Flora&Fauna Internasional
Indonesia
Located in:
Asia-Pacific and Australasia
Indonesia is unquestionably one of the world’s top biodiversity
rich countries and thus a priority for global conservation. The
Indonesian archipelago’s 17,000 islands are home to roughly 12% of the
world’s mammals, 16% of the world’s reptiles and amphibians, 17% of the
world’s birds and 25% of global fish populations. Yet this biodiversity
faces a myriad of threats including logging and palm oil plantation
expansion.
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) established a formal country programme in Indonesia in 1996 with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Forestry. We have since built up an extensive network of partners ranging from forest-edge communities and civil society organisations to government and private business.
People are at the centre of our conservation initiatives. We are at the forefront of efforts to help communities map their customary forests and gain official recognition of their right to manage these areas.
FFI’s innovative approach has catalysed change through a number of flagship programmes in Indonesia, including the community ranger initiative which has transformed former combatants, wildlife poachers and loggers into champions of the environment.
We are also pioneering sustainable financing mechanisms through reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) initiatives in Aceh and Kalimantan. Our work on surveying what is called ‘High Conservation Value Forest’ has also been critical in protecting key orang-utan habitat from conversion to palm oil plantations or other destructive activities.
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) established a formal country programme in Indonesia in 1996 with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Forestry. We have since built up an extensive network of partners ranging from forest-edge communities and civil society organisations to government and private business.
People are at the centre of our conservation initiatives. We are at the forefront of efforts to help communities map their customary forests and gain official recognition of their right to manage these areas.
FFI’s innovative approach has catalysed change through a number of flagship programmes in Indonesia, including the community ranger initiative which has transformed former combatants, wildlife poachers and loggers into champions of the environment.
We are also pioneering sustainable financing mechanisms through reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) initiatives in Aceh and Kalimantan. Our work on surveying what is called ‘High Conservation Value Forest’ has also been critical in protecting key orang-utan habitat from conversion to palm oil plantations or other destructive activities.
Our work in Indonesia
Catalysing action for Indonesia’s most threatened trees
Indonesia
is home to more than 100 Critically Endangered tree species, many of
which require urgent conservation action to prevent their extinction.
However few tree species are subject to legal protection or conservation
action. Through the Global Trees Campaign
programme, FFI and local partners are supporting the Ministry of
Environment and Forestry to develop and implement a national action plan
for the country’s most threatened species, including a number of highly
threatened dipterocarps – huge trees that are the skyscrapers of
Southeast Asia’s forest. FFI is also working on the ground to guide the
implementation of the plan, helping local government and community
groups to effectively protect and plant these remarkable species in
Java, Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Conserving tigers in Aceh
Focusing
on the globally important Ulu Masen tiger population, this project is
strengthening the capacity of government agencies to work with community
rangers (consisting of former combatants, illegal loggers and wildlife
poachers) in tackling poaching and illegal logging (both major threats
to tigers).
FFI has encouraged patrols to use the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) to ensure a systematic and robust law enforcement response. In 2011, 74 forest patrols (covering over 1,660 km) removed eight tiger snare traps and prevented 145 incidents of illegal logging. Tigers are being monitored inside the forest using camera traps. At the forest edge, the community rangers are supporting affected villages to build tiger-proof goat and buffalo pens that reduce livestock losses.
The project is helping the Aceh government to incorporate tiger conservation into policy development through the production of a technical report that assesses the environmental impact of planned road construction on tiger forest habitat, and the completion of a human-tiger conflict protocol.
FFI has encouraged patrols to use the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) to ensure a systematic and robust law enforcement response. In 2011, 74 forest patrols (covering over 1,660 km) removed eight tiger snare traps and prevented 145 incidents of illegal logging. Tigers are being monitored inside the forest using camera traps. At the forest edge, the community rangers are supporting affected villages to build tiger-proof goat and buffalo pens that reduce livestock losses.
The project is helping the Aceh government to incorporate tiger conservation into policy development through the production of a technical report that assesses the environmental impact of planned road construction on tiger forest habitat, and the completion of a human-tiger conflict protocol.
Establishing a network of Locally Managed Marine Areas
Aceh’s
coastal systems contain some of the highest concentrations of
biodiversity in the world, with Critically Endangered species like
leatherback turtles, and genetically unique species such as giant clams.
To protect these vital resources from unsustainable fishing practices,
FFI is working with coastal communities and the Government of Aceh’s
Marine and Fisheries Agency to identify the areas of highest
conservation importance. To secure these, FFI is empowering the
customary leaders and coastal communities to work with local government
in implementing a network of 23 Locally Managed Marine Areas spanning
over 300,000 hectares across the entire province.
This co-management system uniquely combines customary marine law and government policy, and is being implemented through several core components: conservation capacity building of key stakeholders, marine policy development, establishment of conflict resolution systems, coastal community livelihood development, and coral reef and fish stock surveys to assess project impact.
This co-management system uniquely combines customary marine law and government policy, and is being implemented through several core components: conservation capacity building of key stakeholders, marine policy development, establishment of conflict resolution systems, coastal community livelihood development, and coral reef and fish stock surveys to assess project impact.
Community-based forest rehabilitation in West Kalimantan and Sumatra
FFI
is assisting village communities in their efforts to restore,
rehabilitate and sustainably utilise deforested and degraded areas
within designated community forest areas in West Kalimantan and Sumatra.
This project focuses on both native and threatened tree species, as
well as multi-purpose tree species, which are typically found in mature
agro-forests and can provide villagers with high-value fruits and other
non-timber forest products.
Reducing human-elephant conflict in Aceh
In
2011, FFI responded to 45 incidents of human-elephant conflict,
spending 273 nights preventing crop-raiding forays, benefiting over 500
households. Elephant crop-raiding represents one of the greatest threats
to the livelihood of farming communities on the Ulu Masen boundary. FFI
has established three Conservation Response Units in the conflict
hotspots. They use once-captive elephants and their mahouts (handlers)
for direct field-based conservation interventions. This project aims to
support the conservation of wild elephants and their habitat while
creating local employment.
Protecting carbon-rich peat forests in West Kalimantan
FFI
has been conducting landscape-level assessments of High Conservation
Value Forests since 2007 in Kapuas Hulu and Ketapang districts, West
Kalimantan. The results support spatial planning revisions and
identification of district protection areas. FFI is engaging in the
revision of spatial planning and provides support to local government.
Seven village forests have been established in Ketapang, and similar
initiatives for 15 other villages are in the pipeline.
FFI also works with the private sector to protect critical landscapes in Ketapang and Kayong Utara districts, which consist of orang-utan corridor habitat connecting Gunung Palung National Park with the southern and northern peat swamp forests. This corridor overlaps with parts of two oil palm concessions. In order to develop further financial incentives for the community and conservation of forest in these landscapes, FFI is now developing REDD+ demonstration activities in concessions and community forests.
FFI also works with the private sector to protect critical landscapes in Ketapang and Kayong Utara districts, which consist of orang-utan corridor habitat connecting Gunung Palung National Park with the southern and northern peat swamp forests. This corridor overlaps with parts of two oil palm concessions. In order to develop further financial incentives for the community and conservation of forest in these landscapes, FFI is now developing REDD+ demonstration activities in concessions and community forests.
Jurisdictional REDD+ project in Sumatra
FFI
is helping the Sarolangun Forest Management Unit to compile the
relevant documentation for a landscape-scale REDD+ project over 122,000
hectares that form part of the Kerinci National Park buffer zone and are
a key tiger habitat.
Community conservation in action in Kerinci
In
2006, FFI helped form the AKAR network of local NGOs in four provinces
around Kerinci Seblat National Park to promote collaborative efforts to
address threats to the protected area and its buffer zone, such as
illegal road construction, forest clearance and human-wildlife conflict.
FFI provides technical advice and supports awareness raising,
fundraising and other activities. AKAR members have developed community
forest protection patrols, defeated plans to convert the forest to pulp
timber and palm plantations, and blocked road construction in the park.
FFI is working with local partners to empower forest-edge communities in three districts to sustainably manage vital forest blocks bordering the national park, through establishment of legally recognised ‘Village and Customary Forests’ and associated capacity building. The programme is also enhancing direct community benefits from forests by supporting improvements in agricultural practices, linking communities to markets for high-value non-timber forest products, establishing and strengthening community enterprises and developing community-REDD+ mechanisms to reward successful efforts to protect forests and biodiversity.
FFI is working with local partners to empower forest-edge communities in three districts to sustainably manage vital forest blocks bordering the national park, through establishment of legally recognised ‘Village and Customary Forests’ and associated capacity building. The programme is also enhancing direct community benefits from forests by supporting improvements in agricultural practices, linking communities to markets for high-value non-timber forest products, establishing and strengthening community enterprises and developing community-REDD+ mechanisms to reward successful efforts to protect forests and biodiversity.
Conserving tigers in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra
Of
the estimated 350-400 Sumatran tigers in the wild, more than 150 are
found in and around Kerinci Seblat National Park. Since 2000 FFI has
been working with the park authorities and local communities to
strengthen tiger protection through forest patrols and undercover
investigations and law enforcement operations to combat illegal
trafficking of tigers and tiger parts. The work of the tiger protection
units has led to the successful prosecution of dozens of poachers and
traders. The team also conducts human-wildlife conflict mitigation,
responds to wildlife emergencies and works to secure key tiger habitat
in and around the park.
Following years of unprecedented pressure from organised illegal wildlife trade syndicates, there is growing evidence that the poaching threat is reducing, while tiger populations are stable in the project’s focus areas. FFI is also helping the park authorities and a specialist team to monitor Sumatran tigers and their prey, and mentoring park staff to build their biodiversity monitoring skills.
Following years of unprecedented pressure from organised illegal wildlife trade syndicates, there is growing evidence that the poaching threat is reducing, while tiger populations are stable in the project’s focus areas. FFI is also helping the park authorities and a specialist team to monitor Sumatran tigers and their prey, and mentoring park staff to build their biodiversity monitoring skills.
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