-Term Forest Management Plans (RPHJP). Both FMUs face challenges from high rates of forest encroachment for agricultural expansion. FMU V manages 289,956 hectares of forest area while the population living around this area is 168,514. FMU VI manages 324,260 hectares of forest area with a population of 235,040. These figures confirm the need for collaborative forest management. Thus, the co-management principle will be the main issue to advocate into RPHJP. Basic training was also provided for more than 200 staff of FMU V to increase their capacity, not only to conduct forest patrols, but more importantly to develop partnerships with village communities to facilitate collaborative management. The training series will be continued within Year 3 involving the staff of FMU VI. Moreover, LESTARI continued to engage with partners USFS, BIJAK, and KLHK on the USFS FMU toolkit and its adaptation and implementation in the LESTARI landscapes. It is currently being translated into Bahasa Indonesia prior to finalization and rollout. In addition, LESTARI continued to provide support directly to communities to realize equitable economic development opportunities through co-management initiatives, particularly social forestry. Details are provided in the table below.

Cluster/District Grantee Progress This Quarter

Aceh Selatan Orangutan Information Centre (OIC)

Social Forestry permit applications completed for three villages and submitted to KLHK for approval

Gayo Lues

Javlec Training on ecotourism services and improvement of coffee product quality was held for 5 villages in Blangkejeren Subdistrict

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An MOU to support development of co-management in 4 villages in Pantan Cuaca Subdistrict, using the Cooperation Scheme (Pola Kerjasama Kehutanan) based on Aceh Government regulations, was signed at a stakeholder workshop

Aceh Barat Daya AID Village Forest applications were submitted for Kayee Aceh and Alue Jeurejak Villages to the Aceh Provincial Forestry Office and KLHK. They are now waiting for verification

In conjunction with co-management, LESTARI assists communities to develop and improve sustainable livelihood practices. During this quarter, LESTARI continued to implement a PPP for land-based organic certification to support local commodities in Leuser Landscape. This is done through trainings and capacity building activities for the local farmer groups. The private sector partners include Javara, an international retailer of artisanal Indonesian food products, and Cooperative Bireun, a locally based cooperative that buys and sells farmer produce. Field activities focused on preparing the beneficiaries for an upcoming internal audit that will assess adherence to organic certification standards. In parallel, activities involving marketing, nursery development, and post-harvest processing continued to take place. Details are presented below.


Area Progress in Numbers

Aceh Selatan, Aceh Tenggara, and Gayo Lues Districts At total of 33 villages

● About 850 farmers actively participating in this initiative through trainings, discussion, field schools, demo-plot establishment.

● 3 Internal Control System (ICS) centers in each district have been

set up as part of the requirement for the organic certification. ● 10 demonstration plots and nurseries have been established and

operationalized as the learning centers for the farmer groups and also alternative income sources for the farmers by selling their seedlings to other farmers.

● One farmer group is negotiating with a new potential buyer for cacao

beans. The first sale for about 900 kg has been conducted. ● Several cacao plantations in Aceh Tenggara District have been

selected by the provincial government as models. A team from the provincial government has conducted verification in the selected locations.

Figure 2. Training on meeting organic certification requirements with local farmers; establishment of

nursery by cacao farmers

Initiative 3: Protected Area conservation co-management in Leuser NP, Singkil WR, and Trumon Corridor Work under this initiative focused on providing technical support for BKSDA Aceh to review the management and zonation plan of Singkil Wildlife Reserve. Proper zonation is fundamental to CA management, as it makes clear to all stakeholders the types of activities allowed within each block. A series of public consultations in 30 villages resulted in participatory zonation as part of the plan. A hydrology survey conducted by USDOI also provided inputs into the plan considered by BKSDA. In December 2017, KLHK approved the plan and noted that it presented valid data and was based on the involvement of multi-stakeholders. KLHK recommended the zonation process for Singkil Wildlife Reserve be a model for other CAs in Indonesia. The resulting social and legal legitimacy means that for the first time there is a prospect of conservation management with broad-based support that should also put an end to oil palm encroachment into the conservation area and persistent disputes between local communities and forestry agencies in an area of high biodiversity. In support for orangutan conservation, the LESTARI team conducted a survey on orangutan-human conflict in 10 villages in the buffer zone of Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve. The findings will be used to devise improved conservation strategies in a location that is prone to human-wildlife conflict. The findings will also contribute to the long-term management plan (RPHJP) of KPH VI.


Finally, SMART Patrol teams were operational in Leuser National Park, Singkil Wildlife Reserve, and the KPH VI area. These teams were active in detecting and mitigating threats such as illegal logging, poaching, and encroachment. In Leuser, teams covered 258 km over 88 patrol-days while in Singkil teams covered 131 km over 33 patrol-days. This is summarized below.

Challenges & Opportunities

● Aceh’s new provincial administration renews hope for improved forest management in the Provincial level. Both the new governor and a newly appointed head of forestry agency at the provincial level have a strong commitment to support the operationalization of forest management units and communities’ partnership with the FMUs.

● The new District Head in Gayo Lues district, Aceh, also represents an opportunity to increase engagement with government, as he has interest in and commitment to sustainable forest management. LESTARI has met with this new district leader in order to identify additional concrete opportunities for collaboration which will impact positively upon forest management.

● The Bupati Decree on RPJMDes in Aceh Selatan District will scale up the adoption of LESTARI’s approach for village development planning, which incorporates principles of conservation and sustainable forest management, across the entire district. One notable challenge is to make sure that village facilitators in Aceh Selatan are able to


master and implement the technical guidance for all district forest villages. LESTARI is currently in the process of designing a Training of Trainers (ToT), to be implemented directly by LESTARI Leuser Landscape field staff, for approximately 44 village facilitators in Aceh Selatan.

● The LESTARI Leuser team has been asked by the Aceh government to develop manuals for co-management implementation. This is related to the co-management initiatives that are already under development in the landscape. LESTARI is currently in the process of developing this document.

● Organic certification for cacao requires farmers to establish an Internal Control System (ICS) that involves detailed accounting protocols. Although it is a challenge to facilitate farmers to understand and implement this practice, it also presents an opportunity to build their capacity in improved management practices and foster long-term impact.

● LESTARI support for SMART Patrols is an important contributor to improved conservation area management in Leuser National Park, Singkil Wildlife Reserve, and other CAs in LESTARI landscapes. However, a clear exit strategy is needed, particularly regarding financing and human resources allocation, so that the impact is sustained beyond LESTARI. At the national level, BIJAK is working with KSDAE to institutionalize SMART as a formal CA management tool that supports KSDAE’s management information system (MIS). This is one potential SMART Patrol sustainability strategy that LESTARI will seek to support through coordination with BIJAK.

Priorities for Next Quarter

● A multi-stakeholder initiative on collaborative sustainable forest management in Aceh. This will support the implementation of the Governor’s RPJMA, which has been influenced by the LESTARI-supported SEA. Government engagement will be oriented towards influencing the Forest and Environment Agency’s Strategic Plan.

● Support a multi-stakeholder initiative that brings LESTARI success cases from the field to the attention of provincial policy makers, in the context of discussing the Renstra. Success cases and models will include the work on village-level planning which prioritizes sustainable forest management, support for multi-stakeholder zonation processes, FMU-level planning, and district-level policies related to strengthening the role of villages in sustainable forest management.

● Mongabay/INFIS will continue to conduct media advocacy through the production of articles, videos and other products, and the building of constituencies for change at village level.

● Continue technical assistance in preparing farmers for the internal audit process related to organic certification.

● Continue to work with the provincial one-stop-shop for natural resource licensing on SST adoption. This aims to improve monitoring and enforcement of land use licenses and infrastructure threats to vulnerable forest areas.

● Where social forestry permits have been obtained, assist communities in strengthening village forest management capacity and facilitate partnerships between forest farmer groups and the private sector.


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Overview

The Katingan-Kahayan Landscape in Central Kalimantan covers more than 4 million hectares in Katingan, Pulang Pisau, Gunung Mas Districts; a small part of Kotawaringin Timur; and Palangkaraya municipality. It includes both deep peatland of the ex-mega rice project and Sebangau National Park as well as mineral soils including Bukit Baka Bukit Raya (BBBR) National Park. The region’s economy depends on forestry, agriculture, commodities, trade, services, and mining sectors. Much of the landscape is vulnerable to forest and peatland fires, illegal logging, forest degradation, conversion for oil palm plantations, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. Unsustainable land use management continues to release large emissions while also negatively impacting the health and livelihoods of local communities. Most significantly, land and forest fires in 2015, mostly in the peatlands, contributed to higher daily emissions than the whole of the European Union, resulted in approximately $16 billion (IDR 221 trillion) in damages, and sparked urgency at all levels of government to prevent this kind of disaster from happening again. Even without fire, the primary source of landscape GHG emissions are degraded peatlands, followed by the conversion of forest for agriculture. The landscape is home to a range of endemic and endangered key species. Of particular importance is the critically endangered and globally-valued Bornean Orangutan which faces threats from both habitat destruction and poaching. The Central Bornean Orangutan is the most numerous sub-species with approximately 35,000 individuals spread out over West and Central Kalimantan. For the peat sub-landscape, LESTARI’s overall vision is to reduce GHG emissions from peat degradation, deforestation, and fire through improved peatland management for sustainable livelihoods and conservation, and/or improved CA management. For the mineral soil sub-landscape, LESTARI’s overall vision is to reduce deforestation and improve biodiversity conservation through sustainable co-management, forest management, or CA management. The Year 3 target for hectares under improved management is 419,608 ha. The following are the Year 3 integrated landscape initiatives that contribute to these visions.

● Initiative 1: Provincial and district LESTARI integration and scaling through engagement in annual budgeting

● Initiative 2: Landscape restoration with FPIC and sustainable livelihoods

● Initiative 3: FMU provincial-level policy support and social forestry co-management

● Initiative 4: Conservation co-management and orangutan conservation in Sebangau and BBBR

● Initiative 5: Private sector BMP and ecotourism


Initiative 1: Provincial and district LESTARI integration and scaling through engagement in annual budgeting A draft Bupati’s Decree (PerBup) was finalized on village authority that includes water resource management through canal blocking and maintenance of peatland hydrology. The PerBup is an intermediate step to enable the use of Village Fund (Dana Desa) for investments into forest and peatland restoration. This includes the construction and maintenance of water management dams, alternative transport systems (e.g., pathways alongside canals), and monitoring to ensure compliance with peatland restoration agreements.


Initiative 2: Landscape restoration with FPIC and sustainable livelihoods In October, LESTARI completed a stakeholder engagement activity in four villages covering around 25,000 Ha of degraded peatland in Pulang Pisau District, obtaining free prior and informed consent (FPIC) for blocking of canals to reduce the risk of forest and land fires in the dry season and to prevent excessive floods in the rainy seasons. Pulang Pisau District, although covering only around 3% of the province, accounted for 30% of all fire-related emissions in the fire disaster of 2015. LESTARI supported the FPIC process facilitated by a multi-stakeholder team (Tim 9) of the MSF Forum Hapakat Lestari. Local communities, local government, Public Works and BRG widely appreciated this process, which resulted in a binding written agreement (Berita Acara) for each of the four villages. This practical application of FPIC represents a landmark institutional starting point with legal and social legitimacy. The Head of BRG expressed interest in applying this approach to comparable and larger peatland restoration areas in Sumatra. LESTARI will re-engage BRG on expanding FPIC once documentation materials are finalized within the next quarter. Local communities asked that such FPIC be applied to all external development activities in their village areas. What most impressed them was that their opinion was sought and acted upon by infrastructure planners. The canal dam designs of BRG incorporated indigenous knowledge to be more relevant to local conditions, specifically, wider compacted peat structures to withstand the force of high water flows in the degraded landscape. There is a clear opportunity for LESTARI to support the four villages as an FPIC learning model for other peatland restoration areas as well as the basis for a Bupati decree to mandate this FPIC approach for the entire peatland hydrological unit (KHG#14), 90% of which is inside the district of Pulang Pisau. This leveraging effect significantly contributes to securing restoration of the southeastern part of the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape. Moreover, lessons from developing this FPIC approach will also be brought to bear in LESTARI’s upcoming work on participatory zonation of oil palm concessions in the Mappi-Boven Digoel Landscape. In conjunction with this peatland restoration initiative, LESTARI supports rubber-based sustainable livelihoods in this landscape as a key low emissions development strategy. A PPP with rubber farmer groups, processors, financers, and buyers provides the needed technical training, enhanced production, and improved market access. During this quarter, this PPP continued implementation with a focus on stronger integration with local government programs that can access the village fund at the district and provincial levels. For instance, collaboration between rubber farmer groups (KUBK) and the village-level state owned enterprise (BUMDes) will enable BUMDes to be more involved in the rubber value chain improvement through access of the village fund for field activities.

Area Progress in Numbers

Pulang Pisau and Gunung Mas Districts A total villages of 21 villages from 6 sub-districts

● About 1,000 farmers have been actively participating in the initiative. Total beneficiaries have reached over 4000 people.

● About 4,000 ha of rubber plantations under LESTARI

direct technical assistance. However, based on the survey at the end of Year 2, 25,000 ha of rubber plantations are impacted from this LESTARI initiative.

● Trainings are focusing on on-and off-farm practices,

fire management, market access, institutional capacity, and basic financial management.


Initiative 3: FMU provincial-level policy support and social forestry co-management In order to support FMU development and operationalization, in this quarter LESTARI conducted a dialogue and coordination with the Provincial Forestry Office related to the establishment of 18 management units that will manage the 33 FMUs in Central Kalimantan. The initial technical assistance to be undertaken by LESTARI is to facilitate training activities on basic forest management, mapping/zoning techniques, conflict management, and collaborative management for FMU staff. These trainings will begin in January 2018. Together with the Central Kalimantan Social Forestry Working Group (Pokja PS), LESTARI provided technical assistance for the submission of applications for Social Forestry licenses. In this quarter, 2 licenses were successfully obtained – 1 Community Forestry (HKm) license from Gunung Mas District and 1 HKm from Katingan District. After license acquisition, LESTARI began to assist the communities/villages in the business development and marketing of potential local commodities such as honey and ecotourism. Initiative 4: Conservation co-management and orangutan conservation in Sebangau and BBBR During this quarter, the LESTARI team completed the Sebangau Sustainable Financing draft report. The main element is a cost/benefit analysis that centers around reforestation, dam building and maintenance, and forest fire suppression and mitigation. It also incorporates co-management with communities for sustainable livelihood development and reduction in pressures for encroachment. A follow up workshop will be conducted next quarter to get further inputs before being submitted to KLHK. LESTARI, through grantee Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), reintroduced 12 orangutans into their natural habitats in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park following successful rehabilitation efforts. Post-release monitoring continues to be conducted.

Figure 3. Orangutan rehabilitation, release, and post-release monitoring conducted by BOSF

Finally, SMART Patrol teams were operational in both Sebangau and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Parks. These teams were active in detecting and mitigating threats such as illegal logging, poaching, and encroachment. In Sebangau, teams covered 1275 km over 38 patrol-days while in BBBR teams covered 108 km over 14 patrol-days. In the Sebangau Hulu and Habaring Hurung areas, tenurial conflicts between communities underpinned the rise in encroachment incidents. In Mangkok, illegal logging continued to be prevalent. The LESTARI team followed this up with the Law Enforcement division of Sebangau National Park, and subsequently two encroachers were taken into custody. Their cases are currently being processed in court. SMART Patrol findings for this quarter are summarized below.


Initiative 5: Private sector BMP and ecotourism LESTARI provides technical training for 7 partner natural forest timber concessions in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape in Reduced Impacting Logging (RIL-C) techniques. RIL-C is a set of logging techniques that minimize waste and damage to the surrounding environment, enable faster regeneration, and reduce carbon emissions. During this quarter the RIL-C trainers continued to deliver trainings to relevant staff of the timber concessions. The trainers also provided technical assistance for preparing the Annual Work Plans (RKT) for each HPH for 2018. The RKT will incorporate RIL-C principles and as well as allocate budget for RIL-C implementation.

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Figure 4. RIL-C field training conducted with HPH partners in Katingan-Kahayan Landscape

For the ecotourism initiative, the LESTARI team provided technical assistance for Sebangau NP and local communities in the Punggualas area (covering 3 villages) in finalizing an MoU on the development of community-based ecotourism. The MoU will allow local communities legal access to participate in and benefit from ecotourism development in this conservation area (e.g., serving as tour guides, selling locally-made products to tourists). This area covers significant orangutan habitat (hence orangutan-based ecotourism is being developed by one of the villages) and presents an important opportunity to incentivize conservation. Currently, the MoU has been approved by KLHK and the activities in the field have started with providing inputs for an ecotourism site plan and technical trainings for local communities.

Challenges and Opportunities

● LESTARI is engaged in the provincial Working Group for Social Forestry. The Working Group is a multi-stakeholder body that reports to the Governor and seeks to accelerate implementation of social forestry objectives, which are supported by the President via national targets. This new body has only weak civil society involvement, and certain activities planned have no budget. LESTARI will thus support the


Working Group on key activities that address LESTARI’s Year 3 work plan objectives, while also strengthening civil society involvement in the Working Group.

● The MSF Forum Hapakat Lestari in Pulang Pisau District has selected rubber as the focus for sustainable livelihood activities. This can be linked with LESTARI’s rubber initiative to strengthen and sustain impact for rubber farmers.

● The LESTARI team will also explore more diverse PPP partners that can contribute to the rubber value chain in Central Kalimantan and connected to U.S. markets.

● The provincial government has so far not been proactive in strengthening sustainable forest management policies or their implementation. This means that LESTARI needs to carefully identify realistic opportunities to support collaboration and improved forest management, where key government officials have a political mandate to accelerate implementation of existing government policies. Three key issues of relevance are social forestry, forest fire prevention, and the moratorium on new land use licenses on peat.

● The advocacy role of environmental NGOs in Central Kalimantan has declined over the past two years, due to several key personnel changes. As such, there is a gap in civil society voice on forest governance in Central Kalimantan. LESTARI will seek ways to address this gap, through involving local NGOs in raising key advocacy issues, facilitating the participation of NGOs in interactions with government on these issues, and looking for ways to provide capacity support to NGOs.

Priorities for Next Quarter

● Multi-stakeholder workshop on Sustainable Sebangau in Palangka Raya to address collaborative ways to preserve Sebangau National Park. It will be facilitated by LESTARI and attended by DG KSDAE, Mayor of Palangka Raya, Bupatis of Pulang Pisau and Katingan, PT RMU, and community ecotourism groups.

● Community carbon measurement and monitoring training in Central Kalimantan as part of the university partnerships initiative with Michigan State University.

● Four-day training on social forestry and forest partnership schemes for FMUs in Central Kalimantan inviting FMU staff, local government, grantees, local communities, and private sectors

● Follow-up workshop with stakeholders to discuss the Sebangau Sustainable Financing draft report.

● A comprehensive report of the FPIC process and its results to be used as a tool to amplify impact of this model beyond the LESTARI landscapes.

● Strengthen advocacy around social forestry within FMU areas, by forming networks between villages with existing, or potential, social forestry initiatives, and building their relationship with key policy makers. This activity will initially be focused in Pulang Pisau District, and will be carried through workshops involving community leaders, FMU officials, NGOs, district government officials, provincial representatives of the Working Group for Accelerating Social Forestry, and national representatives from BPSKL (the Kalimantan branch of KLHK’s social forestry work).

● Continue facilitating co-management initiatives in various stages of development and implementation. Some communities are expected to receive the social forestry permits by next quarter, while others continue to develop and implement community based forest management.


● Scale up the community-based rubber initiative, focusing on institutional strengthening so that funding allocated by local government can be optimally used.

● Follow up with the 3 selected HPHs for operationalization of Conservation Management and Monitoring Plans (CMMP). Three HPHs are selected for this initiative: Dwima Jaya, Hutan Mulia and Graha Sentosa Permai (all 3 have previously received technical assistance for CMMP development under IFACs).


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LORENTZ LOWLANDS LANDSCAPE





Overview

The Lorentz Lowlands Landscape covers an extensive 4.8 million hectares, including the districts of Mimika and Asmat and Lorentz National Park. The landscape consists of largely intact dryland, mineral soil forests in the northern parts of the landscape, extensive lowland swamp forests along the central belt, and the world’s richest and most intact mangrove ecosystems on the southern coast. The bordering freshwater swamp forest (approximately 1M ha) is important for maintaining the mangroves and together harbor some of the highest carbon stock and biodiversity per hectare of similar forests on the planet. These assets need to be managed sustainably to mitigate vast GHG emissions and conserve its important endemic biodiversity and environmental services that local communities depend on. LESTARI’s overall vision for this landscape is to reduce degradation and future deforestation of primary forest and mangrove and improve biodiversity conservation through sustainable co-management, improved spatial planning, and CA management. The Year 3 target for hectares under improved management is 285,000 ha. The following are the Year 3 integrated landscape initiatives that contribute to this vision.

● Initiative 1: Spatial plan review, revision, monitoring, and enforcement ● Initiative 2: Mangrove and cultural heritage sites co-management agreements ● Initiative 3: Lorentz co-management for conservation


Initiative 1: Spatial plan review, revision, monitoring, and enforcement LESTARI support for updating SEA for revision of the spatial plan for Mimika District, started in 2017, proceeded as planned. Improved spatial planning all over Papua has become more important since the national government’s major infrastructure development program in the province, which increases the risk of unintended encroachment into natural forest areas. Spatial plans provide a legal safeguard against uncontrolled land degradation and deforestation. Focus group discussions between the Mimika MSF and the Mimika Spatial Plan SEA working group resulted in validation of sustainable development strategic issues (biophysical landscape, social-cultural, and economic) and identification of policies, plans and programs supported through the spatial plan that could affect the sustainability of the landscape. Recommendations of the working groups were refined and formed the basis of the spatial plan revision for Mimika District to be held in January 2018. Initiative 2: Mangrove and cultural heritage sites co-management agreements During this quarter, LESTARI facilitated multi-stakeholder discussions and conducted community assistance in two villages for building an understanding of the Rawa Baki Forest Area as an Essential Ecosystem/High Conservation Value Area (123,000 ha). LESTARI provided technical assistance for participatory mapping activities in 9 villages located within the FMU VI area in Mimika District. Participatory mapping is an important part of the process of building collaborative management arrangements between community and FMU. In Asmat District, LESTARI supported the formation of the Yapem Water Resources Management Working Group and facilitated the completion of the Medium Term Management Plan (RPHJM) document in Ewer and Saw Villages. The RPHJM incorporates principles of mangrove ecosystem protection and should facilitate the legalization of village regulations on mangrove conservation. In Nayaro Village, LESTARI facilitated the formation of a working group of 25 villagers to conduct forest integrity monitoring in an area that encompasses 105,000 hectares.


Initiative 3: Lorentz co-management for conservation LESTARI and Lorentz National Park management staff undertook an evaluation of the joint annual work plan (RKT) for 2017. The RKT for 2018 was finalized and signed by LESTARI and the Head of Lorentz National Park. The RKT for 2018 describes activities for which LESTARI will provide technical support. This includes capacity building (specifically for wildlife inventory and monitoring, development of a situation room, and data analysis for zonation modeling); METT score increase; community empowerment; recovery of degraded ecosystems; and ecotourism development.


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Overview

The Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape covers 3.3 million hectares in south Papua. It consists of a large undeveloped expanse of lowland forest on a lowland mineral terrace, and extensive peat lands, swamps and some mangrove in the lower reaches towards the coast. The landscape is characterized by Papua’s largest river, the Digul, which forms the eastern boundary of the landscape. South Papua has long been the focus of large development plans for the expansion in agricultural and land-based energy estates. The MIFEE (Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate) project that was initiated under the SBY government has been revisited and supported by the Jokowi administration. The actual impact of MIFEE spreads beyond the Merauke District, as large parcels of land have long been designated for conversion to oil palm and pulp plantations in Bouven Digoel and Mappi districts. However, most oil palm and industrial plantation companies holding ‘location licenses’ are not yet operating in the landscape to date. This presents an opportunity to rationalize conversion and mitigate negative environmental and social impacts from plantation development. The priority Year 3 integrated landscape initiative is to support land use rationalization for integrated conservation and sustainable development. The Year 3 target for hectares under improved management is 503,000 ha.


Initiative 1: Land use rationalization for integrated conservation and sustainable development This pilot initiative aims to ensure that plantation development is done in a participatory manner with community stakeholders, ensuring that natural forest areas are safeguarded for watershed protection, local livelihoods, and cultural value. During this quarter, following negotiations, LESTARI signed a letter of intent with Korindo Group – an international group of companies in the paper and forest products sector – to work together on the implementation of a sustainable land use model following FPIC principles. It was agreed that the pilot project location will be Blocks D and E, as these are new areas to be developed within the concession. LESTARI and Korindo agreed to conduct a joint site visit in early 2018.


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The Sarmi Landscape covers 1 million hectares in northern Papua and is almost entirely comprised of natural forests, from the low coastal land up to the Foja Mountains in the hinterlands. This includes extensive areas of lowland peat swamp forest as well as mangrove forests along the 200 km coast. The region is known for its rich biodiversity in all forest types including tree-kangaroos, Northern Cassowary, 16 species of parrot and cockatoos, and 6 species of birds of paradise – all of which are endemic (except four species of parrot) and relatively common throughout the landscape. 70% of the landscape is currently within natural forest timber concessions (HPHs). LESTARI’s overall vision for this landscape is to ensure HCV/HCS conservation and reduce future deforestation through improved adoption of BMPs by large land-based private sector actors. Assessments in Year 1 revealed opportunities to engage with 2 natural forest timber concessions through training in Reduced Impact Logging (RIL-C). With the proper implementation of RIL-C, the environmental impacts from logging can be minimized; through participatory HCV monitoring with the local stakeholders, illegal logging can be reduced. The Year 3 target for hectares under improved management is 298,710 ha. Work in the Sarmi Landscape is limited to engagement with the private sector for BMP adoption, as this represents the most significant opportunity for improved forest and land management.


Initiative 1: Private sector BMP and RIL-C During this quarter, the LESTARI team continued to deliver training in RIL-C for the two partner timber concessions in Sarmi Landscape. Currently, the training is covering module 1. Notably, the training started much later compared to that in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape due to difficulties faced by the HPHs in fulfilling the list of prerequisites. The issue mainly concerned finding an adequate number of field staff – a common challenge in this remote and difficult to access landscape – who will receive the training. However, this has been resolved and both HPHs have demonstrated adequate readiness and commitment to participate in the training and ultimately adopt RIL-C practice as standard operating procedure.

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PT. Salaki Mandiri Sejahtera 79,130

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The Cyclops Landscape in northern Papua is the smallest LESTARI Landscape (47,000 ha) but nevertheless rich in forest and biodiversity resources and a potential model for promoting good environmental governance for Papua Province. The large population centers in nearby Jayapura and Sentani depend directly upon Cyclops’ forests for their water supply. However, the mountain range is under increasing threat from illegal logging, charcoal making, wildlife poaching, and encroachment in forested areas for agricultural land by mountain communities migrating to the capital and local communities alike. Such land use transitions, especially adjacent to the urban arc of Sentani through to Jayapura are responsible for increased land-based GHG emissions and, importantly, the loss of ecosystem services such as the stable flow of water supplies and erosion control. The core of the landscape is defined by the remaining forest within and surrounding the nature reserve. Areas bordering the buffer zone to the reserve are also part of the landscape. The priority Year 3 integrated landscape initiative is to reduce deforestation and degradation of Cyclops Nature Reserve through improved co-management of the CA and sustainable livelihood development.


Initiative 1: Co-management and sustainable livelihoods LESTARI provided training in wildlife monitoring in Cyclops Nature Reserve for BSKDA staff and Community Forest Rangers (Masyarakat Mitra Polhut, MMP). The training included the use of camera traps for bird and reptile surveys. The training was followed up by a 9-day biodiversity monitoring survey The survey confirmed the importance of the reserve in supporting a high level of biodiversity; identified potentially new and undiscovered frog species; and succeeded in inspiring the local community to further protect the reserve from encroachment, illegal charcoal making, and hunting. LESTARI also facilitated two village regulations related to Natural Resource Protection at Cyclops. LESTARI provided training and technical support for conducting SMART patrols earlier this year. During this quarter, SMART Patrols continued routine implementation. All 5 management areas (resorts) of the reserve are currently using SMART to detect and mitigate threats. Together with BKSDA Papua in Jayapura, LESTARI undertook an evaluation of the joint annual work plan (RKT) for 2017 and finalized the RKT for 2018. The RKT 2018 document was signed by LESTARI and the Head of BKSDA Papua. The RKT 2018 includes the finalization and endorsement of the Cyclops Nature Reserve zonation and management plan, METT score increase, survey of population and key species distribution (such as the echidna and Victoria crowned-pigeon, both particularly vulnerable to hunting and habitat destruction), capacity building for CA staff to improve implementation of SMART and resort-based management, and co-management arrangements with communities in the buffer zone area. Since Year 2, LESTARI has been implementing a sustainable vanilla initiative in the Cyclops Landscape. It aims to increase the incomes of local farmers through the cultivation of high quality and high yielding vanilla. Importantly, this support is provided on land located strictly outside the nature reserve, incentivizing migrant farmers to relocate illegal agricultural practices from within the protected area. This is expected to reduce pressures for deforestation within the nature reserve. To implement this initiative, the LESTARI team collaborates with USAID’s Sustainable Cooperative Agreement Alliance (SCAA) and its implementer, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), also a U.S.-based farming cooperative.


During this quarter, activities focused on community outreach and engaging other key stakeholders into the program. LESTARI also continued to collaborate with SCAA to identify the potential beneficiaries and conduct the trainings. In total, 39 farmers have received trainings in vanilla agroforestry and sustainable land use management. These farmers are in turn providing further trainings for the other members of the farmer groups. A total of 180 individuals are involved in this activity.

Figure 5. Training of vanilla farmers in Cyclops Landscape

Papua Provincial Initiatives LESTARI operates in four landscapes in Papua Province – Lorentz Lowlands, Mappi-Bouven Digoel, Sarmi, and Cyclops. Activities at the provincial level are especially important, as issues resolved at the provincial level will often have an impact for one of more landscapes, creating efficiencies and amplifying impact. Therefore, in Year 3, approaches, activities, and results are considered in aggregate in Papua landscapes. This activity aggregation across all four landscapes highlights the similarity of approach within a single province, providing for an improved focus on provincial coordination and intervention (especially for governance, budget leveraging, and protected area management) and effectiveness of implementation by the LESTARI team. The priority provincial initiative is to improve land use planning and land governance through the implementation of the Sustainability Screening Tool (SST) and the spatial planning database (SIMTARU).


Land use planning and land governance – SST/SIMTARU The Governors’ Decrees for the recognition and implementation of SIMTARU and SST, both promoted by LESTARI to the point of enactment earlier in 2017, were socialized at a regional workshop in November. One of the purposes of the socialization was as a means of encouraging all sectoral agencies to update SIMTARU systematically with the latest geospatial information necessary for effective operationalization of the SST at the One-Stop Shop for Licensing (Dinas PM&PTSP). Meanwhile, the Head of Dinas PTSP more actively involved all relevant sectoral agencies in raising the awareness about the utility of the SST. His staff were trained to apply the web-based SST for new licenses and he agreed to set them the task of systematically recording all available license information for submission to the SIMTARU. Through technical training, the management of SIMTARU became more self-reliant in anticipation of LESTARI handover to direct management by BAPPEDA in the next quarter.


Challenges and Opportunities – Papua Landscapes

● LESTARI is supporting Bappeda to engage with local NGOs in order to get existing participative community maps into the SIMTARU database. NGOs are interested in the community maps being used as a basis for decisions related to spatial planning and permitting; in other words, to get government recognition for the community rights identified in the maps. LESTARI will continue to pursue this facilitated dialogue.

● For most effective implementation of the SIMTARU database (and the SST tool), concession data needs to be regularly updated, with the sectoral agencies (such as mining, forestry, plantations) providing updated data to Bappeda so that it can be loaded into SIMTARU. Currently this is not happening. LESTARI is pursuing measures to address this, in the short term through a workshop between government agencies to address this issue. Moving forward, LESTARI will seek to collaborate with NGOs, the Information Commission, and the Sustainable Development Forum to continue to seek solutions to this issue.

● The provincial government establishment of FMUs is not proceeding rapidly. The Provincial Forestry Agency is now set to establish a number of branch offices in some of Papua’s districts, as well as or instead of establishing functional FMUs. While FMU development is lagging in many parts of the country, Papua is a special case because of additional complexity stemming from alternative regulations on forestry under Papua’s Special Autonomy. It is not yet clear the extent to which Papua’s provincial government will establish functioning FMUs in practice in the near future, and the politics associated with this question are far-reaching. This uncertainty means that most investments in FMU support are a high-risk proposition.

● In the Cyclops landscape, a change in the head of the BKSDA has opened up new opportunities, including for more public engagement on threat tracking within Cyclops, and on engaging the public to protect Cyclops as the water source for Jayapura. World Water Day on March 22 will be an opportunity to hold a public event on this issue, in order to galvanize multi-stakeholder action to protect Cyclops. The Sustainable Development Forum, once established, will also be used as a forum for developing collaborative solutions on how to more sustainably manage Cyclops.

● LESTARI’s engagement in the Cyclops Landscape has an important advocacy component. INFIS has made a short video on the need to protect Cyclops as a source of water for the Jayapura area, and Mongabay has published articles on the topic. LESTARI has engaged with BKSDA on the need to evaluate the effectiveness of SMART patrols, and to organize data from patrols into a publicly available map of threats to Cyclops, which can be used to raise awareness and track progress in protecting Cyclops.

● Developing a sustainable investment model that is suitable for Papua is a complex task since there are environmental, social-cultural, and economic aspects unique to Papua. Based on certain standards, a company might claim to implement sustainable practices, but it might not be the case for their suppliers located in Papua where (primary) forest clearing must occur in order to open a plantation.

● Bouven Digoel represents a major opportunity for LESTARI to safeguard large tracts of land from ecosystem degeneration. The reaction of vested interests against zonation or even the loss of their licenses for inactivity should, however, not be underestimated. Simply revoking licenses for inactivity will not prevent the re-allocation of new licenses.


● One of the persistent challenges in Papua is aligning the schedules of senior government and private sector partners. Meetings are often frustrated by last minute schedule changes.

● Given the remoteness of the Sarmi Landscape and difficult road access, there are

significant logistical challenges to reach field sites as well as difficulties in finding appropriately qualified field staff.

Priorities for Next Quarter – Papua Landscapes

● Establishment of the Sustainable Development Forum, which is supported by the Papua Development Planning Board (Bappeda) as an official forum for multi-stakeholder input into various development policies. This builds upon an earlier forum established specifically for spatial planning issues, but is supported more broadly by a number of donors and NGOs across issues of gender, climate change, and health. The Forum is due to be established in January or early February 2018, and then LESTARI will build a sub-group under the forum to discuss forest management and landscape planning issues, including the civil society role in monitoring spatial planning – which can be enabled by SIMTARU and SST.

● Focus on spatial planning and licenses in order to connect with the ongoing work with Bappeda on SIMTARU and with PTSP on the SST system. The multi-stakeholder initiative will support civil society use of these tools, and engagement with Bappeda in order to ensure that citizens have access to information on spatial planning and permitting. A key partner will be Papua’s Information Commission, which is committed to supporting increased transparency of government information in Papua.

● In Boven Digoel, advocacy work will be channeled through the Multi Stakeholder Forum, and oriented towards LESTARI’s collaboration on participative zonation of concession areas in order to strengthen sustainable landscape management. This can link up with the provincial work on improving spatial planning and licensing procedures.

● Conduct gender workshop for staff and partners in Lorentz Lowlands Landscape.

● First multi-stakeholder meeting on Sustainable Landscape Planning process in Tanah Merah, Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape.

● In Cyclops, continue to provide support in developing a concept note for an ecotourism master plan with BKSDA and local communities.


GENDER INTEGRATION During this quarter, LESTARI gender mainstreaming activities focused on the Leuser Landscape. A series of workshops and training events were held to build the capacity and awareness of local women, as well as to inspire them and instill confidence, so that they are able to lead effective advocacy initiatives for the conservation of Leuser Landscape. The first workshop on Women Media Champions involved 23 women and was conducted in Gayo Lues District in October 2017. This workshop covered knowledge building on Leuser biodiversity, gender and advocacy, and an introduction to media. A workshop on Women Media Champions II was conducted in Tapak Tuan in November 2017. It focused on video production and social media techniques. Participants also had the opportunity to learn about the Leuser Landscape by visiting 4 villages in South Aceh and Aceh Barat Daya. Both workshops encouraged open discussion, collaboration, and group learning. This aimed to establish new networks between participants and promote peer mentoring so that the more experienced participants could share their insights and expertise with others. Each participant produced an article, while 5 videos were produced during group activity sessions that focused on Leuser environmental challenges. While still requiring significant editing prior to being shared and published, the sessions were an important step in building the capacity and confidence of these women Champions.

Figure 6. Women Media Champions training, Gayo Lues District, October 2017


AMPLIFICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LESTARI MODELS The LESTARI team ensures that lessons learned from initiatives at the landscapes level can contribute to support broader change at the national level. This includes showcasing best practices and success stories from the landscapes to be scaled up at the provincial or national level. Law 23/2014 designates greater authority for forest and land use management at the provincial level. Hence LESTARI prioritizes engagement with provincial government partners to amplify impact of LESTARI’s models and ensure their sustainability. LESTARI also focuses on informing challenges in implementing particular policy actions in the landscape, hence contributing to policy improvement at the national level. During this quarter, key highlights included:

● LESTARI, at the invitation of KLHK, presented a paper at the SEA National Conference. The theme of the paper was increasing the utility of SEA in the formulation of policies, plans and programs, through greater stakeholder participation by the use of landscape visualization. Earlier in the quarter, KLHK had accepted LESTARI suggestions for improving the draft SEA implementation decree to ensure higher quality SEAs and greater utility or operationalization of SEAs in the formulation and evaluation of policies, plans and programs.

● LESTARI continued to provide support in finalization of the Permen (Ministerial Regulation) on nation-wide RIL-C implementation. Several technical meetings to discuss the content of the regulation have been conducted during this quarter with Directorate General of Sustainable Production Forest Management (PHPL) under KLHK. It is expected to be signed in May 2018.

● LESTARI provided technical inputs to the Directorate of Conservation Area Management at KLHK and partners on ways to improve the long-term management of CAs, including: (1) buffer area management strategies for inputs to a Ministerial Regulation, (2) development of partnerships/collaborative management in conservation areas, and 3) preparation of guidelines for CA management plans.

● LESTARI participated in the National Social Forestry Seminar and the National Working Group on Social Forestry (PPS) workshop in order to contribute to the formulation of the PPS working strategy for acceleration and achievement of the national Social Forestry targets (12.7 million ha).

● LESTARI took part in a workshop organized by DG of KSDAE on Role Model development plans for conservation areas and ecosystem restoration. LESTARI will follow up the results of this workshop by coordinating with the Technical Unit (UPT) of KSDAE in LESTARI landscapes.

In coordination with partners USAID BIJAK and USFS, LESTARI continued to provide inputs on how the USFS FMU toolkit can be best adapted to serve FMUs in the LESTARI landscapes.


PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS Project Management and Coordination LESTARI implements a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) management model that, together with Theories of Change, continuously tests underlying assumptions based on evidence and makes adjustments in order to ensure project activities lead to measurable impact for improved forest and land use governance, sustainable forest management, biodiversity and key species conservation, and broad-based constituencies for conservation. LESTARI engages routinely with USAID as well as with GOI partners at both the provincial/district and national levels. To promote efficiency and scale up impact, LESTARI prioritizes coordination with other USAID and USG-supported terrestrial biodiversity projects, especially BIJAK, impacting LESTARI’s landscapes. Note that several instances of coordination with GOI are included in the previous section on LESTARI Models. Other key project management and coordination highlights from this quarter include the following:

● A Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) was conducted in November-December. The LESTARI team coordinated with the MTE team by holding discussions, sharing key project reports, and assisting in field visits. The final report is expected to be completed in Quarter 2. The LESTARI team looks forward to learning of the recommendations and making appropriate adjustments to ensure the project remains on track to meet its targets.

● Some project indicators outlined in the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP) were revised. These changes were based on LESTARI implementation over the past two years and represent adaptations or adjustments to better monitor and present results. These changes do not impact targets toward contract deliverables, outcomes or outputs. Please refer to the AMEP second edition document for details.

● The LESTARI Year 3 Work Plan was finalized and approved by USAID. The overall approach is based on specific, integrated landscape initiatives developed for each of the 6 LESTARI landscapes. It was developed through a collaborative process with landscape staff and partners and USAID.

● An internal compliance review was conducted in November on LESTARI finance and operations processes to ensure contract compliance.

● LESTARI discussed and reviewed the Forest Management Planning toolkit for FMU operationalization developed by USFS, together with KLHK and BIJAK.

● Senior management and technical team conducted support visits to landscapes, including implementation of a policy requiring senior technical staff to spend a minimum of two weeks per month working in the landscapes to support and mentor LESTARI staff and partners in relevant sustainable landscapes and biodiversity conservation work.


● Regular communications were held with USAID, subcontractors, grantees, and field staff through weekly meetings, field visits, and other meetings as necessary.

Personnel New personnel were recruited during this quarter in order to obtain key technical inputs and fulfill required positions in an efficient manner and in line with the approved Year 3 Work Plan. A summary of STTA and LTTA staff mobilized over this quarter is provided below.

Title STTA/LTTA Office Base

Landscape Finance & Grants Officer LTAA Tapaktuan

Landscape Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist LTTA Palangka Raya

Forest Officer LTTA Asmat

Forest Zonation and GIS Specialist STTA Jakarta

Botanist STTA Palangka Raya

Mammals & birds’ expert STTA Palangka Raya

Biodiversity Specialist STTA Cyclops-Jayapura

Cyclops Mammal Surveyor STTA Cyclops-Jayapura

Communications During this quarter, the LESTARI Communications Team continued to produce and strategically disseminate a range of communication products on key technical issues, including canal blocking for peatland restoration, forest and biodiversity conservation, and LEDS. This was aimed at awareness-raising as well as sharing project impacts, challenges, and successes. Project communications documents were shared with USAID, KLHK, BAPPENAS, local government, and subcontractor partners via email blast. These documents were also posted to the LESTARI website, which can be accessed at: www.lestari-indonesia.org/en. Additional collaboration was done with USAID DOCS that focused on sharing LESTARI’s orangutan conservation work more widely.

Communication Products Theme/Topic

Story from the Field

● FPIC: Uniting Local Voices for Peatland Restoration

● Managing Water, Protecting Asmat

● Strengthening Women’s Voices for Leuser

● Masimpei, The Guardian of Forest

Making A Difference ● FPIC for Peatland Restoration

Moreover, throughout the first quarter, LESTARI maintained its partnership with subcontractor INFIS/Mongabay to expand its audience in attempt to raise awareness of conservation issues, build constituents for conservation, encourage a call to action and help shape public discussion in regards to environmental governance. LESTARI’s media advocacy efforts have shown impact such as:

● Throughout Q1, 29,657 people in all LESTARI landscapes have viewed 44 articles published on Mongabay on issues such as wildlife poaching, community advocacy initiatives, and encroachment. In Aceh, key issues covered have included illegal


logging and oil palm encroachment into protected areas, wildlife poaching, illegal gold mining, and sustainable forest management. In Kalteng, key issues covered have included have include fires, orangutan conservation, and peatland restoration. In Papua, key issues covered have included spatial planning, the spread of oil palm, indigenous land rights, eco-tourism, and how damage to Cyclops Wildlife Reserve will threaten Jayapura’s water supply. For more details on article titles and reach, see the table below.

● LESTARI is actively engaging with wider audiences through social media channels to

promote conversation issues. There has been significant growth of followers on LESTARI’s Facebook account in all landscapes. The audience also showed enthusiasm to engage in the conversation as 2,159 people are documented to be engaged on Twitter and 828 people joined in the conversation on Facebook.

● Because visual content often attracts more viewers compared to other types of

content, LESTARI is producing a series of videos on conservation issues and policy reform needs in the various landscapes. A list of videos already completed is presented in the table below. More videos are being produced, and videos will be integrated into LESTARI’s ongoing communications and advocacy activities to ensure their impact on awareness raising and policy advocacy is maximized.

● INFIS/Mongabay is building relationships with local newspapers in order to increase

their understanding of and focus on conservation issues in the landscapes. This includes training local journalists, and offering fellowships to cover environmental management issues. This will lead to increased coverage of sustainable forest management issues in local media.

Leuser Landscape – @LestariLeuserAceh

Metrics July 30th December 31st

Followers 494 1.914

Likes 502 1.911

Katingan-Kahayan Landscape – @LestariKatinganKahayan


Followers 3,340 3,749

Likes 3,343 3,745

Papua Landscapes – @LestaridiPapua


Followers 284 369

Likes 283 365

Mappi Bouven-Digoel Landscape – @SahabatMappiBodi


Followers 268 390

Likes 268 386


Video Title

Publish Date

Content Youtube

Views Link

Facebook

Reaction Share View

Cagar Alam

Cyclops 12/2017

Encroachment is a threat to Cyclops, a source of water for communities in Jayapura and

Sentani

71

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow

efFI2BrfM

14 15 769

Suaka Margasa

twa Rawa Singkil

12/2017 Introduction to SM Rawa

Singkil, its biodiversity and its importance to communities

72

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCy

a-AhVM70

- - -

Perda Karhutla

10/2017

Perda Karhutla is an important document as a foundation for

all stakeholders in Central Kalimantan to do their part in mitigating land and forest fires

19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fPLAOlRRyU

11 5 1,60

0

Gajah Sumater

a 10/2017

Introduction Sumatran Elephant as a key species

whose presence indicates a healthy ecosystem

81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n75DdpXm58w

473 49 10,000

Orangutan

Sumatera

10/2017 The state of Sumatran

Orangutan Sumatera as a critically endangered species

112

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX

_Upah7rtg

21 16 287

PADIATAPA

(FPIC) 09/2017

The importance of FPIC principle in peatland restoration in Central

Kalimantan, through multi-stakeholder collaboration to

build canal blocking

104

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=m45plZYZ3q0

5 2 95

RIL-C 9/2017

The introduction of Reduced Impact Logging, its application

and benefit for the environment

-

https://www.facebook.com/lestarikatingankahayan/videos/1862479300435243/

143 28 8,40

0

TOTAL 459

667 115 21,151


No Issue Article Link

Published Date

Twitter Facebook

Views

Engagement Reaction

s Engagem

ent

OCTOBER 2017

ACEH

1 Illegal logging, encroachment

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/30/eksekusi-kasus-pt-kallista-alam-tak-kunjung-dilakukan-kenapa/

30/10/17 15 51 3 512

2 Grassroots champion

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/29/ibrahim-ahlinya-tumbuhan-dan-satwa-liar-leuser/

29/10/17 26 594 72 1.184


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/28/tambang-emas-ilegal-bertebaran-di-aceh-bagaimana-dampaknya-terhadap-lingkungan/

28/10/17 34 442 74 2.844


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/27/titik-api-kembali-bermunculan-di-aceh-apa-penyebabnya/

27/10/17 7 34 3 326

5 Wildlife

poaching http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/24/berkas-kasus-

perdagangan-cula-badak-dan-harimau-naik-ke-kejaksaan/ 24/10/17 77 525 33 497

6 Wildlife

poaching http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/19/tersengat-arus-listrik-dua-

individu-gajah-sumatera-meregang-nyawa/ 19/10/17 21 462 30 648

7 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/12/gubernur-aceh-menjaga-

hutan-leuser-penting-dilakukan/ 12/10/17 63 535 68 804

8 Soft news http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/06/mengelola-hutan-banyak-

hal-yang-harus-dilakukan-mengapa/ 6/10/17 14 88 13 611



http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/04/dua-perambah-hutan-leuser-ini-ditangkap-tim-gabungan-saat-beraksi/

4/10/17 41 154 19 503

KALTENG

10 Policy and

governance

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/23/pengadilan-tinggi-kalteng-menangkan-gugatan-warga-atas-kasus-kebakaran-lahan-dan-

hutan/ 23/10/17 43 107 3 756

11 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/22/brg-wwf-kerjasama-

restorasi-200-ribu-hektar-lahan-gambut/ 22/10/17 116 101 1 577

12 Policy and

governance

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/14/upaya-mempertemukan-kepentingan-pelestarian-orangutan-dan-ekonomi-masyarakat-di-

sm-lamandau/ 14/10/17 18 159 3 498

13 Wildlife

poaching http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/09/heboh-foto-luna-maya-dan-orangutan-begini-sebenarnya-aturan-penggunaan-satwa-dilindungi/

9/10/17 291 43 1 1.010

14 Wildlife

poaching http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/05/aktivis-foto-luna-maya-

bersama-orangutan-sangat-tidak-patut-ditiru/ 5/10/17 209 317 54 4.675

PAPUA

15 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/30/pltu-bukan-solusi-

pemenuhan-listrik-papua-optimalkan-energi-terbarukan-bagian-2/ 30/10/17 10 45 3 418

16 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/30/daerah-tangkapan-air-

rusak-krisis-air-menjadi-ancaman-kota-jayapura/ 30/10/17 20 147 24 1.982


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/18/yafet-ikari-upaya-menjaga-kelestarian-kampung-kalpataru-di-papua/

18/10/17 72 102 7 226

18 Soft news http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/03/kampanye-karbon-biru-di-

kaimana-seperti-apa/ 3/10/17 44 88 2 596


19 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/10/02/ketika-pltu-papua-2-

holtekamp-hadir-beragam-masalah-ini-menimpa-warga-bagian-1/ 2/10/17 15 66 4 786

NOVEMBER 2017

ACEH


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/29/selamat-tinggal-sawit-ilegal-di-suaka-margasatwa-rawa-singkil/

29/11/17 12 863 122 627


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/25/masyarakat-aceh-tamiang-kami-resah-dengan-pembangunan-plta-tampur/

25/11/17 125 128 35 448

3 Policy and

governance

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/24/masyarakat-transparansi-aceh-laporkan-empat-kasus-penyimpangan-lingkungan-ke-

bareskrim-polri/ 24/11/17 18 88 3 1.114

4 Wildlife

poaching http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/20/aceh-siap-hadapi-

tantangan-perubahan-iklim-caranya/ 20/11/17 45 176 21 295


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/12/dua-mega-proyek-plta-ini-dikhawatirkan-mengancam-kelestarian-leuser/

12/11/17 119 85 16 809

KALTENG

6 Wildlife

poaching

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/21/populasi-orangutan-kalimantan-cenderung-menurun-perlindungan-habitat-menjadi-

keharusan/ 21/11/17 11 37 2 316

7 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/08/brg-optimis-restorasi-

gambut-non-konsesi-sesuai-target/ 8/11/17 14 71 2 305

PAPUA


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/30/polemik-tanah-marga-di-kampung-bupul-saat-hutan-berubah-jadi-kebun-sawit/

30/11/17 11 111 15 334



http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/28/rtrw-papua-barat-rawan-deforestasi-besar-besaran/

28/11/17 34 98 5 252

10 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/27/kaji-ulang-kebijakan-dan-

izin-izin-industri-ekstraktif-di-papua/ 27/11/17 12 92 8 309

11 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/22/mengapa-pemetaan-

wilayah-menjadi-penting-di-lembah-baliem/ 22/11/17 19 123 8 318

12 Soft news http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/20/tujuh-bumn-dukung-

ekowisata-pemantauan-burung-di-papua/ 20/11/17 38 145 12 272


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/10/merayakan-kebangkitan-masyarakat-adat-kabupaten-jayapura/

10/11/17 19 100 4 214

14 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/11/07/pembangunan-infrastruktur-

di-papua-mengapa-penting-dilakukan/ 7/11/17 28 84 2 982

DECEMBER 2017

ACEH

1 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/31/catatan-akhir-tahun-nasib-

situs-warisan-dunia-berstatus-bahaya-ada-di-tangan-kita/ 31/12/17 101 196 24 331

2 Soft news http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/29/orangutan-haven-pulau-

buatan-untuk-orangutan-yang-tidak-bisa-dilepasliarkan/ 29/12/17 13 113 12 262

3 Soft news http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/25/foto-tiga-tahun-dilatih-

mandiri-diana-tidak-takut-hidup-di-cagar-alam-jantho/ 25/12/17 41 130 13 235

4 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/15/data-rpjm-aceh-2016-hutan-

rusak-hanya-enam-ribu-hektar-tanggapan-aktivis-lingkungan/ 15/12/17 19 113 2 391


5 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/13/kajian-fwi-89-juta-hektar-

lahan-tumpang-tindih-di-8-provinsi/ 13/12/17 33 104 4 475

6 Wildlife

poaching http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/09/cinta-kita-yang-hilang-pada-

gajah-sumatera/ 09/12/17 117 209 17 459

KALTENG

7 Community champion

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/30/sri-suci-utami-atmoko-sang-konservasionis-orangutan-sejati/

30/12/17 59 215 35 435

9 Wildlife

conservation http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/22/bukit-batikap-habitat-baru-

orangutan-eks-rehabilitasi-di-kalteng/ 22/12/17 34 142 5 215

9 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/20/kementerian-lingkungan-

dorong-wilayah-penting-masuk-kawasan-ekosistem-esensial/ 20/12/17 17 90 11 266

PAPUA


http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/24/saat-wisata-alam-dirancang-di-tablasupa-kampung-penyangga-ca-cyclops/

24/12/17 55 254 15 197

11 Policy and

governance http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/16/soal-perusahaan-

bersertifikat-beli-kayu-ilegal-di-papua-bagaimana-kelanjutannya/ 16/12/17 29 91 18 343

44 2,159 7,918 828 29,657



http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/22/bukit-batikap-habitat-baru-orangutan-eks-rehabilitasi-di-kalteng/

http://www.mongabay.co.id/2017/12/22/bukit-batikap-habitat-baru-orangutan-eks-rehabilitasi-di-kalteng/


Challenges and Opportunities ● 2018 local elections will be held in various provinces, districts, and municipalities

within LESTARI Landscapes. This includes Aceh Selatan District in Aceh; Pulang Pisau, Katingan, and Gunung Mas Districts and Palangka Raya Municipality in Central Kalimantan; and Mimika District and Papua Province in Papua. The campaign period runs from mid-February until the end of June, leading to an election date of June 27th. Incumbent candidates will be taking leave during this time to campaign. This has the potential to disrupt LESTARI field activities, particularly those requiring close collaboration and coordination with local government partners.

● Regular access to senior GOI decision-makers at the national, provincial, and district levels represents an ongoing challenge. LESTARI has allocated greater staff resources at the provincial level and will focus more on cultivating relationships with provincial partners to facilitate improved access.

● Advocacy work needs to be carefully strategized in sensitive political contexts. LESTARI’s role is to support the capacity of local actors to conduct advocacy, and aimed towards issues which are likely to able to elicit engagement from decision-makers. This approach to advocacy is both more effective – because it is generally local actors who are best able to strategize and drive real change – and more sustainable – in that the contributions will persist after the program has ended. Civil society voice on forest governance issues is especially weak in Central Kalimantan and Papua. There are many challenges in seeking to strengthen that capacity and voice, but one is that the sorts of investments needed for the medium-term may not yield the rapid advocacy impacts that LESTARI also wishes to produce.

● LESTARI will continue to coordinate and collaborate with other USAID and USG initiatives in order to amplify and sustain impact from LESTARI interventions. Focus will be on BIJAK for national-level amplification and USFS for the FMU Toolkit rollout.

● The involvement of women in conservation initiatives is still too low. LESTARI will address this through focused capacity building and mentoring for women Champions.

Priorities for Next Quarter ● Hold Provincial and Landscape Coordinator Meetings in Jakarta, including USAID, to

review Year 3 strategies, challenges, and indicators.

● Conduct field visit with USAID to Leuser and Katingan-Kahayan Landscapes to observe latest progress and discuss key challenges.

● Strengthen engagement with key government partners, to ensure that LESTARI identifies key policy influence opportunities - for instance budget formulation processes for the Strategic Plans of key agencies. At the national level, LESTARI will also pursue such opportunities, in collaboration with BIJAK.

● Continue to package and disseminate project achievements, impacts, and findings through Briefs, Stories From the Field, social media, and other relevant channels.

● Finalize gender manual and continue supporting Women Media Champion network and mentoring process.

● Work with USAID to demonstrate and document how LESTARI activities contribute to new administration’s priority clusters.


APPENDIX 1: LESTARI PROGRESS MATRIX – 1st QUARTER FY 2018

Indicator FY

2018 Target

Actual (Q1)

Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

% of Completion of FY 2018

Target (Accumulative Actual vs

Target)

Data Reporting

Remarks LOP Target

% of Comple

tion (Accumulative All Year vs LOP)

#1 – Percentage reduction in GHG emissions as a result of USG assistance measured using actual emissions compared to REL (Outcome – contributes to FACTS 4.8-7)

30% - - - - N/A Annually This indicator will be reported annually starting at the end of Y3

41% N/A

#2 – Number of hectares of biological significance and/or natural resources under improved natural resource management as a result of USG assistance (Outcome –FACTS 4.8.1-26)

1,700,000

60,292 - - - N/A Annually

● 55,736 ha under improved management through FPIC facilitation for canal blocking and peatland restoration in Pulang Pisau District

● Kapakat Atei Farmer Groups received social forestry permit covering 4,556 ha in total area in Central Kalimantan

● Data for improved hectares will be fully collated and reported at the end of Y3

8,700,000 28%

#3 – Percentage reduction in poaching (Outcome)

20%

25% according to activity progress.

Please see remarks

- - - 25% Annually

Routine SMART Patrols conducted in conservation areas to detect and mitigate illegal poaching. ● SMART Patrols in Leuser NP, Rawa

Singkil Wildlife Reserve, and FMU VI conducted by 8 teams covering a distance of 930 km within 3-16 days. Patrols found encroachment, illegal logging, and poaching activities that have been reported to relevant parties for follow-up action.

40% 87%


● SMART Patrols in Sebangau and BBBR NPs monitored by 46 teams covering a distance of 1,800 km within 10 days. Patrols found illegal logging activities in Sebangau NP and illegal gold mining in BBBR NP.

● Series of trainings for old and new SMART Patrol members will be conducted in Q2

#4 – Number of public policies introduced, adopted, repealed, changed or implemented consistent with citizen input (Outcome - FACTS 2.4.1-12 )

9 - - - - 0% Quarterly

and Annually

28 39%

#5 – Number of sub-national government with improved licensing and permitting mechanism (Outcome)

2

30% according

to milestone progress.

Please see remarks

- - - 30% Quarterly

and Annually

Average of 30% towards milestone progress on SST and SIMTARU implementation as tools to improve licensing and permitting mechanisms ● SST has been developed to support the

electronic licensing system at the One-Stop-Shop for Licensing in Aceh Province.

● Development of SST and SIMTARU has just started in Boven Digoel District through new agreement on 17 walidata members and 50 thematic maps to support One Map policy.

● New SOP and team of BKPRD has been organized in Mappi District. The team will review all investment permits and discuss criteria for local licensing and permits.

● Updated spatial maps of Mimika and Asmat District have been produced through SIMATRU data management

8 13%


#6 – Number of SEAs/LCPs recommendations related with land use, spatial plan, forest management, and biodiversity conservation incorporated into sub-national government policy, planning and program (Outcome)

2

50% according


Please see remarks

- - - 50% Quarterly

and Annually

Average 50% milestone progress toward SEA revision in 3 landscapes: ● 6 recommendations of SEA have been

incorporated into draft RPJM Aceh 2017-2022 (milestone progress 70%)

● Revised SEA Central Kalimantan Province was incorporated in Draft Renstra of the Department of Public Works and Spatial Planning (milestone progress 60%)

● Revision of SEA Mimika has just finished with greater emphasis placed on mitigation actions (milestone progress 20%)

6 17%

#7 – Number of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) or civil society advocacy initiatives which formulate and deliver policy-relevant inputs on sustainable forest and land management to decision makers (Outcome)

6 7 - - - 117% Quarterly

and Annually

Various advocacy initiatives have been initiated through multi-stakeholder processes: ● RIL-C guidelines developed for nation-wide

implementation by KLHK ● Initiative on water resources protection in

Lawe Mokap, Aceh Selatan ● Initiative on water resources protection in

Rikit Gaib, Gayo Lues ● Legal designation of Taman Hutan Raya

as an effort for better mangrove conservation in Mimika District

● Biodiversity conservation partnership agreement that commits to better protection of plants and wildlife

● Revision of a regional regulation on Forest and Land Fire Control in Central Kalimantan Province

● Initiative on the implementation of forest and land fire emergency management in Central Kalimantan Province

20 55%

#8 – Number of champions engaged in advocacy interventions (Output)

230 70 - - - 30% Quarterly

and Annually

70 people (60 male; 10 female) engaged as Champions in various LESTARI advocacy interventions

500 43%


#9 – Number of people reached by LESTARI communication programs to improve awareness and understanding of LEDS and biodiversity conservation (Output)

55,000 102,216 - - - 186% Quarterly

and Annually

102,216 people (53,324 male; 48,892 female) reached primarily through printed media, website, social media, and radio

500,000 89%

#10 – Number of Conservation Areas (CAs) with at least 70 point in METT scores across LESTARI landscapes (Outcome)

0 - - - - N/A Annually

There is no target for METT score increase in Year 3, as METT is assessed in line with KLHK’s schedule (mid-term assessment in 2017 and final in 2019/2020) . However ongoing technical assistance and a series of capacity building events continued to improve management effectiveness in CAs

6 33%

#11 – Number of Forest Management Unit (FMU) Strengthened as a result of USG assistance (Output)

4

16% according


Please see remarks

- - - 16% Quarterly

and Annually

Since this is a new indicator in the AMEP Second Edition, activities have started in targeted FMU with 16% progress towards milestones. LESTARI technical assistance in these activities included: ● RPHJP document revision in KPH VI

Mimika ● Development of RPHJP in KPH V and VI,

staff capacity building, and co-management facilitation between communities and FMU

● Support for co-management through social forestry in FMU XVI ,Gunung Mas District

7 0%

#12 – Number of people receiving USG supported training in natural resources management and/or biodiversity conservation (Output

– FACTS 4.8.1-27)

3,663 1,390 - - - 38% Quarterly

and Annually

1,390 people (1,091 male; 299 female) received trainings

10,000 55%


#13 – Amount of investment mobilized (in USD) for climate change as supported by USG assistance (Output – FACTS

4.8.2-10)

6,000,000

314,932 - - 5% Quarterly

and Annually

Amount as $314,932 (Rp 4,205,188,250) has been leveraged from local government and NGOs

20,000,000 21%

#14 – Number of people receiving livelihood co-benefits (monetary or non-monetary) (Outcome)

11,721 297 - - 3% Annually

297 people (169 male; 128 female) received livelihood co-benefits. Includes farmers who have applied nutmeg grafting methods, vanilla farmers who have planted vanilla, and some rubber farmers that sold their higher quality product to buyers.

30,000 22%

#15 – Number of private sector firms that have improved management practices as a result of USG assistance (Outcome –FACTS 4.6.2-9)

7

28% according

to milestones progress.

Please see remarks

- - - 28% Quarterly

and Annually

RIL-C trainings continued with 11 timber concessions partners. These trainings support these companies to adopt best management practices that minimize environmental impact and better protect high conservation value areas. An average of 28% progress based on milestones.

10 0%

#16 - Number of new USG-supported public-private partnerships (PPPs) formed (Output –

FACTS PPP 5)

7 - - - - 0% Annually 20 50%


APPENDIX 2: Y3Q1 LESTARI-Supported Trainings

LESTARI Event:

Technical Assistance,

Training, Workshop,

Partner Consultation

Title Landscape /

Province Dates Key Participants

Number of Participants (male and

female)

Summary of Outcomes

Training Training of village planning (RPJMDES) - (Yayasan KARSA)

Katingan Kahayan

21 - 24 Aug 2017

Community village 93 people (70 male; 23 female)

Participants understand the function, position of RPJMDes in rural development and its relation to village forest management and peat restoration, and know the development program of Katingan Regency as stated in RPJMD (district plan) to be harmonized with RPJMDes

Training Training of fire mitigation and peatland restoration (Yayasan KARSA)

Katingan Kahayan

11 - 14 Sept 2017


Participants can map species, peatland ecosystems, principles of peatland restoration and understand the techniques of making canal blocking Participants gain knowledge of law enforcement, forest fire mitigation organizations and are able to integrate forest fire mitigation and peat restoration into village policies

Training Training of METT for Tahura (Forest Park) Lapak Jaru

Katingan Kahayan

17 Oct 2017 Staff of forestry and land service agency

29 people (21 male; 8 female)

Participants may develop follow-up action plans that can be used as reference for Forestry Office (Dinas Kehutanan) and stakeholders for efforts to improve the effectiveness of conservation area management of Tahura (Forest Park) Lapak Jaru

Training

Training on Canal Blocking Construction (Training pembangunan Sekat Kanal)

Katingan Kahayan

11 - 13 Oct 2017

Community village, Peatland Agency (BRG), Planning Agency (Bappeda), agriculture agency


Community awareness to prevent/deal with peatland fires increases and the availability of community groups with the knowledge and skills to build a canal screen

Training

Training of Rubber Farmers (Harvest, Harvest Post, Market & Marketing Analysis)

Katingan Kahayan

3 - 13 Sept 2017

Rubber farmers 375 people (248 male; 127 female)

Prepare products that can be sold directly to the manufacturer and can encourage bokar bersih (crump rubber) campaigns, which can be replicated in other community groups.

Partner Consultation (MSF)

Hapakat Lestari forum quarterly meeting

Katingan Kahayan

4 October 2017

Community, Planning Agency, Forest Agency, BPSKL (Social Forestry Agency), BNI 46

48 people (34 Male & 14 Female)

Forum of stakeholder meetings used to promote sustainable development issues in Pulang Pisau District, related to Forest and Land Fires, Peat Restoration, Social Forestry, Village Authority, Community Welfare Improvement and others.



Development of Indicative Countermeasure Plan for Karhutla

Katingan Kahayan

21 Nov 2017 Community, Pulang Pisau Govts


Build collaboration between regional apparatus in Kabupaten Pulang Pisau through the provision of budget in accordance with the main tasks and functions of each unit of operation of regional devices.

Technical Assistance

Evaluation of 2017 RTHD and development of 2018 RTHD Tumbang Nusa Village, Tambak Village, Tangkahen Village, and Bawan Village

Katingan Kahayan

15 - 18 October 2017

Community, Forestry Office, Rubber Business Group, Social Forestry Working Group


Evaluate the implementation of the annual plan and the preparation of the village forest (hutan desa) annual plan with the participation of villages through the village budget funds and the support of the parties.

Meeting / Partner Consultation

Signing Letter of Agreement on Collaborative Peatland Infrastructure Development through the Creation of Canal Blocking at KHG XIV Results of FPIC

Katingan Kahayan

5 October 2017

Community, Government (sub national, BRG)

42 people (39 Male, 3 Female)

Implementation of the construction of canal block through the FPIC process at KHG XIV Pulang Pisau

Training LESTARI Advocacy Training

Katingan Kahayan

6 – 8 Nov 2017

Village Facilitator, Community Organizers, LESTARI staff


Participants are able to implement advocacy skills and strategies, strategies and frameworks of Advocacy (objectives, work arenas, strengthening and advocacy flow charts), and community organizing processes


Discussion on district budget (KUA PPAS) related to Fire Mitigation & 2018 Peatland Management Pulang Pisau Regency

Katingan Kahayan

13 – 14 & 21 November 2017

Government (related offices)

19 people (13 Male , 6 Female)

Availability of KUA-PPAS Design of forest and land fires for 2018 and 2019 - 2024 fiscal plan and Pulang Pisau District Budget Implementation Document (Dokumen Pelaksanaan anggaran or DPA) for the 2018 forest and land fire management

Workshop Workshop on Kapakat Atei Community Forestry Management

Katingan Kahayan

12 – 13 October 2017

Community, Village Government, Subdistrict, District Government, Private,

34 people (29 Male and 5 Female)

Development of work plan, vision, mission, and objectives of Kapakat Atei Community Forest management, at least for the first year.


Village Forest Exposure & Meeting of Partner Institutions involve in the Management of 4 Village Forest, Banama Tingang Sub-district, Pulang Pisau Regency

Katingan Kahayan

13 – 14 December 2017

Community, Village Forest Management Body, Government, NGOs


The establishment of a partnership network of potential partners of the Social Forestry Business Group in 4 villages in the Banama Tingang subdistricts and promoting village forest management initiatives.


Assisting the formulation of Medium Term Development Plan

Katingan Kahayan

5, 10, 14, 16,18,21, 28, 30 October &

Team 11 (RPJMDes Drafting Committee),

28 people (27 Male; 1 Female)

Accommodations of Village Forest Plan Program in RPJMDes and natural resource management includes: (1)


(RPJMDES), Annual Work Plan (RKP) of Tampelas Village and Village Zonation

12-17 Nov, 25 -27 Nov and 16 – 23 Dec 2017

Village forest area and village boundaries mapping/zonation team

Land Restoration Activities, (2) Village forest permits, (3) Calculation of carbon potential training. Development of Tampelas Village Forest Mapping/Zonation proposal which cover (three) production forest blocks and/or convertible production forest, each with cover the following areas: Block I: 7,920 ha, Block II: 10.744 ha, Block III: 952 ha. Development of Tampelas RTRDes Map integrated with the Administration map of Kamipang Subdistrict


Establishment of Village Forest Management Institution

Katingan Kahayan

23 November 2017

Community village 25 people (21 male, 4 female)

Organizing consultation regarding the establishment of LPHD which produces: Village Head's Regulation on LPHD Management Organization Composition Village Regulation (Perdes) on the Establishment of Tampelas LPHD

Training

KPH and RPH staff training on GPS, area of working, and work planning

Leuser 11-27 Dec 2017

KPH V staff 393 people (386 male; 7 female)

2 main theme discussed in this training are as follow: First improvement of internal RPH which include; required training; work support; work system. Secondly, a 3 month work plan based on the problems and potential in the work area. Both themes are applied in all RPH and BKPH.

Training Training series of Perempuan Peduli Leuser

Leuser

17-20 Nov; 13-17 Nov & 5-12 Dec 2017

NGOs, TNGL Staff, blogger, journalist, youth activist

25 people (all female)

• 21 participants was trained in writing technique which include gender analysis, environmental analysis and advocacy approaches. • Each participant has produced 2-3 posts • 11 videos have been produced through group work

Training Training of ecotourism and coffee development - (JAVLEC)

Leuser 29 Oct – 1 Nov 2017


Participant ability to identify the ecotourism potential and resources in within their work area as well as their ability to determine the institutional role and structure. The ideal structure of institutional ecotourism is understandable, but cannot be implemented. As the establishment of a legally recognized tourism institution management will require assistance.

Training

Training of business plan for member of HKm (Forest Community) Group - (JAVLEC)



This activity facilitated the development of business plan document which include the development of a requirement list for businesses in each village and the result of business plan training


Training

Training for the development of forestry partnership work plan - (INPROSULA)


RPH staff and community


An average of 23 % increase in understanding. Some participants had an initial/basic understanding of policy, sustainable forest management and agroforestry pattern.


Series of technical assistance for KLHS development in Gayo Lues

Leuser

4 August, 12-13 October, 18-21 Dec 2017

Pokja KLHS Bappeda, Dinas LH, Dinas Industri, Dinas Pertanian, Dinas Pariwisata, BPBD, Setdakab, KPH V, FMUL, Private sector (PT. KHBL), Javlec, Inprosula

48 people (13 female dan 35 male)

KLHS team is formed and Bupati decree issued on Sept 26 2017. Strategic issues identified and analyzed include 1) Quantity and Quality of Water / Soil; 2) Forest Resource Degradation (deforestation) - (illegal logging / forest encroachment); 3) Poverty; 4) Land Conversion; 5) Social Conflict and 6) Hydro-meteorological Disaster (flood, landslide, erosion-sedimentation)

Workshop

Multi-stakeholder meeting as a follow up on the Agreement of Water Resource Protection in Sub DAS Rikit Gaib

Leuser 16 December 2017

KPH V, Village community, PDAM, Trash Bank, Javlec, Inprosula

26 people (4 female, 22 male)

Each party agreed on roles and responsibilities. Some examples of follow up actions include forest and land rehabilitation; joint patrols between community and KPH; implementation of social forestry program; development of agroforestry program; community nursery development; allocation of village fund for forest protection etc.


MSF Meeting Leuser 5 October 2017

Forum Masyarakat Utan Leuser (MSF of Gayo Lues)

33 people ( 3 female, 30 male)

MSF members agreed on several recommendations include advocating for district budget allocation for environment and forest protection, as well as district regulation concerning environmental protection

Public Consultation

Draft of the Preliminary Plan for Gayo Lues Mid Term Development Plan

Leuser 23 October 2017

Local government, parliaments, communities, NGOs, academics

150 people (20 female, 130 male)

Public consultation resulted on agreed issues to be the priorities for newly elected Bupati to resolve. The priority include deforestation from illegal logging and encroachment. Recommendation from public consultation further analyzed and mitigation addressed in KLHS document.


Series of technical assistance for KLHS development in Aceh Province

Leuser October-November 2017

KLHS team 53 people (22 female, 31 male)

KLHS document has been produced providing recommendations to mitigate negative impact as result of policy, planning and program set by provincial government. Development program that may negatively affect environment include road development, energy development and provision of land for food security program. Almost all KLHS recommendations are incorporated into Provincial Mid Term Development Plan.


Workshop Mechanism of Forest Governance in Aceh

Province 1 – 3 November 2017

Local government, NGOs, academics, and CSOs

52 people (10 females, 42 males)

Participants obtained understanding and knowledge on forestry related legal procedure/regulation such as Aceh Regulation No 7 of 2016 on Aceh Forestry, Law No. 23 of 2014 on Regional Government, Law Number 11 Year 2006 concerning Government of Aceh, and Law No. 41 of 1999. Workshop resulted on formulation of recommendations related to forestry governance that is synchronized with various regulations as a reference in optimizing the implementation of Aceh Regulation No 7 on Forestry Aceh in the future.

Public Consultation

Design of Blocking of Singkil Wildlife Reserve

Leuser 19-20 September 2017

Provincial Government, District Government, BPKH XVIII, BKSDA Aceh, UPTD KPH VI, village communities, and NGOs

90 participants (87 males, 3 females)

The Public Consultation Activity is the first activity that bring together Singkil Wildlife Reserve area manager and the local community at large, this resulted in communication/discussion between both parties. Public consultation activities was concluded with the signing of the official report of event (berita acara) by all participants present. The official report of event is used as supporting document during the evaluation of the final draft of the Management Blok conducted by the Directorate of PIKA, MoEF.

Workshop MoEF Evaluation on the Final Draft of Blocking of Singkil Wildlife Reserve

Leuser 4 December 2017

Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Directorate of PIKA, Directorate of KK, Directorate of PJLHK), BKSDA Aceh

19 people (14 males, 5 females)

MoEF really appreciate technical assistance provided by LESTARI to BKSDA in order to prepare Blocking/Zonation document with valid data, high quality without neglecting the participatory during the development process. At the end of the meeting, MoEF announced that evaluation result of Blocking of Singkil WR reached 90%. This meant only minor adjustment required to finalize the blocking document. In addition, the assessment team from MoEF also stated that the Singkil WR Blocking document and its process is feasible to be adopted or emulated by other conservation areas.


The development of KLHS for Aceh Barat Daya

Leuser 18 – 22 December 2017

Bappeda, PUPR, Distanpan, Staf Ahli Bupati, Dinas Syariat Islam, Dinas Pariwisata, Dinas Sosial, Akademisi, BKPH Blangpidie

23 participants (18 male, 5 female)

The first phase of KLHS development in Aceh Barat Daya identified priority issues for further analysis. These include (1) increasing land for community farming, (2) land availability for oil palm plantations for farmers, (3) food availability for farmers, (4) availability farm area, livestock and fodder, (5) increased food availability (intensification and extensification), (6) growth of settlements and new economic centers (9000 Ha) in Babahrot Sub-district, (7) establishment of integrated industrial area Abdya (KITA) (745.46 ha), (8) Establishment of Susoh port in Teluk Surin (50 Ha), (9) road and bridge construction, (10) realization


of the development for two urban route, and (11) development of hydropower plant


Continuation of the Development of RDTR (detail spatial plan) DAS Susoh in Aceh Barat Daya

Leuser 4 – 15 December 2017

Bappeda, PUPR, Perkim-LH, BPBK, Distanpan, BKPH Blangpidie, BPMKS

15 people (11 males, 4 females)

Updating RDTR report and field survey as well as digitalizing village meeting process attended by 10 villages in the DAS Susoh area with the primary purpose to integrate village plan with RDTR plan of DAS Susoh area

Training SIMTARU Data Management

Lorentz Low Lands / Papua

8 - 10 November 2017

BP4D, Disperindag, Distambun, Bappeda, Disnak, BHL, BTN. Lorentz, KPHL and SPTN I,II,III.

18 Participants (10 male, 8 female)

Mimika district spatial layout maps uploaded to SIMTARU and accessible to the public. Increasing the ability of IDS operators in managing SIMTARU web-GIS.

Training Training of BTN. Lorentz Spatial Zoning and Data Management


6 - 9 June 2017

BTN Lorentz and SPTNL I, II, III.


There is an evaluation draft of the core, jungle, utilization and other zones according to the criteria. The spatial zonation modeling is made according to zoning criteria which refers to a zone and block management (P.76 / Menihk-Setjen / 2015). Identified primary and secondary data related to species and ecosystems. Draft report of evaluation zonation is available.

Training Training on vanilla cultivation

Cyclops / Papua

22 September 2017

Vanilla farmers 7 people (all male)

Farmers understood and were able to do vanilla cultivation.

Training Training of Land Right -FPIC

Cyclops / Papua

1 - 4 August 2017

Community and village administration


Understanding the concept of FPIC and its supporting law. Preliminary portrait of FPIC implementation in Papua, according to the context.

Training Training of Paralegal For Natural Resources

Cyclops / Papua

28 - 31 August 2017

Community, village administration, DLH and BKSDA.


Participants understand and are able to offer legal and advocacy support. Participants are able to recognize and mediate the conflict. Participants are able to make an analysis for existing conflicts.

Training Training of conflict mediation

Cyclops / Papua

11 - 16 September 2017

Community, village administration and DPMK.

6 people (all male)

Understanding the concept of mediation and its supporting law. Preliminary portrait of mediation concept in order to implement in Papua, according to the context.


Training Biodiversity Inventory Training in CA. Cyclops

Cyclops / Papua

4 - 5 December 2017

BKSDA, MMP, Community of Ormuwari and Necheibe village.

29 Particippans (26 male, 3 female)

Increase the capacity of BBKSDA Papua, MMP and the community in carrying out biodiversity identification and inventory surveys The availability data of biodiversity in CA. Cyclops, this data will be stored and managed in controlling forest ecosystem of BBKSDA Papua. Improve Cyclops METT score by developing conservation strategies based on available data.

Workshop Co-Management Workshop for Indigenous Peoples Institutional

Lorentz Low Land/Papua

14 September 2017

Community of Yepen dan Suwruw, DKP, DPU, Culture and Education Dept, Dinsos, Disperidagkop, DLH,BP4D, Distan, Media, and local NGO.

41 Participantsa (31 male, 10 female)

Priority program of Kampung Suwruw and Yepem Parties’ commitment in order to synergize and establish collaboration in managing natural resources of Kampung Suwruw and Yepem.

Workshop Revision of Zonation TN. Lorentz 2018 / Stage 1

Lorentz Low Land/Papua

10 October 2017

BTNL Wamena BTNL, Kasubag TU BTNL, SPTN I, II, III.


Lestari is part of zoning technical team of Zoning Participatory mapping data of 10 villages in Timika and 8 Kampung in Asmat have been overlaid into the TNL zonation The complete data of zonation evaluation tables and map will be prepared by BTNL


KLHS Technical Team for KLHS teamwork

Mappi-Boven Digoel

29 November 2017

Bappeda, BLH, LMA, Silfa Papua Lestari, DPMP2T

10 participants (9 male, 1 female)

Reach an agreement of SEA stages Recommend to SKPD that has results of environmental-related studies, to participate in enriching the SEA materials.

Workshop Workshop on Analysis of Data and Formulation of IDS Network SOP

Mappi-Boven Digoel

6 December 2017

BLH, Dinas Perikanan, DMPK, Bappeda, PU


Vision and mission agreement of IDS Boven Digoel Table of IDS activity plan based on current condition Agreement of spatial data trustee Agreement of Initial data management


Establishment of SEA Working Group


7 November 2017

Dishub Kominfo, PT. FI, DPU, KPHL, LMS, Bappeda, BLH, Disperindak, BPN, DKP, Distambun.


Agreement on the establishment of KLHS revision working group.



Working Group Discussion of SEA Kab. Mimika


5 - 6 December 2017

Disnaker, Dishut, BLH, Bappeda, LMA, PT. FI, Lemasko, Dishub Kominfo, BPN, SPTN 1, Dinkes.


Recommendation Tables of SEA RTRWK 2017 Minutes of RHWK 2017 KLHS Drafting Result Draft report of KLHS PK RTRWK


World Water Day Preparation Meeting 22 March 2018

Cyclops / Papua

10 January 2018

Panitia HAS, PDAM, DLH

11 Participants (all male)

Jayapura Bupati agreed to switch on Water Day theme from "Save Sentani Lake “to “Save Cycloop and Sentani Lake”. In order to increase public awareness and knowledge of water protection, it was proposed to do workshop such as the result study of Sentani Lake, Cyclops water resources and its threats and clean water management by local people.


The Annual Working Meeting for planning and implementation program of BBKSDA Papua and USAID - LESTARI

Cyclops / Papua

7 – 8 November 2017

BBKSDA Papua 18 Participants (12male, 6 female)

Understanding and agreement of BBKSDA Papua and LESTARI Cyclops on RKT and its implementation. Both parties have been signed a document of annual collaboration plan

Workshop

Community Based Tourism Workshop - Alternative Development of Ecotourism Economy in Cycloop Buffer Area -

Cyclops / Papua

15 December 2017

DAS Imbi Numbay, Ormu and Necheibe village administration, BBKSDA Papua.


Presentation of Ecotourism survey in 5 villages. Sharing knowledge of the learning ecotourism training. SWOT identification results (weaknesses, strengths, challenges and opportunities) for community-based ecotourism development in DAS imbi numbay. The priority of the follow-up program on ecotourism activities in DAS Imbi Numbay.

Workshop Supporting TAHURA Mangrove in Mimika


12 September 2017

Dinas Kehutanan, Perikanan, Perkebunan, Dishub, Lemasko, BLH, Bappeda, DKP, PT.FI, Village Admin


Comprehensive input from participants related to the establishment of TAHURA Mangrove Multi stakeholder support for the establishment of Mimika TAHURA Mangrove that covering an area of 4,462 ha Increasing awareness and knowledge of the participants of the suitability spatial structure of RTRWK on TAHURA proposed location.


Technical assistance on Zoning Design of TN. Lorentz


11-12 October 2017

BTN Lorentz dan PJLWA


The design of the area that is intended for public space as an environmental services business, and the business of natural tourism facilities within the TNL area. Special natural tourism development plan in Habema would be integrated into the Regional Government policy as well as contributing to TN Lorentz zoning revision. Managers/investors can maximize public space for natural tourism development model.



LESTARI Program Presentation to Bupati Mappi

Mappi-Boven Digoel

6 October 2017

Bupati 7 Participants (6 male, 1 female)

Bupati is fully supporting Lestari work in Mappi The Bupati has obtained clear information so that it increases awareness related to the number of investors in Mappi and the importance of investment procedures and licensing.


The Lorentz National Park Management Collaboration Forum (FKPTNL)


25 October 2017

BPMID, BTN Lorentz, Management Collaboration Forum of TN Lorentz.

4 Participants (all male)

An agreement to initiate the Yayasan Sahabat Lorentz by developing a sinking fund model. Draft of FKPTNL candidate board Draft of concept letter to propose that Balai TN. Lorentz into Balai Besar TN. Lorentz. The letter then will be sent to Papua Governor.


The Annual Working Meeting for planning and implementation program of BTN. Lorentz and USAID LESTARI


2 – 3 November 2017

BTN. Lorentz, SPTN 1, Koordinator Polhut SPTN 1 dan


Understanding and agreement of BT. Lorentz and LESTARI on RKT and its implementation Both parties have been signed a document of annual collaboration plan


APPENDIX 3: LESTARI RESULTS FRAMEWORK


APPENDIX 4: GRANTS MANAGEMENT

KATINGAN-KAHAYAN LANDSCAPE

Grant No. Grantee Grant Value Start Date End Date

G-003 Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) IDR 2,999,053,694 $220,519 1-Aug-16 31-Jul-18

G-006 Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta (YTS) IDR 1,939,643,000 $146,942 1-Feb-17 31-Jan-19

G-009 Lingkar Pembaruan Desa dan Agraria (KARSA) IDR 1,944,340,000 $145,643 5-Jun-17 4-Jun-19

Total Committed IDR 7,125,211,094 $531,044

Total Active Grants IDR 6,883,036,694 $513,104

Total Closed Grants IDR 242,174,400 $17,940

Under RFA & Procurement IDR 3,954,566,667 $294,458

LEUSER LANDSCAPE

Grant No. Grantee Grant Value Start Date End Date

G-004 Forum Pala Aceh (FORPALA) IDR 1,921,816,500 $148,690 22-Nov-16 21-Aug-18

G-005 Institute for Promotion of Sustainabe Livelihood (INPROSULA) IDR 1,877,962,000 $144,015 27-Mar-16 26-Nov-18

G-007 Yayasan Javlec Indonesia (JAVLEC) IDR 1,925,503,000 $148,975 11-Jan-17 10-May-18

G-008 Atjech International Development (AID) IDR 1,973,474,000 $148,048 7-Feb-17 6-Feb-19

G-010 Aceh Green Community (AGC) IDR 1,971,281,000 $147,662 22-May-17 21-Jan-19

Total Committed IDR 11,669,787,450 $883,358

Total Active Grants IDR 9,670,036,500 $883,358

Total Closed Grants IDR 1,999,750,950 $145,968

Under RFA and Procurement IDR 8,442,592,000 $628,637

ALL LANDSCAPES

Total Committed IDR 18,794,998,544 $1,414,402 39.3%

Total Active Grants IDR 16,553,073,194 $1,250,494 34.7%

Total Closed Grants IDR 2,241,925,350 $163,908 4.6%

Under RFA and Procurement IDR 15,685,008,667 $1,167,908 32.4%

Grand Total as of 12/31/2017 IDR 34,480,007,211 $2,582,310 71.7%

Programmable $1,017,690 28.3%


APPENDIX 5: LESTARI TEAM

Partner Role

Tetra Tech ARD

Overall technical and administrative project management

Lead donor and government coordination, communication, and local capacity development activities

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

Winrock International

Gather data, engaged stakeholders, build, and support implementation of the Sustainability Screening Tool for improved provincial and district-level natural resource licensing and permitting

Provide Private Sector Engagement Coordinator

Michigan State University

Establish university linkages with UNPAR, MU, and IPB to build capacity, develop curricula, create distance-learning toolkits, and implement a university-based service learning program

WWF-Indonesia

Manage Lorentz Lowlands, Mappi-Bouven Digoel, Cyclops, and Sarmi Landscape activities

Improve management effectiveness of national parks, support multi-stakeholder engagement in human-wildlife conflict mitigation, improve biodiversity conservation through SMART Patrols; innovative financing for conservation

Wildlife Conservation Society

Improve management effectiveness of Leuser National Park and Singkil Wildlife Reserve

Improve biodiversity conservation through SMART patrols, Wildlife Response Unit, and Wildlife Crime Unit

Leverage financial resources to improve CA management

FIELD Facilitate communities in developing and implementing co-

management agreements in Aceh and Central Kalimantan

Yayasan Sahabat Cipta (Swiss Contact-Indonesia)

Support livelihood expansion and co-management in Aceh

Develop and implement PPPs for improved sustainable livelihoods

PT South Pole Indonesia

Identify and secure innovative financing opportunities for landscape-level conservation

Support implementation of PES schemes in the landscapes

Blue Forests Support mangrove co-management activities in Lorentz Lowlands

Leverage financial resources to improve CA management

INFIS-Mongabay Indonesia

Produce and disseminate awareness-raising communications products covering forestry and biodiversity conservation issues within LESTARI landscapes

Design and implement media advocacy and media capacity building initiatives

Support the building of long-term constituencies for conservation


APPENDIX 6: LESTARI STAFFING CHART

LESTARI

Wisma GKBI, 12th Floor, #1210 Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 28, Jakarta 10210, Indonesia

Phone: +62 21 574 0565 Fax: +62 21 574 0566

Email: [email protected] Website: www.lestari-indonesia.org

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