USAID LESTARI QPR Jan-Mar 2019 · BUMDes / Kam Village-Owned Enterprise CA Conservation Area CDK Forest Authority Branch Office / Cabang Dinas Kehutanan CLA Collaborating, Learning,

QUARTERLY REPORT

USAID LESTARI

SECOND QUARTER OF YEAR 4 WORK PLAN

JANUARY – MARCH 2019

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Cover Photograph: Clockwise from top left: business training for 7 social forestry groups in Central Kalimantan; boundary mapping of community forestry areas with stakeholders from Lawe Malang Village, Aceh; community forest protection group in Nayaro Village, Papua.

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QUARTERLY REPORT

USAID LESTARI

JANUARY – MARCH 2019

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 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS vEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1RINGKSASAN EKSEKUTIF 5LESTARI BACKGROUND 11TECHNICAL THEMES AND PROGRESS TOWARDS TOC 12Technical Theme 1: Forest & Land Use Governance & Advocacy 12

LESTARI 1 – Awareness and Advocacy 12LESTARI 2 – Operationalize SEAs and LCPs to Improve Land Use Governance 13LESTARI 3 – Sustainable Landscape Governance 14

Technical Theme 2: Improved Conservation & Forest Management 15LESTARI 4 – Co-Management and FMU Strengthening 15LESTARI 5 – Protected Area Management and Key Species Conservation 16

Technical Theme 3: Private Sector Engagement 16LESTARI 6 – Green Enterprises 16LESTARI 7 – Private Sector BMPs 17LESTARI 8 – Innovative Financing for Sustainable Land and Forest Management 18

LANDSCAPE INITIATIVES 19Leuser Landscape 19Katingan-Kahayan Landscape 28Papua Provincial Initiatives 36Lorentz Lowlands Landscape 40Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape 44Cyclops Landscape 49

AMPLIFICATION & SUSTAINABILITY 54GENDER INTEGRATION 55PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS 56APPENDIX 1: Y4Q1 PROGRESS MATRIX 62APPENDIX 2: Y4Q1 LESTARI-SUPPORTED TRAININGS 68APPENDIX 3: GRANTS MANAGEMENT 75APPENDIX 4:LESTARI RESULTS FRAMEWORK 77APPENDIX 5: LESTARI TEAM 78

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ACRONYMS AND

ABBREVIATIONS AMEP Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan APL Other Land Use Area BAPPENAS Ministry of National Development Planning BAPPEDA Regional Development Planning Agency BBBR Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park BIG Geospatial Information Agency BKSDA Nature Conservation Agency BLU General Service Body / Badan Layananan Umum BMP Best Management Practice BOSF Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation BPDAS Directorate of Watershed Management BRG National Peatland Restoration Agency / Badan Restorasi Gambut BUMDes / Kam Village-Owned Enterprise CA Conservation Area CDK Forest Authority Branch Office / Cabang Dinas Kehutanan CLA Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting CSO Civil Society Organization DED Detailed Engineering Design DLHK Environment and Forestry Agency DPM PTSP One-Stop-Shop for Licensing / Dinas Penanaman Modal Dan

Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan FCU Forest Crime Unit FGD Focus Group Discussion FJL Environmental Journalists Network in Aceh FMU / KPH Forest Management Unit FOERDIA Research, Development, and Innovation Agency at KLHK FPIC Free, Prior, and Informed Consent GGGI Global Green Growth Institute GHG Greenhouse Gas GIS Geographic Information System GOI Government of Indonesia HCS High Carbon Stock HCV High Conservation Value HD Hutan Desa / Village Forest HKm Hutan Kemasyarakatan / Community Forest HPH Timber concession / Hak Pengusahaan Hutan ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative IFACS Indonesia Forestry and Climate Support Project KEE Essential Ecosystem Area KLHK Ministry of Environment and Forestry KPK Indonesia’s Corruption Eradiation Commission KSDAE Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation KSM Community Self-Help Group / Kelompok Swadaya Masyarakat LBA Landscape Baseline Analysis LCP Landscape Conservation Plan LEDS Low Emission Development Strategy LOP Life of Project LPHD Village Forest Management Institution / Lembaga Pengelola Hutan Desa

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LTAA Long-Term Administrative Assistance LTTA / STTA Long-Term Technical Assistance / Short-Term Technical Assistance LWA Lembaga Wana Aksara METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool MMP Community Forest Patrol / Masyarakat Mitra Polhut MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSF / MSI Multi-Stakeholder Forum / Multi-Stakeholder Initiative MSU Michigan State University NCBA National Cooperative Business Association NP / TN National Park /Taman Nasional NTFP Non-timber Forest Product OIC Orangutan Information Center OSS Online Single Submission 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 PIKA Directorate of Design and Information for Nature Conservation PPP Public-Private Partnership PHPL Directorate of Sustainable Production Forest Management PSKL Directorate of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships RBV Rawa Baki Vriendschap REL Reference Emission Level RHL Forest and Land Rehabilitation Program under KLHK RIL-C Reduced Impact Logging to Reduce Carbon Emissions RKT Provincial Development Plan RPHJP Long-Term Forest Management Plan RPHJPd Annual Short-Term Forest Management Plan RPJM District Development Plan RPJMD Regional Development Plan RPJM Des/Kam Village-level Development Plan RSWR Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve RTRWK / RTRWP District / Provincial Spatial Plan SCAA Sustainable Cooperative Agribusiness Alliance SEA / KLHS Strategic Environmental Assessment SIAT Integrated Aceh Information System SIMTARU Papua Management Information System for Spatial Planning SLP Sustainable Landscape Planning SMART Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool SST Sustainability Screening Tool SOP Standard Operating Procedure TAF The Asia Foundation TNGL Leuser National Park / Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser TOC Theory of Change TFF Tropical Forest Foundation UNPAR University of Palangkaraya UMP Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya UPPB Rubber Processing Unit USAID United States Agency for International Development USFS United States Forest Service USG United States Government WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WCU Wildlife Crime Unit WRI World Resources Institute WRU Wildlife Response Unit 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 Quarter 2 of Year 4, covering January 1 to March 31, 2019. During this quarter, LESTARI continued to make progress, through collaboration with local partners, in improving forest and biodiversity conservation practices across the six project landscapes in the provinces of Aceh, Central Kalimantan, and Papua. Entering Year 4 of this 5-year project, the focus has been on engaging with partners – the Government of Indonesia (GOI) at local and national levels, local communities, and the private sector – to ensure their ownership of LESTARI’s approaches and initiatives, and commitment to carrying them forward in a more self-reliant manner through allocated programs and budgets. This represents the basis for LESTARI’s sustainability strategy and is embedded within each Year 4 landscape initiative. Further details are presented in the Year 4 Work Plan. During this quarter, the most significant LESTARI achievement was the leveraging of IDR 94.3 billion (~USD 6.6 million) in funding for programs for sustainable landscape management and biodiversity conservation from the budgets of government, private sector, and NGO partners (see Appendix 2 for a complete breakdown). The greatest share of this figure (IDR 76.4 billion or USD 5.4 million) came from the Watershed Management Body (BPDAS) under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) for landscape restoration in Gayo Lues District, Leuser Landscape. This was allocated under a Forest and Land Rehabilitation Program known as RHL (Rehabilitasi Hutan dan Lahan) in December 2018. To successfully mobilize these funds, the LESTARI team worked with FMU V to identify and map degraded areas, assess land suitability based on scientific data, conduct socialization with local communities, and assist FMU V in completing the RHL application to KLHK. The BDPAS Branch Office in Aceh and FMU V will work together to oversee implementation. Some other notable achievements across all landscapes are listed below. Quarterly progress against all 16 project indicators and their respective Year 4 targets is presented in Appendix 1.

• 2,572 individuals from local communities received livelihood benefits following technical assistance from LESTARI (social forestry permit acquisition, improved commodity production and market access, mangrove protection).

• 2 new public-private partnerships were signed – to enhance local commodity value chains in Leuser Landscape – through facilitation by LESTARI.

• 4 timber concession partners adopted Best Management Practices for Reduced Impact Logging followed trainings facilitated by LESTARI.

• 63 new individuals from local government, private sector, and civil society were identified and engaged as LESTARI champions in various advocacy interventions across all landscapes.

• 9 local public policies were introduced with LESTARI technical assistance on issues such as the use of village funds for conservation initiatives.

In support of the above outcomes, landscape-level activities continued implementation with key stakeholders and in line with the LESTARI Year 4 Work Plan. Some highlights are summarized below and further detailed in the landscape sections of the QPR. Leuser Landscape In Q1, LESTARI provided assistance to the Aceh Provincial Forestry Office to develop their strategic plans that allocate sufficient budgets and programs for forest monitoring, protection, and sustainable management. In Q2, this led to a 2019 budget leveraging achievement of


IDR 11.47 billion (~USD 810,000) for programs related to FMU strengthening and social forestry.

Meanwhile, LESTARI continued to provide technical assistance to improve management capacity of FMU Units V and VI in Leuser Landscape. For FMU V, the long-term forest management plan (RPHJP) was finalized and presented to KLHK. A forest monitoring and patrol strategy was developed in order to combat threats from illegal logging, encroachment, and road development. For FMU VI, assistance focused on the preparation of the RPHJP, including a forest inventory and zonation maps. This document is expected to be submitted to KLHK by the end of June 2019.

The coffee agroforestry initiative continued implementation in Gayo Lues District with key stakeholders: FMU V, coffee farmers, private sector (PT PAS), and a local NGO (Inprosula). LESTARI provided technical assistance to PT PAS to apply for funding for this initiative from the BLU fund – a mechanism under KLHK that supports projects related to forest restoration and rehabilitation. The proposal for IDR 80 billion (USD 5.7 million) was formally submitted in February.

Figure 1. Technical discussion between BLU representatives and coffee agroforestry stakeholders

Nine SMART patrol teams supported by LESTARI continued routine monitoring and protection activities, jointly with the area managers, in Leuser National Park, Singkil Wildlife Reserve, and FMU areas. These teams have also brought about a strong work culture and sense of pride amongst CA management. Human-wildlife conflict mitigation teams in Leuser have been successful in working with communities to reduce incidents of conflict, particularly with Sumatran tigers, as evidenced by recent data from camera traps.

LESTARI strengthened the capacity of the Environmental Journalists Network (FJL) through a Training for Trainers on Citizen Journalism. The objective was to promote better reporting on environmental issues including forest and permit monitoring. Participants were Aceh-based staff from Aceh Satu, Kompas, Kompas TV, Metro TV, Antara, and others. Next quarter, these trainers will conduct training in LESTARI landscapes, in order to build a network of citizen journalists, who will be linked with FJL.

Katingan-Kahayan Landscape LESTARI facilitated a needs assessment in order to better understand the specific capacity building requirements for 18 FMUs in Central Kalimantan. This resulted in the compilation of detailed training outcomes required for staff involved in overall management, planning, security and protection, and GIS. The design of the follow-up trainings will be done through collaboration with partners, with expected funding support from private sector partners. LESTARI also continued to assist FMUs to establish co-management with communities through social forestry and partnerships with the private sector. In Q2, 2 additional HKm permits were received by communities in Gunung Mas District covering a total of 1,224 ha.


Meanwhile, LESTARI prioritized support for 7 social forestry groups with the aim to showcase them as models to potential partners/buyers interested in sustainable forest-based businesses that contribute to improved community livelihoods. The LESTARI team continued to support the rubber farmer group (UPPB) in strengthening its institutional capacity as well as members’ technical skills concerning post-harvest production of rubber latex. With LESTARI assistance, one UPPB in Buntoi, Pulang Pisau District submitted a small loan proposal to Bank BNI for IDR 75 million (~USD 5,300). The loan is intended to be used as working capital to improve the latex trading process between UPPB and their members. LESTARI supported Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park authorities to conduct routine SMART patrols and strengthen patrol data management and coordination. An evaluation in 2018 found that SMART Patrol implementation assisted by LESTARI has demonstrated significant results and contributed to the increase of the national park METT score from 67 to 74. In addition to greater management capacity by NP authorities, now several NGO partner institutions are also assisting the NP to implement these patrols with greater intensity and reach. The main threats continued to be rampant illegal gold mining, illegal logging, and encroachment. As much as possible, the patrol officers provide explanations to community members regarding the types of activities that may and may not be carried out within the protected area.

Figure 2. Boat-based SMART patrols conducted in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya NP

BOSF was awarded a follow-on grant worth IDR 3.3 billion (USD 246,000) to continue their important work on Bornean orangutan conservation. The follow-on grant will amplify and sustain gains in orangutan conservation achieved during the implementation of the initial grant. A kickoff meeting was held to discuss planning and strategy for orangutan release and conflict mitigation with communities. Papua Landscapes The Papua Provincial SEA-RPJMD assisted by LESTARI made a number of recommendations relevant to forest protection and sustainable management, including: (1) the need for a moratorium on new land use permits in the forest zone, and for peat and mangrove ecosystems; (2) increased forest protection and natural resources conservation; (3) improved forest monitoring to reduce fires and illegal logging; and (4) an evaluation of land use permits for large scale investments. These recommendations have been integrated into the RPJMD (2018-2023) as well as the draft Forestry Strategic Plan. Budget allocations for forestry based on this plan will be reported in the next quarter. The Sustainability Screening Tool (SST) – a GIS app for screening land use licenses which is being integrated into Papua’s online licensing system – was formally launched by the Papua Provincial government. LESTARI supported the development of this app in order to prevent new licenses from being issued in areas which would threaten protected forests, and to review existing licenses to identify problems related to overlaps with forests, other licenses, and identified areas of adat land. Next, LESTARI will continue to support the


provincial government and other stakeholders in ensuring that the SST is used effectively, and that local capacity is built to ensure its ongoing functionality post-LESTARI. In Lorentz Lowlands Landscape, LESTARI continued to advance the collaborative management initiative with communities and local government for freshwater resource protection in Yepem Village. In Q2, LESTARI facilitated the drafting of a village-level development plan (RPJMK) that incorporates principles of conservation and sustainable natural resource management. For forest protection patrols, LESTARI assisted in the acquisition and distribution of patrol equipment from the Asmat Regional Government to the patrol team. The village-owned enterprise (BUMK) was formally established, and its 26 members received LESTARI training in financial management and institutional development. LESTARI has coordinated between the BUMK and local government to secure funding from Village Funds to manage the water catchment area and local products such as coconut oil.

Figure 3. Yepem community members making coconut-based products to be sold through the BUMK

Lorentz National Park and LESTARI held meetings with village governments, adat representatives and communities in 3 villages with the aim of forming community patrol groups (MMP). This is especially important in Papua, as the resources for park and reserve management are extremely stretched, with few forest rangers covering vast areas of remote forest. Recommendation letters in support of the initiative were secured from village heads, identifying members that should be involved and directed to the head of the national park who will then designate the MMP groups. The three main roles of the MMP groups will be to patrol and monitor the village areas to detect illegal encroachment and poaching, monitor the use of natural resources in the large Traditional Use Zones, and survey the level of key biodiversity indicator species on a regular basis. The increasing number of confiscations of Pig-nosed Turtles, a protected species under Indonesian law, from southern Papua has highlighted the urgency to develop an integrated conservation strategy for the species. LESTARI facilitated a workshop with Papuan government and community stakeholders to start developing this strategy that will focus on habitat conservation, awareness and education, community livelihoods, and illegal trade detection via patrols and working with port authorities. Over 2,600 Pig-nosed Turtles confiscated from Asmat and Mimika Districts will be released back to their native habitats in Q3, bringing the total number of repatriations supported by LESTARI to over 5,000 turtles. In Cyclops Landscape, a multi-stakeholder meeting was held with the Bupati of Jayapura, provincial government, community groups, and law enforcement authorities to discuss the latest status of forests in the nature reserve from results of LESTARI supported SMART patrols and hydrological surveys. The Bupati ordered a comprehensive set of actions to remove encroachers in the reserve and restore critical areas. The Bupati reiterated the need for better law enforcement for illegal encroachers, and stakeholders stated that now is the time to act to save the forests that supply water to Sentani residents. The devastating floods and landslides from March 2019 highlighted the need for immediate action and coordination amongst stakeholders for better protection of the reserve.


RINGKSASAN EKSEKUTIF Laporan Kemajuan Triwulan (QPR) ini merangkum kegiatan dan pencapaian proyek USAID LESTARI selama Triwulan 2 Tahun ke-4, yang meliputi periode 1 Januari hingga 31 Maret 2019. Selama triwulan ini, LESTARI terus mengalami kemajuan, melalui kolaborasi dengan mitra lokal, dalam meningkatkan praktik konservasi hutan dan keanekaragaman hayati di enam lanskap proyek di Provinsi Aceh, Kalimantan Tengah, dan Papua. Memasuki tahun ke-4 dari proyek 5 tahun ini, fokus terletak pada keterlibatan dengan para mitra – Pemerintah Indonesia di tingkat lokal dan nasional, komunitas lokal, dan sektor swasta – untuk memastikan rasa kepemilikan mereka atas pendekatan dan inisiatif LESTARI, dan komitmen untuk meneruskannya dengan cara yang lebih mandiri melalui program dan anggaran yang dialokasikan. Ini mewakili asas strategi keberlanjutan LESTARI dan tertanam dalam setiap inisiatif lanskap tahun ke-4. Rincian lebih lanjut disajikan dalam Rencana Kerja tahun ke-4. Selama triwulan ini, pencapaian LESTARI yang paling signifikan adalah peningkatan dana sebesar IDR 94,3 miliar (~ USD 6,6 juta) dalam pendanaan untuk program pengelolaan lanskap secara berkelanjutan dan konservasi keanekaragaman hayati yang didapat dari anggaran pemerintah, sektor swasta, dan mitra LSM (lihat Lampiran 2 untuk total rincian). Bagian terbesar dari dana yang didapat (IDR 76,4 miliar atau USD 5.4 juta) berasal dari Badan Pengelola Daerah Aliran Sungai (BPDAS) di bawah Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK) di Desember 2018 untuk restorasi kawasan di Kabupaten Gayo Lues, Lanskap Leuser. Capaian tersebut dialokasikan di bawah Program Rehabilitasi Hutan dan Lahan yang dikenal sebagai RHL (Rehabilitasi Hutan dan Lahan) di bulan Desember 2018. Untuk memastikan keberhasilan pemobilisasian dana, tim LESTARI bekerja dengan KPH V guna mengidentifikasi dan memetakan daerah terdegradasi, menilai kesesuaian lahan, melakukan sosialisasi dengan masyarakat setempat, dan membantu KPH V dalam menyelesaikan penerapan RHL ke KLHK. Kantor BPDAS Aceh dan KPH V akan bekerjasama dalam mengawasi pelaksanaan RHL. Beberapa pencapaian penting lainnya di semua lanskap tercantum di bawah ini. Kemajuan triwulanan terhadap semua 16 indikator proyek dan target Tahun ke- 4 masing-masing disajikan dalam Lampiran 1.

• 2.572 warga komunitas lokal mendapatkan peningkatan kualitas mata pencaharian melalui bantuan teknis dari LESTARI (perolehan izin hutan sosial, peningkatan produksi komoditas dan akses pasar, perlindungan bakau).

• Penandatanganan 2 kemitraan publik swasta baru – untuk meningkatkan rantai nilai komoditas lokal di Lanskap Leuser – melalui fasilitasi oleh LESTARI.

• 4 mitra konsesi kayu mengadopsi Praktik Manajemen Terbaik untuk Pengurangan Dampak Pembalakan dengan mengikuti pelatihan yang difasilitasi oleh LESTARI.

• 63 individu baru yang berasal dari pemerintah daerah, sektor swasta, dan masyarakat sipil telah diidentifikasi dan dilibatkan sebagai kader unggulan LESTARI dalam berbagai intervensi advokasi di semua lanskap.

• Penerapan 9 kebijakan publik dengan bantuan teknis LESTARI terkait isu penggunaan dana desa untuk inisiatif konservasi.

Untuk mendukung pencapaian yang telah disebutkan diatas, LESTARI melanjutkan implementasi kegiatan di tingkat lanskap dengan para pemangku kepentingan utama dan sejalan dengan Rencana Kerja LESTARI Tahun ke 4. Beberapa pencapaian dirangkum di bawah ini dan dirinci lebih lanjut di bagian lanskap dari QPR ini.


Lanskap Leuser Pada Triwulan 1, LESTARI memberikan bantuan kepada Dinas Kehutanan Provinsi Aceh untuk mengembangkan rencana strategis yang bertujuan untuk mengalokasikan anggaran dan program yang cukup untuk pemantauan, perlindungan, dan pengelolaan hutan yang berkelanjutan. Pada Triwulan 2, hal ini berkontribusi terhadap peningkatan anggaran untuk tahun 2019 yang mencapai IDR 11,47 miliar (~ USD 810.000) untuk program-program yang berkaitan dengan penguatan KPH dan perhutanan sosial.

Sementara itu, LESTARI terus memberikan bantuan teknis untuk meningkatkan kapasitas manajemen Unit KPH V dan VI di Lanskap Leuser. Untuk KPH V, rencana pengelolaan hutan jangka panjang (RPHJP) telah diselesaikan dan dipresentasikan kepada KLHK. Strategi pemantauan dan patroli hutan dikembangkan untuk memerangi ancaman dari pembalakan liar, perambahan, dan pembangunan jalan. Untuk KPH VI, bantuan difokuskan pada persiapan RPHJP, termasuk inventarisasi hutan dan peta zonasi. Dokumen ini diharapkan akan diserahkan ke KLHK pada akhir Juni 2019.

Melanjutkan implementasi program agroforestri kopi di Kabupaten Gayo Lues dengan pemangku kepentingan utama: KPH V, petani kopi, sektor swasta (PT PAS), dan LSM lokal (Inprosula). LESTARI memberikan bantuan teknis kepada PT PAS untuk mengajukan permohonan pendanaan untuk program ini dari dana BLU - sebuah mekanisme di bawah KLHK yang mendukung proyek-proyek yang terkait dengan restorasi dan rehabilitasi hutan. Pengajuan proposal sebesar IDR 80 miliar (USD 5,7 juta) telah dilakukan secara resmi pada bulan Februari.

Gambar 1. Diskusi teknis antara perwakilan BLU dan pemangku kepentingan agroforestri kopi

Sembilan (9) Tim patroli SMART yang didukung oleh LESTARI melanjutkan kegiatan pemantauan dan perlindungan rutin, bersama-sama dengan pengelola kawasan, di Taman Nasional Leuser, Suaka Margasatwa Singkil, dan kawasan KPH. Tim ini juga membawa budaya kerja yang kuat sehingga menimbulkan rasa bangga di antara para pengelola kawasan konservasi. Tim mitigasi konflik manusia-satwa liar di Leuser telah berhasil bekerjasama dengan masyarakat untuk mengurangi insiden konflik, khususnya dengan harimau Sumatra, sebagaimana dibuktikan oleh data terbaru dari perangkap kamera.

LESTARI memperkuat kapasitas Forum Jurnalis Lingkungan (FJL) melalui Pelatihan untuk para Pelatih Jurnalisme Warga. Tujuannya adalah untuk meningkatkan pelaporan terkait isu lingkungan termasuk pemantauan hutan dan perizinan. Peserta kegiatan terdiri dari jurnalis dari Aceh Satu, Kompas, TV Kompas, Metro TV, Antara, dan lainnya yang berbasis di Aceh. Triwulan berikutnya, para pelatih ini akan mengadakan pelatihan di lanskap LESTARI, dalam rangka membangun jaringan jurnalis warga, yang akan ditautkan dengan FJL.

Lanskap Katingan-Kahayan LESTARI memfasilitasi penilaian kebutuhan (needs assessment) untuk lebih memahami kebutuhan pengembangkan kapasitas yang spesifik bagi 18 KPH di Kalimantan Tengah. Hal


ini menghasilkan kompilasi hasil pelatihan terperinci yang diperlukan untuk staf yang terlibat dalam manajemen keseluruhan, perencanaan, keamanan dan perlindungan serta Sistem Informasi Geografis (GIS). Desain pelatihan tindak lanjut akan dilakukan melalui kolaborasi dengan mitra, dengan dukungan dana yang diharapkan datang dari mitra sektor swasta. LESTARI juga terus membantu KPH untuk membangun pengelolaan bersama dengan masyarakat melalui perhutanan sosial dan kemitraan dengan sektor swasta. Pada Triwulan 2, dua izin HKm tambahan diterima oleh masyarakat di Kabupaten Gunung Mas yang mencakup total 1.224 ha. Sementara itu, LESTARI terus memprioritaskan dukungan untuk 7 kelompok kehutanan sosial dengan tujuan menjadikan mereka sebagai model bagi mitra/pembeli potensial yang tertarik dengan usaha berbasis hutan berkelanjutan yang berkontribusi pada peningkatan mata pencaharian masyarakat. Tim LESTARI terus mendukung kelompok tani karet (UPPB) dalam memperkuat kapasitas kelembagaannya serta ketrampilan teknis para anggota terkait produksi lateks karet pascapanen. Dengan bantuan LESTARI, satu UPPB di Buntoi, Kabupaten Pulang Pisau telah mengajukan proposal pinjaman kecil ke Bank BNI sebesar Rp75 juta (~ USD 5.300). Pinjaman ini akan digunakan sebagai modal kerja untuk meningkatkan proses perdagangan lateks antara UPPB dan anggotanya. LESTARI terus mendukung otoritas Taman Nasional Bukit Baka Bukit Raya untuk melakukan patroli rutin SMART dan memperkuat manajemen dan koordinasi data patroli. Evaluasi pada tahun 2018 menemukan bahwa implementasi Patroli SMART yang dibantu oleh LESTARI telah menunjukkan hasil yang signifikan dan berkontribusi pada peningkatan skor METT taman nasional (TN) dari 67 menjadi 74. Selain peningkatan kapasitas manajemen TN yang lebih besar, sekarang beberapa lembaga mitra LSM juga membantu TN untuk melaksanakan patroli dengan intensitas dan jangkauan yang lebih besar. Ancaman utama adalah penambangan emas ilegal, pembalakan liar, dan perambahan yang semakin merajalela. Sebisa mungkin, petugas patroli memberikan penjelasan kepada masyarakat mengenai jenis-jenis kegiatan yang diperbolehkan dan tidak diperbolehkan dilakukan di dalam kawasan lindung.

Gambar 2. Patroli SMART berbasis perahu dilakukan di Bukit Baka Bukit Raya NP

BOSF menerima hibah lanjutan senilai IDR 3,3 miliar (USD 246.000) untuk melanjutkan pekerjaan penting mereka mengkonservasi orangutan Kalimantan. Hibah lanjutan akan memperkuat dan mempertahankan kemajuan terkait konservasi orangutan yang sebelumnya telah dicapai melalui pelaksanaan hibah pertama. Pertemuan perdana diadakan untuk membahas perencanaan dan strategi pelepasliaran orangutan dan mitigasi konflik dengan masyarakat. Lanskap Papua Penyusunan Kajian Lingkungan Hidup Strategi (KLHS) - RPJMD Provinsi Papua yang dibantu oleh LESTARI memuat sejumlah rekomendasi yang relevan terkait perlindungan hutan dan pengelolaan berkelanjutan, termasuk: (1) perlunya moratorium izin penggunaan lahan baru di kawasan hutan, dan untuk ekosistem gambut serta bakau; (2) peningkatan


perlindungan hutan dan konservasi sumber daya alam; (3) peningkatan pemantauan hutan untuk mengurangi kebakaran dan pembalakan liar; dan (4) evaluasi izin penggunaan lahan untuk investasi skala besar. Rekomendasi ini telah diintegrasikan ke dalam RPJMD (2018-2023) draf rancangan Rencana Strategis Kehutanan. Alokasi anggaran untuk kehutanan berdasarkan rencana ini akan dilaporkan pada triwulan berikutnya. Alat Penyaringan Keberlanjutan atau Sustainability Screening Tool (SST) - aplikasi GIS untuk mengidentifikasi izin penggunaan lahan yang diintegrasikan ke dalam sistem perizinan online Papua - secara resmi diluncurkan oleh pemerintah Provinsi Papua. LESTARI mendukung pengembangan aplikasi ini untuk mencegah dikeluarkannya izin baru di kawasan yang akan mengancam hutan lindung, dan untuk meninjau kembali izin yang sudah ada guna mengidentifikasi masalah terkait dengan izin yang tumpang tindih dengan hutan, lisensi lain, dan wilayah adat yang teridentifikasi. Selanjutnya, LESTARI akan terus mendukung pemerintah provinsi dan pemangku kepentingan lainnya dalam memastikan bahwa SST digunakan secara efektif, dan memastikan pembangunan kapasitas lokal guna memastikan fungsionalitasnya yang berkelanjutan pasca-LESTARI. Di Lanskap Lorentz Lowlands, LESTARI terus mengedepankan inisiatif pengelolaan kolaboratif dengan masyarakat dan pemerintah daerah untuk perlindungan sumber daya air tawar di Desa Yepem. Pada Triwulan 2, LESTARI memfasilitasi penyusunan rencana pembangunan tingkat desa (RPJMK) yang memasukkan prinsip-prinsip konservasi dan pengelolaan sumber daya alam berkelanjutan. Untuk patroli perlindungan hutan, LESTARI membantu perolehan dan mendistribusikan peralatan patroli dari Pemerintah Daerah Asmat kepada tim patroli. Badan Usaha Milik Kampung (BUMK) secara resmi didirikan, dan 26 anggotanya telah menerima pelatihan dari LESTARI mengenai manajemen keuangan dan pengembangan kelembagaan. LESTARI telah berkoordinasi dengan BUMK dan pemerintah daerah untuk mendapatkan pendanaan dari Dana Desa untuk mengelola daerah resapan air dan produk-produk lokal seperti minyak kelapa.

Gambar 3. Anggota komunitas Yepem membuat produk berbasis kelapa untuk dijual melalui BUMK

Taman Nasional Lorentz dan LESTARI mengadakan pertemuan dengan pemerintah desa, perwakilan adat dan masyarakat di 3 desa dengan tujuan membentuk Masyarakat Mitra Polhut (MMP). Hal ini sangat penting di Papua, mengingat sumber daya pengelolaan taman dan cagar alam sangat sedikit, dengan beberapa jagawana untuk menjaga wilayah hutan terpencil yang luas. Surat rekomendasi untuk mendukung inisiatif ini telah didapat dari kepala desa, isinya mengidentifikasi anggota yang harus dilibatkan, untuk kemudian diserahkan kepada kepala taman nasional untuk penetapan kelompok MMP. Tiga peran utama kelompok MMP adalah berpatroli dan memantau wilayah desa untuk mendeteksi perambahan dan perburuan ilegal, memantau penggunaan sumber daya alam di Zona Penggunaan Tradisional yang luas, dan mensurvei tingkat spesies indikator keanekaragaman hayati utama secara berkala. Meningkatnya jumlah penyitaan kura-kura moncong babi, spesies yang dilindungi oleh hukum Indonesia, dari Papua Selatan telah menyoroti pentingnya mengembangkan strategi


konservasi terpadu untuk spesies ini. LESTARI memfasilitasi lokakarya dengan pemerintah Papua dan pemangku kepentingan masyarakat untuk mulai mengembangkan strategi yang berfokus pada konservasi habitat, kesadaran dan pendidikan, mata pencaharian masyarakat, dan deteksi perdagangan ilegal melalui patroli dan kerjasama dengan otoritas pelabuhan. Lebih dari 2.600 kura-kura moncong babi yang disita dari Kabupaten Asmat dan Mimika akan dilepaskan kembali ke habitat asli di Triwulan 3, menjadikan jumlah repatriasi yang didukung oleh LESTARI menjadi lebih dari 5.000 kura-kura. Di Lanskap Cyclops, telah dilakukan pertemuan multi-pihak diadakan dengan Bupati Jayapura, pemerintah provinsi, kelompok masyarakat, dan otoritas penegak hukum untuk membahas status terkini hutan di cagar alam tersebut berdasarkan hasil dari patroli SMART dan survei hidrologi yang didukung LESTARI. Bupati memerintahkan serangkaian tindakan komprehensif untuk mengeluarkan perambah di kawasan cagar alam dan memulihkan area kritis. Bupati menegaskan kembali perlunya penegakan hukum yang lebih baik untuk perambah ilegal, dan para pemangku kepentingan menyatakan bahwa sekarang adalah waktunya untuk bertindak menyelamatkan hutan yang memasok air ke penduduk Sentani. Banjir dan tanah longsor yang dahsyat di bulan Maret 2019 menyoroti perlunya tindakan an koordinasi cepat di antara para pemangku kepentingan untuk perlindungan cagar alam yang lebih baik.


Figure 4. LESTARI landscapes map


LESTARI BACKGROUND USAID LESTARI 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 ha 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.


TECHNICAL THEMES AND PROGRESS TOWARDS TOC LESTARI’s technical approach is built upon three integrated technical themes: (1) Forest and Land Use Governance and Advocacy, (2) Improved Conservation and Forest Management, and (3) Private Sector Engagement. Theme 1 addresses the enabling conditions for improved practices whereas themes 2 and 3 focus on the direct drivers of improved forest and 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 5). The ToC also demonstrates the connection between strategic approaches, as they are designed to be closely integrated and mutually reinforcing. All LESTARI ToC diagrams are available for viewing in Appendix 4 of the Year 4 Work Plan. This section presents an overview of the important background information and a brief summary of quarterly progress under each Strategic Approach. Subsequently, dedicated landscape sections explain in detail on how the approach was implemented, the results achieved, and the key challenges and opportunities faced during this quarter 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. A primary focus of advocacy work this quarter was on budget and policy advocacy at the provincial level. The overall objective is to strengthen provincial government policies and plans related to sustainable forest management, and to advocate for increased budget allocations so that plans can be carried out effectively and with greater self-reliance. This work makes use of different opportunities depending on which policies are being prepared, as well as stakeholder interest. In Papua, support for the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the provincial Mid Term Development Plan (SEA-RPJMD) was completed in this quarter, and LESTARI support has been focusing on integration of SEA recommendations into the RPJMD and the Forestry Agency’s Strategic Plan. In Central Kalimantan, the focus is on supporting the Forestry Agency to allocate Reforestation Funds


for fire prevention, social forestry, and forest protection, and to do so according to best practice implementation models based on LESTARI experiences. In Aceh, the focus is on ensuring that the programs and budget allocations from the LESTARI-supported Forestry and Environment Agency Strategic Plan carried forward into the 2020 work plan, alongside supporting implementation of FMU and social forestry initiatives in 2019. At the civil society level, LESTARI held a workshop in Sentani (Papua) to build the capacity of local journalists and facilitate the formation of an informal network to share information on the threats to and management of Cyclops Nature Reserve. In conjunction, the LESTARI team also built engagement with MRP (Majelis Rakyat Papua), a representative body set up under Papua’s Special Autonomy Law to oversee development in Papua Province. LESTARI delivered a session at an MRP training event to introduce them to forestry issues, with a focus on land use permitting. Details are presented in the Papua Province section. LESTARI’s collaboration with Mongabay-INFIS on media advocacy concluded in late 2018. During this quarter, editing and processing of the final 10 advocacy videos was completed. Details of these videos and their dissemination are reported in the Communications section. LESTARI continues to raise awareness about key issues through social media postings, maintaining networks with local journalists, and the use of existing communications products, including INFIS-produced videos. LESTARI also continued to build advocacy and awareness by supporting multi-stakeholder initiatives and raising the voices of champions in all landscapes. During Q2, an additional 63 champions were engaged and 5 multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) undertaken. The MSIs were on issues of allocation of Reforestation Funds to fire prevention and social forestry, Ministry of Forestry and Environment budgetary support for social forestry in peatlands, formulation of a Bupati Regulation on Village Funds, and the formulation of the Long-Term Forest Management Plan for FMU V in Aceh (see Appendix 1).

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 a formal mechanism for explicitly incorporating LESTARI goals into government decision- making. LESTARI obtains clear written agreement with sub-national government counterparts that LESTARI support for SEAs will result in recommendations that are adopted in specific policies, plans, and programs. The approach aims to influence spatial planning for the next 30 years that takes into account the sustainability and balance of environmental protection, communities’ values and needs, and economic development. The process, at the same time, involves a high degree of engagement with related local government representatives, which contributes to their capacity building on SEA formulation following the latest MOHA regulation No 7/2018. The focus in Year 4 for this approach is on Papua; at the provincial level for RPJMD, and RTRW for Timika, Mappi, and Bouven Digoel Districts. LESTARI continues to work closely with government agencies and other stakeholders to complete high quality SEAs, to ensure integration of SEA recommendations into policies and plans, and to engage stakeholders in program implementation on the ground. During Q2, the SEA-RPJMD for Papua Province was revised following review by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment in Jakarta; key recommendations were integrated into the near-final RPJMD through direct assistance;


LESTARI provided inputs to the Provincial Forestry Agency’s five year Strategic Plan in order to integrate SEA recommendations; and LESTARI built support in Bappeda and provided inputs for the integration of SEA recommendations into the Environment Agency’s Strategic Plan. This work has aligned with the budget advocacy work described above, since Strategic Plans contain indicative budget allocations for each program. The SEA for the spatial plan in Bouven Digoel District was ‘validated’ by the provincial government, with revisions undertaken and delivered to the Environment Agency at the end of Q2. Recommendations were integrated into the draft spatial plan by working with district agencies and the consultant team revising the spatial plan. In Mimika, Provincial Bappeda and Environment Office reviewed and provided input to the SEA, which will be revised in Q3, so as to strengthen recommendations for the spatial plan revision. The Mappi District government is just beginning its spatial plan revision, and the SEA process will be facilitated by LESTARI using best-practice experience from Bouven Digoel, which has been praised by the provincial government for the SEA quality as well as the ownership and capacity built in the local government.

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. Therefore, a key focus of work under this strategic approach is on improving land use licensing systems including civil society participation in permit monitoring. In Papua, the Sustainability Screening Tool (SST) was launched on March 26, alongside the kick-off for Papua’s KPK-supported Permit Review process. The launch involved ministries, provincial and district government agencies, donors, NGOs, and other stakeholders. A 13- minute video was prepared to showcase the SST, explain its purpose, and how it functions. There was a high level of interest in the SST, shown by numerous media reports following the event. SST is now embedded within Papua’s online permit system, capacity has been built with local agencies to utilize it, and it has a high profile (along with SIMTARU) within the Permit Review process, which is a highly visible and multi-stakeholder process being pushed by KPK and linked to overall improvements to the permit system. Over the next quarters, LESTARI will support use of the SST within the permit system and the Permit Review, use by district governments, and use by non-government stakeholders, linked to the issue of spatial plan monitoring. In Aceh, developing an SST is not possible at the moment due to the lack of a permit database, and transitions to the national OSS online permit system (with SICANTIK cloud database) which are underway but also uncoordinated and unclear. To take stock of these developments, a paper has been written and submitted to USAID, describing dynamics across the fields of spatial planning, permit systems and permit reviews, and spatial planning monitoring, and recommending how LESTARI and other donors can accelerate progress across these fields. In the meantime, in Aceh LESTARI is focusing on a number of other activities which will support improved monitoring of forests including threats associated with land use permits. This includes the finalization of the new SIAT regulation on government data use and transparency; support for the Forestry and Environment Agency on developing a web-based GIS to organize agency data, including forestry permits, social forestry areas, and other data; and assistance to FMU V to develop a multi-stakeholder monitoring system. In Central Kalimantan, the political and bureaucratic support for improving permit systems and permit monitoring is not strong. In the absence of such opportunities, LESTARI is taking other approaches to strengthen governance in ways that reduce risks to forests and peatlands. These include supporting accelerated social forestry implementation to further


sustainable livelihood opportunities for communities; supporting fire prevention efforts by local governments; and integrating a forest monitoring component into the work of FMUs. For the latter, LESTARI supported a five-day training in March for FMUs in Central Kalimantan on forest monitoring and protection tools and systems.

TECHNICAL THEME 2: IMPROVED CONSERVATION

& FOREST MANAGEMENT

LESTARI 4 – Improved Forest Management Through Co-Management and FMU Strengthening LESTARI supports building capacity and commitment for co-management among relevant stakeholders in areas adjacent to Conservation Areas (CAs). This is essential for threat reduction on CAs through more transparent, negotiated agreements where roles and responsibilities between stakeholders (local communities, local government, national park, FMU) are clearly defined. A major focus in Year 4 is on capacity building and budget leveraging for FMUs – new and permanent forest management entities in charge of addressing existing problems and providing a basis for better forest governance, planning, and monitoring. In conjunction, LESTARI supports the acceleration of the social forestry initiative to ensure communities’ secure and sustainable utilization of forest resources. This is focused within FMU areas (via Community Forest and Village Forest) and Conservation Areas (via Conservation Partnership). In the Leuser Landscape, FMU V presented their long-term forest management plan (RPHJP), assisted by LESTARI, at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Revisions are currently being made based on feedback, and the document will be re-submitted in April. Meanwhile, LESTARI provided technical assistance for 4 social forestry groups to secure permits and 3 social forestry groups already holding permits to begin developing sustainable forest-based enterprises. In Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, LESTARI continued to support institutional strengthening for 5 FMUs (III, XVII, XXX, XXXI, and XXXII) that manage a total of 1.58 million hectares. Following approval of their RPHJP plans in Q1, LESTARI assisted these FMUs to produce their short-term forest management plans (RPHJPd) in Q2. In conjunction, LESTARI continued to assist 7 priority social forestry groups to realize economic benefits through developing ecotourism, NTFPs, and other sustainable forest-based enterprises. It is expected that these 7 groups can serve as models for the Provincial Social Forestry Working Group and FMUs to effectively advance social forestry post-LESTARI. In Lorentz Lowlands Landscape, priority assistance was given to support co-management agreements for conserving forest, mangrove, and cultural heritage sites with 23 village communities in an area exceeding 300,000 hectares. This involved assistance in producing pro-forest RPJMKampung that integrate the principles of conservation, village regulations for natural resource protection, regular community forest patrols, and clearly defined partnership roles and responsibilities of local government and community stakeholders. In Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape, assistance was provided to FMU 53 to hold a public consultation for its RPHJP in order to acquire inputs from local community stakeholders. A revised draft will be presented to the Papua Provincial Forestry Office in April.


LESTARI 5 – Protected Area Management and Key Species Conservation LESTARI works with KLHK’s KSDAE Directorate for Conservation Areas to improve the management in 6 CAs located within LESTARI landscapes. To do this, LESTARI supports the application of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) to quantify, monitor, and enhance management effectiveness by engaging with CA management staff, local government, NGOs, and communities. The strategic approach also includes implementation of technology-based tools such as SMART Patrols (patrol planning, staff training, database management, and patrol implementation) 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. In the Leuser Landscape, 9 SMART patrol teams supported by LESTARI continued routine monitoring and protection activities in Leuser National Park, Singkil Wildlife Reserve, and FMU areas. These teams have also brought about a strong work culture and sense of pride amongst CA management. Human-wildlife conflict mitigation teams in Leuser have been successful in working with communities to reduce incidents of conflict, particularly with Sumatran tigers, as evidenced by recent data from camera traps. In Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, routine SMART patrols continued to be carried out in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park to detect and mitigate threats to the protected area. Through coordination with authorities, illegal gold mining activities have been dismantled. The objective moving forward is to maintain and extend the reach of these patrols to prevent recurrence of illegal activities. Through a follow-on grant to BOSF, LESTARI will continue to support Bornean orangutan rehabilitation and release to natural habitats. In Papua, the forest monitoring and patrol strategy has involved community-led patrols, as it is simply not cost effective for CA authorities alone to monitor the vast and remote forest areas under their jurisdiction. In collaboration with the Lorentz National Park Authority, 3 new official Community Ranger Groups were formed in the southwest part of the park. To address the increasing illegal wildlife trade involving Pig-nosed Turtles from southern Papua, a multi-stakeholder workshop was held with government and civil society stakeholders to develop an integrated conservation strategy. In Cyclops Nature Reserve, LESTARI continued to support community-based patrols utilizing the SMART application tool. This approach gained support from the Jayapura government and numerous agencies that were about to implement joint patrols before the catastrophic flooding that occurred in Sentani. After the floods, SMART patrols will be executed as a matter of urgency to stop illegal encroachments in the nature reserve.

TECHNICAL THEME 3: PRIVATE

SECTOR ENGAGEMENT

LESTARI 6 – Green Enterprises This strategic approach involves supporting community livelihoods through improved production and enhanced market access of key local commodities that are produced sustainably. It is targeted in select buffer zone locations aimed at reducing deforestation and encroachment pressures. The Year 4 focus is on scaling up, through engagement with government and private sector partners, to ensure sufficient support and sustainability post-LESTARI.


In Leuser Landscape, focus was on the UTZ1 certification initiative, which works with 500-600 cacao farmers and covers 600-800 ha in Aceh Tenggara and Gayo Lues Districts through a partnership with the private sector company ECOM. Q2 activities involved field verification of cacao plantations of each participant farmer. In parallel, LESTARI continued to move ahead with the coffee agroforestry initiative in Gayo Lues District that involves close collaboration among coffee farmers, FMU V, local NGOs, and the private sector to improve and expand the production of Gayo coffee. In Q2, a proposal to access BLU2 financing for this initiative was formally submitted to KLHK. BLU has indicated strong support and requested follow-up documentation as part of its due diligence process. A similar approach is being implemented in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape where the focus is to develop partnerships among FMU, local communities, rubber farmer groups, and the private sector in developing rubber agroforestry in Pulang Pisau District. Due its location on peat, LESTARI has been coordinating with the National Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) to obtain clearance for developing this initiative. LESTARI and local stakeholders have also identified additional sites for agroforestry located within areas already designated as community social forestry. This is expected to offer more attractive investment opportunities for private sector partners while improving community-based livelihoods. In Papua, severe flash flooding in the Sentani area has impacted the vanilla livelihoods initiative. Unfortunately, many vanilla gardens of farmers supported by LESTARI have been destroyed, and field activities have been temporarily halted. Details are given in the Cyclops Landscape section. A total of 11 LESTARI grantee organizations were active during this reporting period with a focus on co-management and sustainable livelihoods activities.

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, all field activities related to trainings in Reduced Impact Logging (RIL-C) for the 9 timber concession (HPH) partners in the Katingan-Kahayan and Sarmi Landscapes were completed. The RIL-C training supports HPHs to adopt modern timber harvesting practices that are more sustainable and efficient and less damaging to the natural environment. LESTARI and the RIL-C trainers shared the final report with HPH management to ensure follow-up needs are recognized and addressed beyond LESTARI support. The total concession area impacted is approximately 650,000 ha. In Bouven Digoel District, the sustainable landscape planning initiative between LESTARI and private sector partner Korindo had been put on hold since October 2018. The LESTARI team found a lack of consistency in commitment for the approach between Korindo’s management team in Jakarta and the field teams in Bouven Digoel. In January 2019, Korindo agreed to organize a training workshop on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Korindo field staff to better understand the need for thorough adat community consultation prior to plantation development. The outcomes from the training will be used to determine whether Korindo is committed to continue to the next stage.

1 This certification ensures standards of good agriculture practice by farmers, enables them to fetch higher prices for their products, and opens larger market access for the farmers. 2 Agency under KLHK that provides special funding (loans) for activities improve, restore, or rehabilitate forest areas.


LESTARI 8 – Innovative Financing for Sustainable Land and Forest Management Strategic Approach 8 focuses on leveraging innovative financing mechanisms in support for sustainable land and forest management within LESTARI landscapes. The approach includes leveraging alternative or additional financing for conservation and ecosystem restoration, Payment for Environmental Services (PES), and ecotourism development. In Q2, the LESTARI team finalized supporting documents to complement the ecotourism Detailed Engineering Design (DED) plan for Sebangau National Park. The final DED report was presented and officially handed off to national park management in late February. The LESTARI team also continued to coordinate with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), national park management, KLHK, and other stakeholders involved in the Sebangau Restoration Fund plan. Currently, GGGI is preparing for a workshop in Central Kalimantan in early April 2019 during which there will be a multi-stakeholder discussion on financing sources and management mechanisms. LESTARI has been coordinating with KLHK to ensure their full engagement and ownership of this initiative.


LANDSCAPE INITIATIVES Leuser Landscape

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Provincial boundaryDistrict boundaryFMU V areasFMU VI areasImproving Livelihood (Forest Honey)Social Forestry

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FIELD ACTIVITIES INLEUSER LANDSCAPE - ACEH

JANUARY - MARCH 2019

Source : Compile of LESTARI activities data during January - March 2019


Landscape Profile The Leuser Landscape encompasses an area of 1.6 million hectares in Aceh Province that is rich in natural resources and an economy that is dominated by agroforestry. Crops such as cacao, nutmeg, and coffee 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. They serve as habitat for the globally-valued, yet critically endangered species unique to this landscape: Sumatran orangutan, tiger, elephant, and rhino. The landscape still faces threats from encroachment and conversion for agriculture, illegal logging, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. This, in turn, also threatens the livelihoods of local communities that depend upon the environmental services provided by forested areas, such as freshwater provision and landslide mitigation. The landscape includes the districts of Gayo Lues, Aceh Tenggara, Aceh Selatan, and Aceh Barat Daya. LESTARI’s overall vision for this landscape is to advance collaborative and sustainable management practices in forested sub-watersheds facing significant encroachment pressures.

Progress This Quarter Initiative 1: Provincial Land Use & Licensing Monitoring and Enforcement – SST/SIAT In Aceh, LESTARI interest in supporting SST has been challenged by a number of bureaucratic changes and new reforms launched by the central government. This includes: the official disbanding of Bappeda’s geospatial data unit, which manages permit and spatial data; the transfer of spatial planning authority from Bappeda to the Public Works Agency, where staff are new and lack capacity on spatial planning; and a national regulation transitioning the spatial planning coordination board to be a team under the Public Works Agency. This is in addition to the national reforms: the OSS online permit system and the SICANTIK permit database. In this context, in order to continue to contribute to improvements in provincial land use and licensing monitoring and enforcement, LESTARI is focusing on:

• Offering support to the PTSP Agency to accelerate implementation of the OSS online permit application system and SICANTIK permit database

• Supporting development of the Aceh’s SIAT regulation, which will mandate a comprehensive information system to improve government coordination and decision making and to provide information to the public

• Strengthening public monitoring of forests and land use permits through a collaboration with the Environmental Journalists Network (FJL)

This quarter, LESTARI supported the finalizing of the draft regulation on the SIAT system, through a partnership with the provincial Information Agency. The regulation was improved through a Focus Group Discussion held on January 28 to ensure the regulation was in line with its objectives and to ensure the writing team obtained feedback from the legal branch before submitting. The draft regulation has now been submitted to the legal branch for signing. Support for accelerating OSS and SICANTIK has not yet proceeded. The key ministries driving these reforms nationally are scheduled to come to the provinces and train local officials on how to implement the systems, but according to informal reports, this process is proceeding slowly as various shortcomings in the systems themselves are still being addressed, and coordination between ministries is still underway. LESTARI will continue to offer support to the Aceh Provincial government to accelerate implementation.


LESTARI is developing an activity to support the Forestry and Environment Agency on developing a web-based GIS to organize agency data, including forestry permits, social forestry areas, and other data. At a multi-stakeholder meeting (involving WWF and local NGO FKL) on March 15, there was agreement to develop this system, via multi-stakeholder collaboration, and with agreement on the transparency (public access) of the system. As a part of this effort, LESTARI also supported two officials from the Forestry and Environment Agency to attend the launch of Papua’s SST system on March 26 so that they could see the benefits of web-based databases and applications to mitigate forest threats. This quarter, LESTARI strengthened the capacity of the Environmental Journalists Network (FJL) through a Training for Trainers on Citizen Journalism, held on March 26-30. The training was delivered by a national expert on citizen journalism. During the training, 15 journalists from FJL were trained to be trainers on how to use citizen journalism to promote better reporting on environmental issues including forest and permit monitoring. Participants were Aceh-based staff from Aceh Satu, Kompas, Kompas TV, Metro TV, Antara, and others. Next quarter, these trainers will conduct training in LESTARI landscapes, in order to build a network of citizen journalists, who will be linked with FJL. This will improve FJL’s outreach in the field to access and promote news stories which draw attention to threats to forests, including those from land use permits. Initiative 2: Provincial Program & Budget Leveraging LESTARI’s support for the revisions to the Provincial Forestry and Environment Agency’s Strategic Plan were described in the previous QPR, and involved direct assistance to the agency, coordination with Bappeda, and facilitation of civil society advocacy activities. The revised plan was stronger on identification of threats to forests, complied with SEA recommendations, and improved use of data and analysis to formulate programs. Operationalization of FMUs and social forestry initiatives, along with forest monitoring, were more emphasized in terms of programs and increased budget. This support led to budget allocations for each FMU for activities related to forest protection and institutional development. This led to a budget leveraging achievement of IDR 11.47 billion (~USD 810,000) consisting of IDR 10.5 billion (~USD 741,000) for FMUs and IDR 980 million (~USD 69,000) for community empowerment activities including social forestry. In the draft 2020 Aceh Provincial Government Work Plan, these amounts are set to further rise to IDR 20.4 billion (~USD 1.44 million) for those initiatives. LESTARI will remain engaged in budget advocacy during Q3 to support finalization of the 2020 Work Plan, offering additional technical support to continue improving forestry planning and budgeting, and to follow through with advocacy efforts until the 2020 budget is passed. This is also expected to contribute to greater self-reliance post-LESTARI. Initiative 3: FMU, Co-Management & Sustainable Livelihoods, Orangutan Conservation LESTARI continued to provide technical assistance to improve management capacity of FMU Units V and VI in Leuser Landscape. For FMU V, the long-term forest management plan (RPHJP), which was completed with LESTARI assistance in Q1, was presented to KLHK in Q2. The evaluation team from KLHK noted that the document was of high technical quality and requested a few items of revision, which are expected to be completed by April. LESTARI also assisted FMU V in designing and implementing a forest monitoring and patrol strategy. FMU V in Aceh Province is continuously facing threats from illegal logging, encroachment, and road development. Therefore, a training workshop was held in February and resulted in a draft SOP on conducting patrols. This is currently being reviewed by the Head of FMU V. It contains the following procedures:

• Procedure 1: Determination of baseline in land cover and annual monitoring • Procedure 2. Safeguard the area through routine patrols and fast-response patrols


• Procedure 3. Multi-stakeholder coordination and forestry problem solving SOP draft is being reviewed by the head of the FMU Region V Aceh. With the implementation of this SOP, it will provide a model for monitoring and safeguarding forest areas that are optimal for the design of forest management in FMUs.

For FMU VI, assistance focused on the preparation of the RPHJP. This included conducting a forest inventory and preparation of land use and zonation maps. As with the assistance carried out for FMU V, the preparation of the document was enriched by the FOERDIA forest management toolkit in building a strong foundation for the improvement of forest management in the region. Assistance will continue next quarter with the aim to submit this document to KLHK by the end of June 2019. Given the vast areas of forest under FMU authority, collaborative management with communities is essential for effective management. Hence LESTARI also continued to assist local communities to apply for social forestry permits and subsequently develop their capacity to manage and utilize their land sustainably. Progress is summarized below.

FMU Unit Social Forestry Total

Beneficiaries Progress This Quarter FMU V (289,256 ha)

3 Hutan Desa covering 3,205 ha in: • Kayeu Aceh • Palok • Agusen

2,860 individuals

FMU V presented its RPHJP to KLHK in February 2019. Feedback has been received and LESTARI is assisting in revision. The document will be resubmitted in April 2019. A training workshop on forest monitoring and patrols was held, resulting in a draft SOP to guide regular forest patrols for the FMU V region. One social forestry permit for Hutan Desa was issued for Agusen Village. Two other proposals are awaiting processing at KLHK.

Pola Kerjasama covering 1,122 ha in 4 villages

666 individuals MoU signed for Pola Kerjasama signed by the Head of FMU V and the management of Koperasi Pacu Prima Gayo-in Pantan Cuaca, in 26 February 2019. Training for local cadres in Dabun Gelang and Pantan Cuaca Sub District was attended by 30 participants. Village cadres are catalysts for village programs and facilitate the integration of Forestry Partnership activities with village programs. Participatory mapping activities and socioeconomic assessments were conducted for proposed social forestry areas in Blangtemung and Sangir villages.

FMU VI (262,077 ha)

1 Hutan Desa covering 7,255 ha in Alue Jeurjak Village

1,349 individuals

Technical assistance provided for forest inventory and preparation of land use and zonation maps for FMU VI. A Hutan Desa proposal was submitted to KLHK.

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345 individuals A workshop was held for 3 social forestry groups that have already received their permits to conduct boundary marking, produce operating plans and business plans, identify NTFP markets, and build their commitments to develop sustainable forest-based enterprises.


Sustainable livelihoods initiatives continued implementation and were integrated with the co-management and FMU strengthening initiatives mentioned above. Focus was on coffee agroforestry in Gayo Lues District and UTZ certification for cacao farmers in Gayo Lues and Aceh Tenggara Districts. The coffee agroforestry initiative aims to provide opportunities for local coffee farmers to improve their livelihoods through implementation of a well-integrated agroforestry system under professional management. This requires close collaboration among FMU V, coffee farmers (Koperasi Pacu Prima Gayo), private sector (PT PAS), and local NGO (Inprosula). It involves an integrated planting system, combining coffee, local crops and other suitable hardwood trees that have economic as well as ecological value. The combination of the plants will provide multiple benefits for the farmers and the environment, such as enriching soil, reducing erosion, maintaining water resources, and preserving biodiversity. The farmers will also benefit from a diversified source of income. The targeted funding source is the BLU fund – a mechanism provided by KLHK to support projects related to forest restoration or rehabilitation. According to regulations, BLU can provide funding in the form of a loan for a project up to IDR 80 billion (~USD 5.7 million). The remainder of the cost will be borne by PT PAS. In February, the proposal for BLU funding was formally submitted. As a follow up, BLU representatives conducted a field verification visit in March and requested further data and documentation. A final decision is expected after another round of field verification visits. Meanwhile, UTZ certification for cacao farmers continued to make solid progress in Aceh Tenggara and Gayo Lues Districts, in locations that buffer FMU V and Leuser National Park. The UTZ certification is being implemented via a PPP between LESTARI and ECOM/TMCI (a Switzerland-based global leader in cocoa trading). ECOM/TMCI have agreed to finance the entire certification process and serve as the buyer of the cacao product from farmers. The certification scheme also aims to reduce encroachment pressures since the requirements stipulate that cultivation must be strictly outside of conservation/protected areas. ECOM/TMCI has targeted a total of 1,200 farmers. In Q2, LESTARI worked with the farmers and ECOM to map the GPS locations of each cacao farm. This process is expected to be finished by the end of April 2019.

Figure 5. Forest area mapping by HKm representatives in Aceh Selatan; cacao fermentation process in

Aceh Tenggara; USAID visit to cacao farmers in Kutacane, Aceh Tenggara In addition to UTZ certification, the LESTARI team continued to connect cacao farmers with alternative markets. Currently, the farmers’ cooperative has PPPs with two local companies in Bireuen. In addition to serving as buyers, these companies also provide capacity building in cacao fermentation techniques for the farmers. From January until March 2019, several purchases were made with both local companies for a total sale of approximately IDR 330 million (~USD 23,000).


District Activities Progress This Quarter

Gayo Lues Coffee Agroforestry ! Locations are in Pantan Cuaca region (phase 1) and Dabun Gelang region (phase 2), both in Gayo Lues district with a total area of about 2,600 ha.

! Total investment estimated at USD 7.95 million ! Proposal for BLU funding submitted in February 2019. ! Initial field verification conducted by BLU in March 2019. A final verification

and decision are expected in June 2019.

Aceh Tenggara, and Gayo Lues

PPP Implementation with ECOM on UTZ certification for cacao PPP for fermented cocoa beans

! UTZ certification activities focused on field verification and GPS mapping for the proposed 433 cocoa farms in Gayo Lues and Aceh Tenggara.

! Purchased price for fermented beans was IDR 44,000 per kg – nearly double that for unfermented cocoa beans.

! Farmers sold 7,500 kg of fermented cacao beans for a total of IDR 330 million to the two private sector partners.

Gayo Lues Co-management NTFP (forest honey)

! Technical training on sustainable harvesting and internal control system was conducted with 23 local participants (honey producer, BUMK, local NGO).

! LESTARI is facilitating the allocation of village fund for the development of wild honey business by BUMK. Currently IDR 100,000,000 has been allocated.

! LESTARI is also assisting in acquisition of a social forestry permit so that it can be legally managed by the local community.

Aceh Selatan

Implementation of 3 HKm permits

! LESTARI assisted in the development of the annual work plan, NTFP survey, and meetings with potential buyers.

! LESTARI has been assisting the HKm to access the market for the NTFP commodities (rattan and resin). Two potential local buyers from Medan have been identified.

LESTARI continued to administer its grants program through partnership with 7 local organizations in Leuser Landscape. As part of the LESTARI team, the focus of these organizations is to support communities to improve their sustainable livelihoods practices, engage in collaborative forest management, and improve conservation area management and key species protection. LESTARI also provides capacity building for grantees in technical and management matters to better equip them to carry out their missions beyond the lifespan of LESTARI. Details of grantees progress over this quarter are provided in the table below.

District Grantee Progress This Quarter

Aceh Selatan

YOSL-OIC

YOSL-OIC was awarded a follow-on grant at the end of this quarter to continue their work on Sumatran orangutan conservation. A kickoff meeting was held to produce an updated work plan and begin discussions with key stakeholders in Aceh Selatan.

FKKM

FKKM conducted a kickoff meeting for its program to improve orangutan conservation in the Singkil area. FKKM also conducted an inventory on orangutans and their habitat within the wildlife reserve to guide the grant work plan.

VESSWIC

Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation (VESSWIC) continued to facilitate human-elephant conflict mitigation in collaboration with local communities and BKSDA Aceh in Subulussalam. An FGD was held to share conflict mitigation and mapping/surveying strategies in the Trumon area. This resolved some land tenure issues between community members in Naca Village and BKSDA Aceh. VESSWIC also continued to conduct routine patrols and respond to incidents reported by communities. Training was provided for 7 elephant handlers (mahout) on human-elephant conflict mitigation techniques.


Gayo Lues

AGC AGC worked with its local beneficiaries to acquire product certification from the local government for palm sugar products. The grant was closed in February 2019.

Inprosula

Inprosula continued to support coffee development through the PPP between FMU V, PT PAS, and Pacu Prima Gayo Cooperative. Inprosula assisted the cooperative to conduct its annual meeting and held a discussion with members to explain the details of the partnership initiative.

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YELPED facilitated discussion on social forestry (Pola Kerjasama) between FMU VI, Aceh Tenggara District government, and representatives from 5 villages. The status of the permit for Pola Kerjasama is still under review by FMU VI team. YELPED also established a nursery group in targeted villages and made preparations for planting.

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Following the establishment of farmer groups by FKL and TNGL, FKL continued the forest restoration program. This includes monitoring the nursery center in Lawe Malum, monitoring the activity of farmers in Alur Baning, and planting 400 trees in Alur Baning. FKL also worked with female farmer groups on capacity building for organic fertilizer production, organic pesticide making, and organic farming practices in 6 targeted villages.

Initiative 4: PA METT Co-Management Support & Key Species Conservation in Leuser NP and Singkil Wildlife Reserve SMART Patrol Efforts and Results LESTARI-supported SMART patrols continued operation in Leuser National Park (TNGL), Singkil Wildlife Reserve (RSWR), and FMU V and IV. Q2 results are summarized below:

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TNGL 4 109 298.85

A stable number of illegal logging incidents was detected in patrol areas within the NP compared to the previous quarter. The illegal logging will potentially lead to encroachment. The incidence of poaching using nylon type snares is still low. A response from TNGL management is needed to prevent further forest loss.

RSWR 3 80 707,56 An increase in the number of Illegal logging incidents (31) was found compared to the previous quarter (26). The patrol team and BKSDA are planning a strategy to tackle this problem.

FMU V and VI 2 52 99.07

A 58.8% increase in illegal logging incidents was detected in the FMU V area (52.4 incidents observed per 100 km in Q2 compared to 33 per 100 km in Q1). The LESTARI team will facilitate an emergency meeting with FMU V management, local government, and law enforcement to develop a strategy to address the situation.

LESTARI team member WCS completed a study on Protected Area Financing in the Leuser Landscape. This study analyzed the PA annual budget allocation trends from 2012 to 2017 and then conduct an in-depth analysis of the 2017 budget to determine whether the respective allocations are sufficient to support the effective management of TNGL and RSWR. WCS presented the results of this study to USAID and has received approval to be presented to the relevant government partners. Presentations are scheduled to be held with KSDA in Banda Aceh, BBTNGL in Medan, and KSDAE in Jakarta. Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation LESTARI supports 3 Wildlife Response Unit (WRU) teams in Leuser Landscape that conduct routine patrols to assist communities to respond to incidents of conflict with wildlife safely, while also developing their capacities to do so independently. In Q2, the WRU teams


responded to 20 incidents of conflict (8 with Sumatran tigers, 4 with Sumatran elephants, 4 with Sumatran orangutans, 2 with sun bears, and 1 with a crocodile). Monitoring of tiger conflicts has shown a positive result in Paya Dapur Village, South Aceh where community members have been consistently implementing conflict mitigation strategies supported by the WRU. This village was previously the site of frequent conflict with tigers. Camera traps have been monitoring a productive female tiger in the area for about one year. She appears healthy and shows signs of nursing her cubs.

Figure 6. A healthy adult female Sumatran tiger photographed via camera trap in South Aceh

Meanwhile, the WRU teams worked to build the capacity of local community groups, known as Kelompok Swadaya Masyarakat (KSM), as institutions that can independently respond to cases of community-wildlife conflict. KSMs were supported in 5 villages – Panton Luas, Batu Napal, Terlis, Bumbun Indah, and Darussalam. WRU teams also targeted local youth by visiting 542 students from 6 high schools in conflict-prone areas in order to build their awareness on the importance of wildlife conservation as well as safe response measures when encountering wildlife. The WRU also facilitated a forum for multi-stakeholders to discuss community-wildlife, tourism, and conservation to encourage greater local government involvement. This forum, known as the Leuser Wildlife Protection Unit, is embedded within the taskforce for conflict prevention and mitigation at the district level. Tackling the Illegal Wildlife Trade The Wildlife Crime Unit (WCU) and Forest Crime Unit (FCU) support data and evidence gathering related to cases of illegal forest and wildlife activities. In Q2, wildlife trafficking investigations were carried out in 12 cities in North Sumatra and Aceh. Medan is not only a hub for trading networks for animals from Aceh but also for a variety of wildlife from eastern Indonesia such as cockatoos and cassowary. Some notable cases are summarized below.

• The Medan Regional Police arrested suspects involved with tiger and clouded leopard trafficking.

• One baby orangutan died, and one adult female was evacuated in a poor condition after being shot multiple times using an air rifle. The case is currently being investigated by authorities, and the LESTARI team is providing evidence as necessary. This story received significant national and international media coverage.

• The findings of illegal logging activities in North Sumatra were shared with North Sumatra’s Forestry Law Enforcement Agency.

• Monitoring of online illegal wildlife trading found 3 social media accounts that appeared involved in illicit activities. They are under investigation by the police.

• 5 legal cases related to violations of conservation laws resulted in sentencing for the perpetrators. These included 2 tiger skin traders, 1 online animal trader, 1 owner of an illegal zoo, and 1 slow loris and leaf monkey trader.


Challenges and Opportunities ● The changing institutional arrangements and policies on permit governance represent

both a challenge and an opportunity. LESTARI will continue to invest resources into accelerating existing reforms, and supporting stakeholder capacity, in ways which consider these changes.

● The coffee agroforestry initiative is an exciting and innovative model. One of the main challenges is to synergize the work between the private sector and cooperative as the two main parties that will manage daily activities under the scheme. The private sector is used to practices that are guided by regular standards and protocols, while the cooperative is generally still operating in a conventional manner. Therefore, sufficient capacity building for the cooperative administrators will be crucial.

● For FMU V and FMU VI to become fully operational, more structured support and intensive capacity building is still required.

● The establishment of a Social Forestry working group in Aceh, on the one hand will support acceleration of social forestry in this region, but the institution is still relatively weak. Technical assistance for institutional strengthening is needed to have better technical capabilities and a budgeting and financial management system.

Priorities Next Quarter ● Continue budget advocacy, oriented around safeguarding the gains which are already

embedded in draft 2020 work planning and budgeting, as well as possible influencing the mid-year budget revision for 2019. This will include direct technical assistance to government as well as supporting advocacy by CSOs.

● Continue to support civil society capacity to monitor permit implementation, via the Environmental Journalists Network, local NGOs, and FMUs, along with engagement with the Forestry and Environment Agency to improve their data management and transparency, in ways which can enable this monitoring. Continue to seek opportunities to contribute to accelerating national government-led reforms on permit systems (OSS, SICANTIK, and OneMap) and improving spatial plan monitoring by provincial agencies.

● Continue facilitation of the UTZ certification process under the PPP scheme, supporting the ECOM team in working together with the cacao farmers.

● Continue to assist multi-stakeholders to pursue BLU funding for the coffee agroforestry initiative, providing required documentation to KLHK and ensuring agreement from each party via an MoU.

● Continue facilitating trainings to improve FMU institutional capacity, adopting KLHK curriculum and the FOERDIA forest management toolkit.

● Continue to collaborate with TNGL, district governments, and communities in Putri Betung and Alur Baning Sub-districts in carrying out the conservation partnership scheme.

● Initiate assistance for Conservation Partnership between BKSDA/KPHK Rawa Singkil with communities on ecosystem restoration and promote incorporation of orangutan conservation into local development policies. This initiative will be undertaken by the grant to FKKM.


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Landscape Profile 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. 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.

Progress This Quarter Initiative 1: Sub-National Program and Budget Leveraging During Q1 the focus of budget leveraging activities was on advocating for the provincial government to utilize their Reforestation Fund to propose new activities on fire prevention, social forestry, forest protection and rehabilitation. This new opportunity is based on a change in national policies whereby Reforestation Funds, long under-used and accumulating, can now be used for several new purposes, including climate change mitigation, fire prevention, forest protection, and social forestry initiatives. Local governments have tended to be anxious about utilizing this opportunity because of lack of knowledge about the process. Central Kalimantan has the largest funding pot available of any province (including 2018 leftover funds plus the 2019 allocation), as well as extremely high needs for better fire prevention and social forestry which are not currently addressed by existing budgets. After building communication on this issue with FMUs and the Forestry Agency, a workshop was held on January 22-23 in Palangkaraya, with representatives from the Ministry of Finance and the KLHK, FMUs, the Forestry Agency, and GGGI. During the workshop, the ministerial representatives explained the process and requirements for re-allocating the funds. LESTARI presented best practices in approaches to social forestry, fire prevention, forest protection, and rehabilitation, and then the government stakeholders together developed the structure of the proposed budget allocation (program approach, targets, focus areas, unit costs). The result was consensus to move forward with finalizing the re-allocation, and LESTARI agreed to help facilitate the process of obtaining approval from Jakarta. Since the workshop, a couple of bureaucratic issues have emerged which have slowed progress. There was some uncertainty on the part of the provincial government over whether this allocation should wait until August when the provincial budget will be adjusted, and


whether this allocation must pass through parliament. LESTARI has been helping to address these reservations (neither are necessary). During Q3, the re-allocation is expected to be submitted to the Ministry of Finance in Jakarta for approval. So far there are indications that an allocation of approximately IDR 63 billion (~USD 4.5 million) may be made. Initiative 2: FMU, Co-Management, & Sustainable Livelihoods Based on the LESTARI Year 4 Work Plan, support for institutional strengthening of FMUs in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape focuses on 5 FMUs: FMU III, XVII, XXX, XXXI, and XXXII that cover a total of 1,575,980 ha. As of Q2, 4 out of 5 of these FMUs have had their RPHJP presented to and endorsed by KLHK. For these FMUs, LESTARI assistance progressed to the development of annual forest management plans (RPHJPd). In parallel, LESTARI facilitated a needs assessment in order to better understand the specific capacity building requirements for each FMU in Central Kalimantan. The event was attended by 30 participants consisting of 18 FMUs and 12 partner organizations. This resulted in the compilation of detailed training outcomes required for staff involved in overall management, planning, security and protection, and GIS. The design of the follow-up trainings will be done through collaboration with government partners including Provincial DLHK, Balai Pengelolaan Hutan Produksi (BPHP), Balai Pemanfaatan Kawasan Hutan (BPKH), and GAKUM (Law Enforcement Agency), as well as the private sector (Bumi Mas, Dwima Jaya, and Indonesian Rubber Association). The Provincial DLHK will provide additional FMU staff and budget support for capacity building whereas the private sector will support community empowerment activities and facilitate market access. LESTARI also continued to assist FMUs to establish co-management with communities through social forestry and partnerships with the private sector. In Q2, 2 additional HKm permits were received by communities in Gunung Mas District covering a total of 1,224 ha. Meanwhile, LESTARI continued to prioritize support for 7 social forestry groups (see table below) with the aim to showcase them as models to potential partners/buyers interested in sustainable forest-based businesses that contribute to improved community livelihoods.

Forestry Unit

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Total Beneficiaries

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Model Progress This Quarter

FMU XXXI, (369,958 ha)

HD Gohong (3,155 ha) 1,797

Peatland restoration through multi-stakeholder partnership

Development of RPHJPd and SOP for routine forest monitoring patrols Village Forest Zoning / Zoning Review

FMU XVIII (140,055 ha)

HD Tangkahen (162 ha) 1,291 Ecosystem services

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SOP for forest patrols agreed between social forestry managers, FMU, BPSKL, and law enforcement authorities

FMU XV (208,524 ha)

HKm Batu Bulan (139 ha)

2,936 Community forest business enterprise

SOP for forest patrols agreed between social forestry managers, FMU, BPSKL, and law enforcement authorities Compilation of forest management plans Strengthening of Forest Farmers Group and rubber marketing mechanism

HPK (Hutan Produksi Konversi)

HKM Kapakat Atei, (813 ha) 4,556

Community carbon project and community advocacy to combat palm oil expansion

Designation of management zones in HKm area


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HD Telaga I (6,000 ha) 1,554

Community empowerment within ecosystem restoration ecosystem area (PT RMU)

Compilation of forest management plans

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Kemitraan Konservasi (KK) Karuing Ijin KK43, (4,500 ha)

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Review of the Conservation Partnership program

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SOP for forest patrols agreed between social forestry managers, FMU, BPSKL, and law enforcement authorities Compilation of forest management plans Strengthening of Forest Farmers Group and rubber marketing mechanism

In conjunction with the above, LESTARI supports a community livelihoods initiative in this landscape with a focus on rubber. This initiative involved developing a partnership model among rubber farmer groups (UPPB), social forestry permit holders (LPHD), FMU, and the private sector to enhance rubber production and improve peatland management in Pulang Pisau District. The agroforestry system can provide multiple benefits for the farmers (livelihoods) and the ecosystem (landscape restoration, reduced peat fire risk, habitat protection) so that the project is not only profitable but also sustainable in the long run. Locations for the partnership had been selected in Pulang Pisau in two areas where social forestry permits have been issued (Garung and Gohong Villages). However, the location is not easily accessible, and the latest land survey revealed that some areas are located on deep peat (> 3 meters in depth). Therefore, the LESTARI team together with FMU XXXI and local communities identified an additional 800 ha area for the partnership, which is located on mineral soil and with easy access. LESTARI will facilitate the process to ensure all required permits, documentation, and data can be completed. In parallel, LESTARI identified a potential private sector partner, CV. DLI, that is interested in developing rubber agroforestry combined tree crops that can be used as material for wood-pellets. DLI has conducted an initial survey with FMU XXXI and the representative of local communities. The company agreed to develop the agroforestry system in a 400-ha area, using BLU funding. Currently, LESTARI is working with DLI and FMU XXXI to conduct a more detailed survey. DLI will submit the proposal to BLU on behalf of the partnership and thus will act as the investment manager of IDR 20 billion (~USD 1.4 million). The survey is expected to be finalized by early April 2019. Furthermore, the LESTARI team continues to support the rubber farmer group (UPPB) in strengthening its institutional capacity as well as members’ technical skills concerning post-harvest production of rubber latex. With LESTARI assistance, one UPPB in Buntoi, Pulang Pisau District submitted a small loan proposal to Bank BNI for IDR 75 million (~USD 5,300). The loan is intended to be used as working capital to improve the latex trading process between UPPB and their members. In the future, UPPB will be the party that conducts transactions with the local crumb rubber factory, not individual farmers. Finally, LESTARI continued to administer its grants program through partnership with 3 local organizations in Katingan-Kahayan Landscape. As part of the LESTARI team, the focus of these organizations is to support communities to improve their sustainable livelihoods


practices, engage in collaborative forest management, and improve conservation area management and key species protection. LESTARI also provides capacity building for grantees in technical and management matters to better equip them to carry out their missions beyond the lifespan of LESTARI. Details of grantees progress over this quarter are provided in the table below.

District Grantee Progress This Quarter

Gunung Mas

Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta (YTS)

YTS continued to support social forestry (HKm and HD) for 5 targeted communities. Permits for these areas have been issued by KLHK. YTS also facilitated targeted communities and the private sector concessionaire (PT Dwima Jaya) to get support for the continuation of a livelihoods and forest restoration program. This grant was closed at the end of January.

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF)

BOSF was awarded a follow-on grant to continue their important work on Bornean orangutan conservation. The follow-on grant is to amplify and sustain gains in orangutan conservation achieved during the implementation of the initial grant. A kickoff meeting was held to discuss planning and strategy for orangutan release and conflict mitigation with communities.

Katingan KARSA KARSA continued to support forest patrols as well as work to strengthen BUMDes in 9 targeted villages.

Initiative 3: PA METT Co-Management Support & Orangutan Species Conservation in Sebangau and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya NPs In Bukit Baka Bukit Raya NP, the LESTARI team continued to support park authorities to conduct routine SMART patrols and strengthen patrol data management and coordination. An evaluation in 2018 found that SMART Patrol implementation assisted by LESTARI has demonstrated significant results and contributed to the increase of the national park METT score from 67 to 74. In addition to greater management capacity by NP authorities, now several NGO partner institutions are also assisting the NP to implement these patrols with greater intensity and reach. In Q2, patrols were carried out in 3 resorts (Tumbang Hiran, Habangoi, and Kuluk Sepangi). The main threats monitored include rampant illegal gold mining, illegal logging, and encroachment by local community members by building houses or clearing land. As much as possible, the patrol officers provide explanations regarding the types of activities that may and may not be carried out within the protected area. Officers also inform community members regarding the local wildlife species, and their common names, that are under protected status.

Figure 7. Gold mining equipment confiscated from within the boundary of the national park; damage to

forests and soil caused by illegal gold mining activities


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Tumbang Hiran 1 14 224

There were two instances of illegal mining detected in January and another two in February 2019. Patrol teams worked with law enforcement authorities to successfully stop all four activities.

Kuluk Sepangi 1 12 115.6 There were 8 observed instances of encroachment and land

clearing. The observed rate of poaching is very low.

Tumbang Habangoi 1 15 70.89 An illegal mining site was found in January and has since been shut

down. The observed rate of poaching is very low.

LESTARI continued technical assistance to the Gunung Mas District Forest Agency to strengthen the management of Tahura Lapak Jaru, a highly threatened conservation area in Gunung Mas. The Tahura management began implementing patrols and identified several key threats. The main threat is small-scale mining. Most of these activities are legal, as the IPR permits (Ijin Pertambangan Rakyat) were issued when Lapak Jaru was not yet designated as a Tahura protected area. LESTARI is continuing to coordinate between KLHK and the Gunung Mas District government to officially designate the area as a Tahura. In Sebangau National Park, the greatest threats are forest fires and peat degradation. Hence the main objective is to mitigate forest and land fire risk through restoring and rewetting peat swamp forests in collaboration with partners. Anti-poaching SMART patrols are not the priority in the meantime. Investigation-based patrols targeting illegal burning and illegal logging are more suitable for this landscape and may be rolled out in the future with support from partners. The LESTARI team finalized supporting documents to complement the ecotourism Detailed Engineering Design (DED) plan for three priority sites in the Sebangau area: Punggualas, Sungai Koran and Resort Mangkok. The DED is a comprehensive plan that provides technical information such as planning and design concepts, site plan/elevation plan, section drawings, and budgeting information. The overall objective is to facilitate the development of these ecotourism sites so that they provide livelihoods benefits for local communities while supporting and incentivizing conservation efforts in this important peatland ecosystem. The final DED report was presented and officially handed off to national park management in late February. The LESTARI team also continued to coordinate with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), national park management, KLHK, and other stakeholders involved in the Sebangau Restoration Fund plan. Currently, GGGI is preparing for a workshop in Central Kalimantan in early April 2019 during which there will be a multi-stakeholder discussion on financing sources and management mechanisms. LESTARI has been coordinating with KLHK to ensure their full engagement and ownership of this initiative. Initiative 4: Private Sector BMP Since April 2017, LESTARI has been providing trainings in Reduced Impact Logging to Reduce Carbon Emissions (RIL-C) for 7 natural forest timber concession (HPH) partners covering about 400,000 ha in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape. RIL-C is a set of modern logging techniques that minimize waste and damage to the surrounding environment, enable faster regeneration, and reduce carbon emissions. During this quarter, all field activities were officially completed. All 7 HPHs issued internal SOP guidelines for relevant divisions to adopt and implement RIL-C on a routine basis moving forward. The management of the HPHs are also currently working towards finalizing


additional budget commitments to support RIL-C implementation. LESTARI and the RIL-C trainers shared the final report and an assessment of carbon reduction potential with HPH management to ensure follow-up needs are recognized and addressed beyond LESTARI support. The LESTARI team is currently preparing the report for external audiences. It will be shared with KLHK after approval from USAID.

USAID LESTARI-MSU Y4Q2 Progress

The USAID LESTARI University Consortium, Michigan State University (MSU), University of Palangka Raya (UPR) and Muhammadiyah University of Palangkaraya (UMP), working in the Central Kalimantan landscape has developed three tools for use by communities in measuring several important ecosystem services in their community-managed social forest areas. The tools are Excel-based and require a few easily recorded field data inputs. The tools then report forest carbon, species and biodiversity information as well as give an assessment of the forest’s condition and health. The tools have also now been adopted beyond the use by communities. Siti Maimunah, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry at UMP, is using the LESTARI tools in support of two conservation and forest management projects. The first project is with PT Asmin Bara Bronang (a coal mining company operating in Kapuas District, Central Kalimantan). Their goal is to establish an arboretum in Buhut Forest, a high carbon stock area, which is part of their mining concession. The LESTARI tools are being used to manage the field data and report accurate carbon stocks. The second project is part of the UNDP funded Kalimantan Forest Project with the Directorate General of Forestry Planning and Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Data are being collected in West Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, in forests that are designated as Other Usage Areas (APL). These are forest areas managed independently by a community or other permit holder outside of the national parks or protected areas. The goal is to establish a baseline in these High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) areas to support conservation and sustainable forest management. The team led by Ibu Siti Maimunah are using the LESTARI ecosystem services tools to support the baseline analysis.

Figure 8. Data collection in March 2019 for the HCVF Baseline in West Kotawaringin District, Central

Kalimantan


Challenges and Opportunities ● The political will for improving forest management and permit systems in Central

Kalimantan is not strong. LESTARI has fashioned its approach in Central Kalimantan around this context, and has identified appropriate opportunities (social forestry, FMU, fire prevention), including the engagement on Reforestation Funds budgeting underway now, which represents a significant opportunity.

● Central Kalimantan environmental NGOs are currently cautious in their approach, given the political context, and this makes it more difficult to support CSO advocacy. Efforts will focus on building capacity, for example on budget analysis.

● Adoption of RIL-C remains a challenging and complex task, despite many long term financial and environmental benefits. It requires full and continuous commitment from top-level management down to the field staff. The trainings for Dwima Group have resulted in significant gains, but there remain several technical areas where performance can still be improved (e.g., tree inventorying and surveying, logging and skidding, and monitoring and evaluation).

● The Director General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships at KLHK asked LESTARI to produce a social forestry lessons learned guidebook covering the various stages of permit acquisition and utilization. This guidebook will help to build the institutional capacity of the Social Forestry Working Group, contributing to greater self-reliance and sustainability of the social forestry initiative.

Priorities Next Quarter ● Continue to follow up on assistance to the Forestry Agency to allocate Reforestation

Funds to fire prevention, social forestry, and forest protection. The process is underway but further support is needed in order to finalize the budget plan and facilitate its timely review/approval by the Ministry of Finance. LESTARI will then follow up to support implementation, as possible.

● Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation of RIL-C implementation beyond the trainings.

● Facilitate stakeholders involved in the rubber agroforestry initiative to finalize the proposal and secure funding from BLU.

● Further strengthen FMUs and their social forestry work with a focus on advocating for larger budget allocations from the provincial government. To achieve this, LESTARI will provide technical assistance to the Forestry Office, FMU Center, and social forestry working group, and facilitate a multi-stakeholder coalition including CSOs to be able to better advocate for budgets for programs related to FMUs and social forestry. Sufficient budget allocation is crucial for the sustainability of this work post-LESTARI.

● Continue facilitating trainings to improve institutional capacity for 5 FMUs, adopting KLHK curriculum and the FOERDIA forest management toolkit.

● Facilitate collaboration with local universities (under the LESTARI-MSU program) to strengthen social forestry initiatives through evidence-based research. This includes a pilot community carbon stock assessment in a community forestry area.


PAPUA LANDSCAPES

Papua Provincial Initiatives LESTARI operates in 4 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 4, approaches, activities, and results are considered in aggregate in Papua landscapes. 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). This also aims to contribute to amplification and sustainability of impact. Provincial SEA, RPJMD and Forestry and Village Empowerment Agency Renstra Support for the SEA-RPJMD continued during Q2 in order to respond to the results of the review by KLHK in December. LESTARI provided technical support for the revisions, before and during a workshop on February 11-14 held by the provincial government. At this workshop, teams were also working on revising the RPJMD itself, and LESTARI staff were able to participate in order to convey SEA recommendations directly to the RPJMD writing team. Following on from this support, LESTARI built engagement with the Forestry Agency to support the development of their five-year Strategic Plan so that it integrates SEA recommendations and also considers LESTARI experiences in advancing collaborative forest management with villages and the need to strengthen FMUs and CDKs (district branches of the provincial Forestry Agency). Technical assistance was provided during Q2 and will be continued early in Q3 through a workshop scheduled for April 2. Following the workshop, the Strategic Plan will be finalized and submitted to Bappeda on April 4. Once approved, it will be issued as a Governor’s Regulation and become the basis for annual work plans and budgets. LESTARI support and advocacy will continue over the next quarters as the 2020 work plan and budget are prepared, with forestry allocations based on the new Strategic Plan for Forestry. LESTARI budget advocacy activities over the past year also led to significant new budget allocations for FMUs and CDKs in the 2019 provincial budget. The amounts attributable to LESTARI assistance are still being verified by the M&E team. Final figures will be reported in the next quarter. The SEA-RPJMD made a number of recommendations relevant to forest protection and sustainable management, including: (1) the need to enact a moratorium on new land use permits in the forest zone, and for peat and mangrove ecosystems; (2) increased forest protection and natural resources conservation; (3) deforestation reduction by improving forest monitoring, preventing fires and reducing illegal logging; and (4) conducting an evaluation of land use permits for large scale investments. These recommendations have been integrated into the RPJMD (2018-2023), for example in Chapter 2.6 on Sustainable Development Goals and SEA Chapter 4.2.4 in the Papua Provincial RPJMD. The SEA recommendations have also been integrated into the draft Forestry Strategic Plan (see Chapter 3.4 on SEA recommendations and spatial planning). These recommendations have already led to new programs indicated within the RPJMD and Strategic Plan, especially for strengthening forest management institutions (FMU and CDK – Forestry Authority Branch Offices throughout Papua), and have also served as arguments


for retaining programs on forest and land rehabilitation, forestry planning, and forest protection. The forest and land rehabilitation program is one possibility for strengthening support for a potential social forestry scheme suitable for Papua. LESTARI inputs on co-management were also utilized to elaborate this program and activity approach (see Chapter 6.1 of the Forestry Strategic Plan), and promotes conservation of forest resources to reduce deforestation and degradation as well as protection of peat hydrology areas. These efforts will involve collaboration for forest protection between FMU, CDK and adat communities to establish numerous new Community Forest Patrol groups (MMP).

Program Activity Papua Provincial Budget 2019-2023

Forest Planning and Development Guidance for FMUs IDR 2.8 billion

Forest and Land Rehabilitation Support for social forestry business groups IDR 3 billion

Protection and Conservation of Forest Resources

Guidance for adat communities in conservation buffer areas IDR 2.75 billion

Formation of Forest Police partners amongst adat communities IDR 3.29 billion

Integrated forest security operations IDR 13.55 billion

Strengthening of Forest Management Institutions

Formation of new FMUs and CDKs IDR 500 million

Managing forest utilization in CDKs IDR 100.81 billion

Managing the Forest Zone by FMUs IDR 94.5 billion

LESTARI inputs on strengthening FMUs were also adopted in the program approach for Strengthening of Forest Management Institutions, so that the CDK and FMU are able to carry out their mandates, as well as to establish new CDK and FMU units, thereby increasing the reach of forest management authorities at the field level to carry out forest protection and sustainable management activities. Information on programs and budget amounts affected by SEA recommendations and other LESTARI inputs can be seen in the table above. LESTARI is also working with government and non-government stakeholders to share experiences from LESTARI’s work on integrating forest management into village development planning. The set of modules developed by LESTARI based on village development initiatives in Aceh has been shared with stakeholders at provincial and district levels. There is a need to revise these modules so that they are relevant for the Papua context. LESTARI has been building informal interactions with the provincial Village Empowerment Agency as well as the district agencies in Mimika, Asmat, and Jayapura. A two-day multi-stakeholder discussion was held in Timika to outline the development of Papua context specific modules that can guide village facilitators to integrate forest management into village development planning in line with Papua’s sustainable development vision (Papua 2100). Participants included representatives from local adat groups, the MRP (a Papuan representative body), FMU, local NGOs, provincial and district Village Empowerment Agencies, and Lorentz National Park authority. The modules will be finalized in Q3 with more multi-stakeholder input. They will outline options for effective forestry management through various types of collaborations, in different types of village environments (highland forests, coastal mangroves), underlining the role of adat communities in forest management. It is expected that the modules will be used by Village Empowerment Agencies and their village facilitators to guide the village development process.


Alignment of District and Provincial Spatial Plans LESTARI facilitated improved coordination between Mappi, Mimika, and Bouven Digoel district and provincial governments to gain feedback in improving their SEAs and planning documents. Representatives from Provincial Bappeda and the Environment Agency (DLH) travelled to Mimika for public consultations on the SEA and RTRWK revisions. The spatial planning SEA for Bouven Digoel was examined (‘validated’) in March with the Head of DLH, Bappeda, and other government officials. LESTARI also consulted with the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning on district level spatial plan revisions and received useful feedback to ensure revised plans are in line with national requirements. LESTARI has also facilitated coordination between district and provincial governments to ensure that revised district spatial plans are considered during any Papua Provincial spatial plan revision. The provincial government completed assessment of the provincial spatial plan (2013-2033) and determined that a full revision of spatial plan zonation is not required. Instead, minor amendments will be undertaken, including strengthening the recognition of customary land under the spatial plan. However, if district spatial plans are revised to increase the level of protection of certain areas (as is occurring in Bouven Digoel district), this does not create legal uncertainty. It is acceptable for district spatial plans to restrict use of areas beyond what the provincial spatial plan allows (the opposite, a weakening of protection, is not allowed). Because of this, coordination is increasingly important to ensure provincial government support for increased protection mandated in district spatial plans and avoid future conflicts with provincial government programming and decision making (for example regarding land use permits). SST and SIMTARU Tools Institutionalized and Used for Improved Licensing and Permitting in Papua Province During Q2, technical assistance focused on preparing the Sustainability Screening Tool (SST), a GIS app for screening land use licenses which is being integrated into Papua’s online licensing system. LESTARI supported the development of this application in order to prevent new licenses being issued in areas which would threaten protected forests, and to review existing licenses to identify problems related to overlaps with forests, other licenses, and identified areas of customary land. Significant effort was required to complete the development of the SST and link it to various layers of data in SIMTARU (notably that for land use permits). On March 26, the Papua Provincial Government publicly launched the SST. The SST launch was held at a multi-stakeholder event held by the Provincial Government entitled: Initial Meeting for the Inventory and Analysis of Land Use Licenses as a part of Implementing the Work Plan for the National Movement for the Natural Resources Protection (GN-PSDA) in Papua Province. Attended by representatives from several Ministries, provincial and district government agencies, donors/NGOs and others, this event was important to kick off a provincial license review which is being supported by LESTARI alongside WRI, IDH, WWF, WCS, TAF, ICRAF, and Daemeter Consulting, and backed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The license review will identify and seek to address issues with existing permits, while various LESTARI-supported initiatives will improve the licensing system itself to prevent such problems in the future. These initiatives include the SST, the SIMTARU spatial planning database, support for district-level spatial planning, and upcoming work on spatial plan monitoring. A more detailed description of how the SST works can be found in this instructional video, which was shown at the event: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fayhrnwb0ztou9v/0-Integrasi%20SST%2C%20E-PPO%2C%20SIMTARU_190325.mp4?dl=0. Various news reports covered the event and the launch of the SST to improve Papua’s land use licensing including PapuaSatu, LintasPapua, AntaraNews, KabarPapua, PapuaPos, and others.


LESTARI has initiated discussions on spatial planning monitoring approaches with Bappeda and obtained agreement for public participation in the monitoring process. Initially focusing on strengthening SIMTARU’s complaints portal, this monitoring will be oriented towards engaging CSOs on the use of SIMTARU and regular submission of reports to the SIMTARU website.


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FIELD ACTIVITIES INLORENTZ LOWLANDS LANDSCAPE




Landscape Profile

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 most rich and intact mangrove ecosystems on the southern coast. The bordering freshwater swamp forest (approximately 1 million 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.

Progress This Quarter

Initiative 1: Spatial Plan Review, Revision, Monitoring, and Enforcement

LESTARI has been supporting Mimika’s SEA-RTRWK during the past year. On February 8, a public consultation was held in Timika to present the draft SEA. As reported in the previous section, LESTARI facilitated the attendance of officials from provincial Bappeda and Environment Agency to gain feedback to the draft SEA and ensure its alignment with existing regulations before submission to provincial government for formal review. The public consultation was attended by local stakeholders including the SEA cross-agency Working Group, PT Freeport Indonesia, officials from various district government agencies, FMU, and CDK. Local government officials presented the SEA at the consultation increasing their sense of ownership that was previously lacking. Feedback from provincial officials indicated that the SEA needed to be revised with a ‘strategic’ approach rather than that based on ‘impacts’ to better influence RTRWK revision (such as that in Bouven Digoel District). Future work will be supported by the LESTARI Bouven Digoel team that has completed the spatial plan SEA.

Initiative 2: Mangrove and Cultural Heritage Sites Co-Management Agreements

In Nayaro Village, the community forest monitoring group (MMP) was formally established through a Village Head Decree in Q1, and the group continued to conduct routine forest monitoring patrols over an area of 140,000 ha adjacent to Lorentz National Park. Also in Nayaro Village, LESTARI assisted in the return of 8 Southern Cassowaries to their natural habitats following confiscation from illegal wildlife traffickers by local authorities. The release event was conducted together with representatives from KLHK, Mimika Church, Bappeda, CDK Mimika, Lorentz National Park, Papua BBKSDA, FMU, Nayaro indigenous community, MMP, and PT Freeport Indonesia. Post-release monitoring is being regularly conducted. In Yepem Village, LESTARI continued to advance the collaborative management initiative with communities and local government for freshwater resource protection. During this quarter, LESTARI facilitated the drafting of a village-level development plan (RPJMK) that incorporates principles of conservation and sustainable natural resource management. For forest protection patrols, LESTARI assisted in the acquisition and distribution of patrol equipment from the Asmat Regional Government to the patrol team. The village-owned enterprise (BUMK) was formally established, and its 26 members received LESTARI training in financial management and institutional development. LESTARI has coordinated between the BUMK and local government to secure funding from Village Funds to manage the water catchment area and local products such as coconut oil.


Figure 9. Yepem community members making coconut-based products to be sold through the BUMK

Rawa Baki Vriendschap (RBV) in Asmat District is a 123,000-hectare area of unique swamp and forested inland deltas that are important for local community livelihoods. LESTARI has been assisting the Asmat District government and local communities to propose this area as an essential ecosystem area (kawasan ekosistem esensial – KEE) – a type of protected area outside of the reserve and park system. In this quarter, LESTARI facilitated the completion of all required technical documents. Currently, the process is pending the issuance of a Ministerial Regulation from KLHK. This is expected to be issued in May 2019. In the Villages of Ewer and Saw, LESTARI facilitated a capacity building workshop in order to form community mangrove forest protection groups. The discussions included the following principles and topics: (1) use of local wisdom in the protection of mangrove forests; (2) priority sites for mangrove conservation on the coast and small islands of the Asmat Regency; (3) mangrove protection groups as prevention of threats to protected wildlife; and (4) community-based forest and land fire prevention. The groups jointly developed and agreed upon a work plan, which were endorsed by the Village Heads. The first phase of monitoring activities began in March and will continue in Q3. The Villages of Kiyura, Mimika, Migiwia, Kokonao, Apuri, and Aparuka cover about 125,000 hectares of mangrove and swamp forest. During Q2, LESTARI provided capacity building training in the preparation of RPJMK that incorporate principles of conservation and sustainable natural resource management. Following the training, communities and village government representatives began conducting village assessments and drafting their RPJMK that are expected to be completed in April. LESTARI also supported the formal establishment of 2 forest protection groups with members from these villages. After a signing ceremony, LESTARI led activities to strengthen the capacity of group members to monitor and protect the forest, use patrol equipment, and accurately report data. LESTARI also facilitated greater commitment from other multi-stakeholders in protecting these mangrove and swamp areas.

• The Mimika District government to facilitate the compilation of village regulations and village RPJM that contain conservation programs

• Mimika BKSDA and CDK to collaborate with the Kokonao forest protection group to monitor illegal wildlife trafficking and illegal logging

• PT. PAL to work with the Kokonao forest protection group to monitor HCV areas • The Fisheries Service and communities to organize a fisheries field school • Mimika diocese to encourage indigenous community forest protection initiatives

to become the basis for regional regulations • DPMK Mimika together with district and provincial government to compile a

module for RPJMK development in Papua Finally, a new LESTARI Grantee, LEI, began implementation in March with the aim to support village development planning through the sustainable utilization and protection of


mangrove ecosystems in Mimika. A kick-off meeting was held to develop an updated workplan with stakeholders in 3 villages in Mimika. Further updates will be provided in Q3. Initiative 3: Lorentz Co-Management for Conservation

LESTARI continued to assist Lorentz National Park authorities in designing and implementing effective management planning for this vast area. In Q2, the zonation map for Lorentz National Park was finally approved and signed by the Director General of KSDAE (SK.Dirjen Nomor 473/KSDAE/SET/KSA.0/12/2018). LESTARI has been assisting the zonation revision team from Lorentz National Park for over a year to produce a manageable and effective zonation map for Indonesia’s largest national park. The head of the national park stated his deep appreciation of the collaboration between the park and the LESTARI team that has resulted in increasing the management effectiveness of the area. Because the zonation plan has been revised significantly, the long-term management plan and socialization of the zonation map to local stakeholders will be carried out next quarter. This will enable district and village governments to plan and implement appropriate development activities that safeguard the park.

MMP (Masyarakat Mitra Polhut) groups in the park can ensure community involvement and contribution to biodiversity and ecosystem management. This is especially important in Papua, as the resources for park and reserve management are extremely stretched, with few forest rangers covering vast areas of remote forest. Lorentz National Park and LESTARI held meetings with village governments, adat representatives and communities in 3 villages (Omawita, Fanamo, and Ohotya – in the western section of the park) with the aim of forming MMP groups. Recommendation letters in support of the initiative were secured from village heads, identifying members that should be involved and directed to the head of the national park who will then designate the MMP groups. The three main roles of the MMP groups will be to patrol and monitor the village areas to detect illegal encroachment and poaching, monitor the use of natural resources in the large Traditional Use Zones, and survey the level of key biodiversity indicator species on a regular basis. The increasing number of confiscations of poached Pig-nosed Turtles (Carettochelys insculpta) from southern Papua has highlighted the urgency to develop an integrated conservation strategy for the species. LESTARI organized and facilitated a multi-stakeholder workshop to start developing this strategy that will focus on habitat conservation, awareness and education, community livelihoods, and the detection of illegal trade through patrols and working with port authorities. The strategy will also require action internationally to address drivers from beyond the landscapes, specifically, demand from East Asian markets. There are over 2,600 Pig-nosed Turtles confiscated from Asmat and Mimika Districts and seized in Merauke and Timika that will be released back to their native habitats after permission is granted from prosecutors. This will bring the total number of repatriations supported by LESTARI to over 5,000 turtles.

Figure 10. Baby Pig-nosed Turtles recently confiscated by the Indonesian authorities from illegal wildlife

traffickers in Mimika District, Papua


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FIELD ACTIVITIES INMAPPI-BOUVEN DIGOEL LANDSCAPE

JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2019



Landscape Profile

The Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape covers 3.3 million hectares in southeast 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 Digoel, which forms the eastern boundary of the landscape. Southeast 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.

Progress This Quarter

Initiative 1: Land Use Rationalization through SEA and Spatial Plan Review,

Monitoring, and Enforcement (SST)

The SEA-RTRWK for Bouven Digoel District is nearing completion, as it was submitted to the provincial level for approval. A formal review (validation) was held in Jayapura on March 18, with the Head of the Environment Agency, representation from provincial Bappeda with responsibilities for spatial planning, and other government officials in attendance. Minor revisions were requested, but overall provincial officials recognized and praised the quality of the SEA, compliance with existing regulations, and the fact that the district government has taken ownership of the process. The SEA will be officially approved early in Q3. LESTARI has already been working closely with district government and the consultant team drafting the revised spatial plan, in order to ensure uptake of SEA recommendations. The table below presents a summary of the changes to the zonation in the revised spatial plan, which increases protection to 699,059 hectares of land. A summary of the key improvements in the new draft spatial plan (covering 2018-2038), compared to the existing one (covering 2011-2031) are as follows. Note that the nomenclature for functions under the zonation plan is far more detailed compared to the previous spatial plan so a simple comparison of zones and areas is not possible in all cases.

1. Total land area under protection increases from 506,789 ha to 1,205,848 ha, an increase of 699,059 ha.

2. There is a slight decrease in protected forest area due to changes in administrative boundaries at the northern boundary of Bouven Digoel District.

3. Not all of the riparian buffers recommended in the SEA are accommodated into the draft spatial plan, as some of those areas were instead protected in the spiritual and local wisdom zone.

4. 401,364 ha recommended to be water catchment zones are mostly designated as spiritual and local wisdom zones, based on requests from local stakeholders. This will still accomplish the protection function proposed for the area but will also empower local communities to achieve this.

5. The plantation zone is much larger because the old spatial plan had not yet accommodated the plantation zone as mandated by the provincial spatial plan, which is required. Also, the district boundary was shifted, moving some areas from the neighboring district into Bouven Digoel.


6. The SEA recommended that areas in the ‘indicative map for social forestry’ be designated as agroforestry areas in the spatial plan. The draft spatial plan designates an area even larger than this, including some non-forest areas that would have been slated for potential oil palm licenses. LESTARI advocacy directly to the Bupati accomplished this.

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Protection forest 0 104,734 Nature sanctuary 7,240 7,138 Spiritual and local wisdom zones 420,399 814,393

Cultural Reserve 0 11 Peatlands 28,696 Peatlands 0 89,104 Kawasan Sempadan Sungai 26,487 Sempadan Sungai 83,641 60,482

Swamps 301,001 Kawasan Resapan Air 401,364 69,069 Savanna 33,933 Earthquake-prone zone 0 60,917

Cultivation Zones 2,203,731 Cultivation Zones 1,504,966 Production Forest 1,392,214 Production Forest 651,452 Conversion Forest 563,135 Conversion Forest 136,143 Limited Production Forest 175,207 Limited Production

Forest 147,558

Industrial Zone 660 Industrial Zone 928 SME 424

Plantations 37,173 Plantations 338,243 360,076

Settlements 13,561 Rural settlements 2,797 Urban settlements 12,923

Agriculture 7,774 Food crops 23,775 44,115

Dryland agriculture 14,007 Agroforestry 44,604 95,076 Horticulture 12,304

Animal husbandry 9,136 Fish cultivation 430 Defense and security 118 Mining 882 Rivers 30,604

Total 2,710,520 Total 2,710,814 LESTARI also consulted with the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning on the revisions to district level RTRWK and received useful feedback which is being used by the district team to ensure the revised plans are in line with national requirements. Coordination will continue when the draft revised RTRWKs are brought to the provincial level for review.

With the SEA-RTRW in Bouven Digoel about to be finalized, LESTARI will continue to support the finalization of the revised RTRW, and its implementation into development programming as well as spatial plan monitoring. LESTARI will also begin intensive support for Mappi’s SEA-RTRW given that the district government has now (in Q2) completed the review of the spatial plan (PK-RTRWK), decided to revise it fully, and allocated funds for this revision process.


LESTARI continued technical support for FMU 53 in Bouven Digoel District to revise its Long-Term Forest Management Plan (RPHJP). Public consultations for the draft plan were held with community representatives in three sub-districts and at the district level. Communities welcomed the draft management plan and provided contextual input and recommendations to accommodate community-based development (such as rubber, durian and fisheries) as well as the need to communicate with owners of timber concessions that overlap with village areas for sustainable forest management and utilization. LESTARI has evaluated the results of the consultations with FMU 53, and the final draft of the RPHJP is now 80% complete. The final draft is expected to be completed in Q3. Initiative 2: Land Use Rationalization in the Private Sector

LESTARI supports a Sustainable Landscape Planning (SLP) approach in this landscape that works with private sector to embed principles of FPIC with communities into land use planning. During Q1, the private sector partnership with KORINDO was suspended due to unclear commitment from KORINDO. Some local community members have made a number of demands, including for clarification regarding KORINDO’s HGU permit, and to be given copies of the environmental impact assessments for the plantation in question (TSE Block E). LESTARI officially requested KORINDO to make clear about their commitment for continuing the SLP approach. The communication also outlined prerequisites that should be fulfilled before the process could continue: (1) delivering of data to communities according to their legal rights, (2) clarification of information requested by the communities, and (3) demonstrating commitment for a thorough FPIC process including willingness to receive training for field staff on FPIC and a deeper understanding of the SLP approach itself. LESTARI has already prepared methodology related to a social and environmental field survey, as well as a FPIC verification study that can be implemented with support from local stakeholders. However, LESTARI will only proceed if communities and the company signal their consent. In the meantime, LESTARI has shifted emphasis to engagement with the Bouven Digoel District government to build buy-in on resolving land use permitting issues. LESTARI used the Gecko project report on land use licensing malfeasance in Bouven Digoel published in 2018 (https://thegeckoproject.org/the-secret-deal-to-destroy-paradise-715b1ffc0a65) to discuss with the district government about various conflicts and problems with land use permit governance in Bouven Digoel, such as that illustrated by a recent protest letter sent by local communities refusing to allow oil palm development in the Ex-Menara concession area. LESTARI has subsequently been invited to assist the Investment Task Force formed by the Bupati that is tasked with addressing problems with existing permits, land conflicts, and improving the investment climate. LESTARI facilitated a workshop for the Investment Task Force, bringing together various district government agencies concerned with land use permits (PTSP, Plantations, Food Security, Bappeda, Public Works, Spatial Planning, and other agencies). The workshop facilitated inter-agency discussion on problems with land use licensing and community-company conflict, including discussion of new governance developments, such as the KPK permit review, the SIPERIBUN data consolidation effort, the Inpres Sawit (Inpres 8/2018), and the OSS/Sicantik. It also drew attention to weaknesses in land use permitting and community consent processes which are related to lack of strong FPIC in land acquisitions. LESTARI was able to share approaches that could address some of these issues, such as permit data organization, use of SIMTARU and SST to prevent future spatial plan infractions and overlaps, and FPIC training. The Task Force agreed to consolidate existing permit data between agencies, and review existing conflicts related to investment to identify why they have occurred. LESTARI will provide technical assistance for the local government in organizing its permit information, linking with the Permit Review which is being led by the provincial government. To assist with the conflict review, LESTARI will train the team in FPIC during next quarter, since many of the conflicts are related to weak FPIC implementation. LESTARI has started to develop a


manual for FPIC Verification for use by the Investment Task Force and other stakeholders as a standardized method for understanding land conflicts associated with business investments and levels of free, prior and informed community consent. In parallel, LESTARI has assessed technical readiness and stakeholder engagement for improved land use licensing through the application of the SST in Bouven Digoel. There are some compatibility and connectivity issues that must be overcome before SST can be utilized at the district level. LESTARI will continue to develop local government spatial data capacity for existing permit and new application review through SST/SIMTARU, and establish an appropriate data system suitable for Bouven Digoel’s current connectivity capacity.


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Landscape Profile 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 Cyclops Nature Reserve. Areas bordering the buffer zone to the reserve are also part of the landscape. The overall vision for this landscape is to reduce deforestation and degradation of Cyclops Nature Reserve through improved co-management of the CA and sustainable livelihood development.

Progress This Quarter Initiative 1: Co-Management and Sustainable Livelihoods Since Year 2, LESTARI has been implementing a vanilla agroforestry initiative in the Cyclops Landscape through collaboration with USAID’s Sustainable Cooperative Agribusiness Alliance (SCAA) and its implementing partner, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), a U.S.-based farming cooperative. The initiative aims to improve local livelihoods while incentivizing migrant farmers to relocate illegal agricultural practices to areas located outside of the nature reserve. In late March, extreme weather conditions in Papua caused heavy flooding and landslides in the Cyclops Landscape. The floods were loaded with sediments and rocks from landslides and were documented by SMART patrol teams. As of March 20, there have been a reported 82 deaths and 40 persons missing due to floods. 7 deaths have been reported from landslides in Jayapura City. 4,728 people have been displaced, 350 homes destroyed, and several other structures (churches, mosques, schools, bridges, and roads) have been impacted. Furthermore, the three villages where LESTARI works with vanilla farmers have been evacuated and are heavily damaged. LESTARI is working with NCBA to estimate the extent of damage to vanilla crops and coordinate follow-up actions.

Figure 11. The site of community vanilla gardens inundated by mud and heavy rain, March 2019

SMART patrols continued to be carried out in the reserve and included BBKSDA staff and community (MMP) members. The community patrol teams found that encroachment and illegal logging incidents are still rising. The teams informed the nature reserve authority, BBKSDA Papua, of all observed incidents so that follow up actions against the perpetrators can be pursued.


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Q1Y4 25 71.8 18 0 25 incidents /100 km Primary target is wild boar

Q2Y4 25 149.42 26 1 17.4 incidents / 100 km Primary targets are wild boar and parrot

In a meeting with the Bupati of Jayapura and 60 participants from BBKSDA, DLH, BPDAS, DAS, MMP, law enforcement, and Bappeda, just 2 weeks before the catastrophic floods in Sentani and Jayapura, the latest status of forests in the reserve was presented by BKSDA from results of LESTARI supported SMART patrols and hydrological surveys. The Bupati-led meeting resulted in more solid commitment from stakeholders for Cyclops Reserve and Sentani lake protection. The Bupati ordered a follow up meeting that resulted in a comprehensive set of actions to deal with encroachers in the reserve and restore critical areas. The Bupati reiterated the need for better law enforcement for illegal encroachers and stakeholders stated that now is the time to act to save the forests that supply water to Sentani residents. Unfortunately, this commitment came too late to lessen the impact of the March floods in the area. However, there is now firm commitment and funds (through DLH Kabupaten Jayapura) to support preventative measures such as strengthening the MMPs, routine patrols, building guard posts, and improving village and adat regulations, as well as persuasive actions aimed at encroachers through collaborative patrols that will remove them from the protected area. Since the floods, these collaborative patrols have been initiated. Finally, a new LESTARI Grantee, PUSSDAE, began implementation in March with the aim to support communities to improve their sustainable livelihood practices in the buffer zone area of Cyclops Nature Reserve. A kick-off meeting was held to develop an updated workplan, and a series of initial discussions were held with community and government stakeholders in Jayapura. Further updates will be provided in Q3.


Challenges and Opportunities in Papua Landscapes ● Working to improve permit governance and spatial plan monitoring always brings

challenges, related to the political economy of land use in Indonesia. The Permit Review now underway by the provincial government, together with development partners and supported by the KPK, remains a significant opportunity, in addressing the lack of transparency around land use concession data which still hampers the functionality of SIMTARU and thus SST. The shortcomings of SIMTARU - including the need for a mirror server in Papua, can potentially be addressed by ensuring that SIMTARU and SST remain key tools for carrying out the KPK-backed permit review.

● The new Head of the provincial Forestry Agency has not yet been named, and the Agency may be combined with the Environment Agency in the near future. This could be an opportunity, if the new head is someone well known to LESTARI, in order to quickly establish a positive working relationship.

● Supporting government events in Papua remains difficult at times due to last-minute scheduling changing, which sometimes leads to the need to plan activities suddenly, or delays in implementing activities.

● Previously, the Mimika District Government desired that LESTARI support the production of an SEA for the spatial plan with consultants, with minimal engagement by district government officials. This was a challenge because without government engagement and capacity, the impacts of the SEA would be weaker. Through informal meetings and discussions, LESTARI has worked to build government ownership and commitment to taking part in SEA formulation as well as understanding how SEA recommendations should be carried forward into other policies.

● The flash floods in Sentani in mid-March 2019 were a devastating disaster, with multiple causes, including encroachment into the Nature Reserve for agricultural activities. The heightened awareness of the devastating consequences of such encroachment represents an opportunity to support improved buffer area management and encroachment prevention, in order to protect Cyclops and the downriver settlements. On 1 April, President Jokowi organized the signing of an agreement to rehabilitate the Cyclops area, along with ministries, provincial and district governments, academia, customary communities, and others. It stipulates action on spatial planning, rehabilitation, public awareness, adat rights recognition, and economic empowerment, in line with LESTARI work and recommendations.

● Mappi and Bouven Digoel remain challenging locations due to their remoteness, difficulty of access, unreliable internet and mobile phone connectivity, and weak government capacity. LESTARI remains focused on channeling significant support to these districts in order to achieve landscape targets but must continue to deal with these challenges.

● Media attention on oil palm permit problems in Bouven Digoel district, notably from Tempo magazine and the Gecko Project (https://thegeckoproject.org/the-secret-deal-to-destroy-paradise-715b1ffc0a65) has led the district government to pay more attention to identifying causes and finding solutions. LESTARI will continue to support the district government to address these issues and will link this to LESTARI’s offer of support through SST and spatial planning monitoring, as well as finalization of the spatial plan (informed by the SEA) and its implementation.


Priorities in Papua Landscapes for Next Quarter ● With the SEA-RTRW in Bouven Digoel about to be finalized, continue to support the

finalization of the revised RTRW, and its implementation into development programming as well as spatial plan monitoring. LESTARI will also begin intensive support for Mappi’s SEA-RTRW given that the district government has now started the process. Support for Mimika’s SEA-RTRW will also be delivered in Q3, to respond to the need for revisions based on inputs from the provincial Bappeda.

● Continue budget advocacy activities in order to follow through support for the 2020 provincial Forestry Agency work plan, with its enhanced budget allocations and integration of SEA recommendations.

● Develop a set of modules for Sustainable Villages in Papua (with emphasis on sustainable forest management), along with government stakeholders, and using LESTARI experiences from Aceh.

● Work with Papuan government and civil society stakeholders to develop and implement an integrated conservation strategy for Pig-nosed Turtles, including rehabilitation and release, habitat conservation, awareness and education, community livelihoods, and detection of illegal trade.

● Following the SST launch, continue to support capacity building and the ongoing use of the SST. Work to facilitate its use by district governments and CSOs at all levels, to improve permit processes moving forward, as well as to review existing permits.

● Begin support for spatial planning monitoring through developing the public reporting portal on SIMTARU. This will involve technical development of the portal, support for government coordination to handle complaints, and engagement and capacity building with civil society to utilize the portal. This will be linked with the ongoing permit review underway in Papua and supported by the KPK and a number of development partners/NGOs.

● Resume the partnership with KORINDO on sustainable landscape planning and FPIC verification, if KORINDO demonstrates its commitment by addressing a number of outstanding issues which have temporarily halted progress. A consolidation workshop is planned for April 11-13. LESTARI will also continue to support the Bouven Digoel District government in reviewing existing permits and improving its permit systems, linked with similar provincial efforts described above.

● Ensure that LESTARI experiences and recommendations on the management of the Cyclops Nature Reserve and buffer areas are disseminated and considered in coordinated government efforts to rehabilitate following the flash flood of March 2019.

● Collaborate with NCBA to identify and assess damage from recent flash floods and determine future recovery actions.

● Continue communications strategy advocating the conservation of forests and LEDS capitalizing on prominent events in the landscape emphasizing freshwater resource services.


AMPLIFICATION & SUSTAINABILITY LESTARI places great emphasis on building and nurturing national-level relationships in order to increase impact at the landscape level; amplify tools, approaches, models, and lessons learned from LESTARI landscapes to other critical areas; and ensure sustainability of LESTARI climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation beyond the life of project through necessary policy reform and budget support. Building these bridges from the landscapes to the national level is especially important in national park management and other instances where the national government maintains significant authority through deconcentrated rather than decentralized institutional arrangements. Particular emphasis is placed on coordinating and supporting BIJAK in this matter. LESTARI models for amplification and sustainability, and their respective quarterly progress, are summarized in the matrix below.

Model Activity / Focal Area Progress This Quarter

RPJMDes

• Ensure adoption of Village Development Planning (RPJMDes) Modules produced by LESTARI to guide village-level planning to incorporate the principles of sustainable forest management and conservation, and access financing from the Village Fund for these programs.

• The LESTARI team finalized the partnership initiative with the Ministry of Villages (Kemendes) to adopt the LESTARI RPJMDes Modules as a guidebook for university student facilitators in their field work in rural villages across Indonesia.

• The revised version was handed off to Kemendes for distribution and use. It is co-branded with USAID and Kemendes logos to ensure ownership by GOI.

• In Papua, LESTARI began coordinating with the Provincial Village Empowerment Agency to revise the modules for a Papua specific context.

METT / SMART

• Improve management effectiveness in CAs across all LESTARI landscapes through broad-scale implementation of METT and SMART tools with multi-stakeholders.

• The LESTARI team continued to share SMART patrol data and outcomes with Director General of KSDAE. The aim is to demonstrate SMART patrol effectiveness and hence secure greater budget allocation and implementation in other CAs in Indonesia.

FMU • Provide capacity building for FMUs in Aceh, Central Kalimantan, and

Papua through technical and management trainings. • Focus on amplifying support to FMUs across

landscapes/provinces/national-level.

• In Aceh, following LESTARI assistance for the development of DLHK Strategic Plan, IDR 11.47 billion (~USD 810,000) is expected to be allocated from provincial government budget for FMU strengthening.

• In Central Kalimantan, FMUs XV and XVI, local government, and concession holders agreed to implement an SOP for forest patrols in order to improve monitoring and security in forest areas. This pilot initiative will serve as a model for all FMUs in Central Kalimantan Province.

RIL-C

• Ensure RIL-C adoption as SOP by partner natural forest timber concessions

• Demonstrate value of RIL-C to KLHK and support issuance of a ministerial policy requiring use of RIL-C for all timber concessions nationwide.

• LESTARI continued to provide field-level data and evidence to KLHK on the environmental and financial benefits of the use of RIL-C by timber concessions.

• LESTARI continued to recommend the issuance of the Ministerial Decree requiring RIL-C implementation nationwide.


GENDER INTEGRATION In the design and implementation of project activities, the LESTARI team strives to recognize and address gender gaps. These often include an information gap, in which women have less access to information and training opportunities, and/or an economic gap, in which women have fewer economic opportunities than men. Meaningful integration of gender needs to consider women’s roles and responsibilities in livelihoods, ensure access to opportunities and services, while also enabling women’s voices in decision-making opportunities. LESTARI gender integration activities involve capacity building for landscape staff and partners, gender trainings for women champions, and implementing gender-responsive livelihood programs through grantees. During this quarter, a total of 9 new women champions were engaged, 7,077 women were reached by LESTARI communications, 638 women received trainings, and 1,230 women secured livelihoods-related benefits from LESTARI activities. The total number of women engaged is still lower than the number of men. However, quantitatively, the figure continued to exceed the 30% minimum target for women participation in LESTARI programs and activities.

Project Indicators Number of People

(Y4Q2)

Women Men

#8: Number of champions engaged in advocacy interventions 9 54

#9: Number of people reached by LESTARI communication programs to improve awareness and understanding of LEDS and Biodiversity Conservation

7,077 8,999

#12: Number of people receiving USG supported training in natural resources management and/or biodiversity conservation 103 638

#14: Number of people receiving livelihood co-benefits (monetary or non-monetary) 1,342 1,230

Total 8,531 10,921

Percentage 44% 56% An illustrative example of mainstreaming gender into field activities is the work of LESTARI Grantee Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL). FKL provides technical and management assistance for farmers in Southeast Aceh to improve their livelihoods sustainably. As part of these activities, FKL has prioritized assistance to women farmers by helping to establish 5 women’s farmer groups that consist of an average of 20 women per group. These 5 women’s farmer groups represent 25% of the total (20) assisted by FKL under LESTARI. They have been actively involved in trainings for making organic fertilizer, seedlings, and post-harvest management of agroforestry plants.


PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS 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. Project management and coordination highlights from this quarter included the following:

● LESTARI completed and received USAID approval for the Year 4 Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP). Mitigation actions will be reported at the end of the year and embedded in LESTARI’s annual monitoring and evaluation.

● LESTARI routinely compiled and inputted training data into USAID's official training data management system (TraiNet) for all trainings through direct implementation, sub-contractors, and grants. For the second quarter of FY 2019, additional data from 11 trainings (16+ hours) participated by 659 people (567 men, 92 women) was submitted to TraiNet.

● The LESTARI team conducted regular coordination with relevant DGs in KLHK on aligning LESTARI support with KLHK priorities for FMUs, spatial planning, social forestry, CA management, reduced impact logging, and public communications.

● LESTARI routinely engaged with local government and CSO partners at the landscape levels to ensure LESTARI clearly supports priorities of mutual interest.

● The LESTARI team coordinated with BIJAK to amplify LESTARI’s landscape-work at the national level. In Q2, LESTARI collaborated with BIJAK at two main events: (1) a multi-stakeholder policy discussion on national-level mapping and designating of Essential Ecosystem Areas and (2) an International Day of Forests event focused on the theme of enhancing education and understanding of forest conservation amongst the next generation of Indonesian youths.

● LESTARI facilitated site visits for USAID in order to meet local partners (government, community representatives, field staff, and grantee partners), observe progress, and discuss challenges and opportunities at the landscape level. Site visits this quarter were conducted to the Leuser and Lorentz Lowlands Landscapes.

● Regular communications were held with USAID through weekly meetings, field visits, and other meetings as necessary. Subcontractors and grantees were given the


opportunity to share their work directly with USAID through presentations in Jakarta and during site visits to the landscapes.

● LESTARI 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.

● LESTARI senior management conducted regular engagement and coordination with LESTARI subcontractors to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of technical support to the project.

● Regular senior management meetings were held each Monday morning in Jakarta including senior staff and open to other technical staff and subcontractors, to ensure coherence and impact of LESTARI work.

● LESTARI’s Spatial Planning & GIS Specialist from Timika, Papua was awarded a Tetra Tech capacity building scholarship to attend an ArcGIS Pro course in California. This is the seventh LESTARI staff member to receive this scholarship. It reflects Tetra Tech’s commitment to LESTARI staff and furthering their long-term development and career opportunities beyond the project.

Personnel LESTARI management continued to recruit necessary LTTA and STTA staff in order to further the achievement of project results in a cost-effective manner. Personnel changes during Q2 are listed below.

Title Employment Status Office Base Remarks

Landscape Sustainable Livelihood & Business Development Specialist LTTA Blangkejeren, Gayo

Lues Replacement

Office Helper/Office Guard SA Kepi, Mappi Contract Extension

Administrative & Logistic Assistant LTAA Jakarta Contract Extension

Field Assistant SA Mimika, Timika Contract Extension

Finance & Admin. Officer LTAA Kepi, Mappi Replacement

Team Leader SMART LTTA Tapaktuan, Aceh Selatan Replacement

Sustainable Land Use Planning Specialist LTTA Jakarta Resign

Landscape Grants Coordinator LTAA Palangka Raya End of contract

FPIC Specialist STTA Jakarta New contract


Lues Resign


Lues Replacement

Papua Advocacy Specialist STTA Sentani New contract

Park Community Organizer LTAA Timika Replacement

Park Management Assistant SA Timika Contract Extension


COMMUNICATIONS The LESTARI Communications team produces and strategically disseminates communication products in coordination with the LESTARI technical team. This is aimed at awareness-raising and advocacy purposes, as well as sharing project impacts and achievements. All LESTARI project documents, technical assessments, and communications materials are produced in compliance with the approved LESTARI Integrated Communications Strategy and USAID branding and marking guidelines as outlined in ADS 320. LESTARI’s collaboration with Mongabay-INFIS on media advocacy concluded in late 2018. During this quarter, editing and processing of the final 10 advocacy videos was completed. The matrix below lists the videos, their purpose and a brief synopsis. Also listed is a dissemination plan for each video. The videos are intended to raise key issues within LESTARI’s focus, in order to communicate the importance of these issues to particular audiences. The videos are disseminated via social media to the general public, but also used in more targeted ways at offline events and engagements with key stakeholders.

Title Content Audience Dissemination

LESTARI videos (supported by INFIS to communicate key LESTARI messages)

Mount Leuser National Park

The video was produced in collaboration with the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) office. The video showcases the global significance of the Leuser ecosystem that has been attracting domestic and international tourists and researchers, and emphasizes messages about the need to protect the Leuser forests.

Public in Aceh Video will be posted on Facebook Fan Page Lestari Leuser (@LestariLeuserAceh)

National audience Video will be used by government counterpart (TNGL) at their regular cycle of promotional events, to promote Gunung Leuser National Park tourism and the need to protect Leuser.

Lapak Jaru Forest Park: The Green Treasure of Gunung Mas

The video displays the natural beauty of the Lapak Jaru Forest Park, Gunung Mas District, Central Kalimantan. The video focuses on eco-tourism potential and the need for conservation.

Public in Central Kalimantan

Video will be posted on USAID LESTARI Facebook Fanpage Lestari Katingan Kahayan

Public and government officials in Central Kalimantan

Video will be used by government counterpart (Lapak Jaru Forest Park) to promote Lapak Jaru and the need to protect it.

Diversity of Fauna in Cycloop Nature Reserve

The video depicts a 9-day survey conducted by USAID Lestari, the Papua Nature Conservation Agency and community rangers to carry out a biodiversity inventory in Cycloop Nature Reserve. The data obtained through this activity are being used to develop the Cycloop Nature Reserve Conservation Plan.

Public in Jayapura Video will be posted on Facebook Fan Page @LestaridiPapua

Village, district and provincial level government officials in Jayapura

The video will be used by our government counterpart for advocacy purposes and conservation initiatives in Cycloop Nature Reserve.

Sustainable Spatial Planning in Bouven Digoel District, Papua

The video depicts the need to revise the district spatial plan in Bouven Digoel District, Papua, and the role of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in doing so. LESTARI is supporting the SEA to assist the Bouven Digoel District Government to integrate environmental considerations into the spatial plan, in order that local development planning can balance economic, cultural and environment needs and impacts.

Government stakeholders in Bouven Digoel district, and at provincial and national level

The video will be used for advocacy-related activities in Bouven Digoel, especially at government and multi-stakeholder meetings, in order to increase support for the SEA-influenced spatial plan revision, which must be approved at district, provincial, and national level. Government

stakeholders in Bouven Digoel district, and at provincial and national level


Community videos (supported by INFIS to empower community voice)

The Lost Smiles of Nutmeg Farmers

The video was produced by two high school students from South Aceh District who received mentoring on video documentary via a LESTARI fellowship. The video tells of efforts to restore Aceh nutmeg to its former glory by introducing a nutmeg grafting technique to farmers. This new type of nutmeg is less prone to disease, enabling farmers to sustain their livelihoods while preserving forests at the same time.


Video will be used by the local media organization Aceh Documentary, which supported its production, to be screened in awareness-raising activities for high school and college students in Aceh.

Kenduri Seunebok

The video was produced by two high school students from South Aceh District who received mentoring on video documentary via a LESTARI fellowship. The video tells of a local tradition called Kenduri Seunebok performed by communities in Jambo Papeun Village, South Aceh District. Through this ritual, people celebrate harvest season while conveying messages on the importance of maintaining forests.



Save Orangutan

The video was produced by two high school students from South Aceh District who received mentoring on video documentary via a LESTARI fellowship. The video tells about the work of LESTARI grantee OIC (the Orangutan Information Centre) to reduce and mitigate human-orangutan conflicts in Ujung Padang Village, Bakongan Sub-district, South Aceh District.



The Water of Life

The video was produced by two high school students from Gayo Lues District who received mentoring on video documentary via a LESTARI fellowship. The video promotes a message to protect forests as water sources. The video tells a story from Panjupian Village, Blangkejeren Sub-district, Gayo Lues District where life and all human activities are highly dependent on water availability.



Education Forest: Protecting the Rungan Landscape

The video was produced by a film-makers organization, Kaliwood, from Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, who received mentoring on video documentary via a LESTARI fellowship. The video tells of an initiative to save the Rungan Forest in Central Kalimantan province. In this forest, an area of 5,000 hectares has been dedicated for research and conservation purposes.


Video will be shared with the local media organization Aceh Documentary, to be screened in awareness-raising activities for high school and college students in Aceh.

Breaking the Silence for the Forest

The video was produced by Jovian Caleb Oroh, a filmmaker from Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, who received mentoring on video documentary via a LESTARI fellowship. The video shows communities’ struggle to secure access to forests in four villages in Banama Tingang Sub-district, Pulang Pisau District, Central Kalimantan. The villagers finally received Social Forestry certificates that enable them to manage their forests sustainably.

Public and Forest Management Units in Central Kalimantan

Video will be screened in villages and also during meetings with Forest Management Units to promote and advocate Social Forestry initiatives in Central Kalimantan.


The LESTARI team continued to utilize social media to raise awareness about forest and biodiversity issues as well as share project successes with local stakeholders. The Papua Provincial and Mappi-Bouven Digoel pages were active this quarter. In Leuser and Katingan-Kahayan Landscapes, the focus was not posting on LESTARI social media channels, but rather raising and empowering the voices of champions and partner organizations. This is part of the sustainability and closedown strategy as the project enters the final year.

Landscape Follower Growth

Volume of Posts

Reach Rate

Total Engagement Likes Shares Comments Clicks

Papua 37.45% increase 12 171247 2493 1881 308 22393

Mappi-Bouven Digoel

0.89% decrease 6 2519 62 24 10 152

LESTARI participated in an International Day of Forests event focused on the theme of enhancing education and understanding of forest conservation amongst the next generation of Indonesian youths. A LESTARI champion from Nayaro Village, Papua gave an impressive presentation on the vital role of forests for adat communities and the need to ensure their protection for future generations. His story was picked up by local media: http://mediaindonesia.com/read/detail/229345-pelindung-terdepan-hutan-nayaro.html. Some videos previously produced by LESTARI were screened prior to the start of the presentation.

Title Link USAID LESTARI: Selamatkan Pohon yang Masih Ada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQDNv7XmObM&t=21s

Ragam Fauna di Cagar Alam Cycloop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPOoBVzHUA&t=5s Air Kehidupan dari Cycloop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV7IQb_hFBE&t=1s

Leuser Untuk Masa Depan Manusia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_8QehZoa0&t=2s KPH dan Hutan untuk Masyarakat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsPYScjLcvQ

For knowledge management, the LESTARI team continued to package technical information and findings for use by a broad range of partners. ● The LESTARI team finalized the partnership initiative with the Ministry of Villages

(Kemendes), which adopted the LESTARI RPJMDes Modules as a guidebook for university student facilitators in their field work in rural villages across Indonesia. The revised version was handed off to Kemendes for distribution and use. It is co-branded with USAID and Kemendes logos to ensure ownership by GOI. Similarly, LESTARI is working with the Papua Provincial Village Empowerment Agency to revise and adopt these modules for a Papua specific context.

● The LESTARI team produced a lessons learned technical brief – Land Use Licensing Reform in Indonesia. The brief details the latest policy developments and draws out lessons for how assistance programs, including LESTARI, can best contribute to improving land use governance. It is pending final approval from USAID.

● The LESTARI team completed a study on Protected Area Financing in the Leuser Landscape. This study analyzed the PA annual budget allocation trends from 2012 to 2017 to determine whether the respective allocations are sufficient to support the effective management of these areas. The results were presented to USAID, which provided approval to share with KSDA in Banda Aceh and KSDAE in Jakarta.

● The LESTARI team began coordination with the Directorate General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (PSKL) on the development of a social forestry guidebook based on lessons learned from LESTARI in Central Kalimantan.


CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ● LESTARI continues to look for national-level policy, guidance, targets and financial

incentives to support climate change mitigation efforts at the sub-national level. Such incentives would dramatically increase LESTARI’s ability to assist GOI in achieving its national targets in key landscapes.

● The regular shuffling of personnel at GOI partner institutions is an ongoing challenge for LESTARI regarding both coordination efforts and long-term advocacy aimed at inspiring government champions. However, this also presents an opportunity to build new bridges and improve engagement with new government staff.

● Capacity building for local government and civil society leaders continues to be an important approach to building long-term constituencies and furthering the sustainability of LESTARI initiatives through greater local level ownership and buy-in.

● LESTARI has developed successful tools and approaches within the first three years of the project. A key challenge now is to package them into successful knowledge management products that are valued, owned, and utilized by GOI partners. This is an important part of the sustainability strategy to be implemented in Years 4 and 5.

● The involvement of women in conservation initiatives in the landscapes has significant room for improvement. LESTARI is continuing to address this through focused capacity building and mentoring activities for women Champions.

PRIORITY ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER ● Ensure cost efficiency of LESTARI budget and labor investments by closer analysis of

cost effectiveness of all programming and especially community engagement initiatives. Key parameters include attribution to contract results and deliverables, and leverage potential for amplification and sustainability within and beyond LESTARI landscapes.

● Provide ongoing capacity building, operational, and technical support from Jakarta-based senior staff and STTA for landscape-based staff and subcontractors. This also includes regular engagement of senior LESTARI technical staff at the landscape level.

● Conduct and document periodic technical and financial reviews of subcontractors and remind them of required financial audits.

● Conduct and document periodic financial reviews and inventory assessments for each field/landscape office.

● Ensure more routine and regular engagement activities with USAID, GOI, and other government partners at the landscape, provincial, and national levels.

● Continue to optimize use of existing communications products, including videos produced by Mongabay/INFIS, in everyday awareness raising.

● For technical knowledge management products, develop and/or revise manuals/briefs so that effectively capture the LESTARI tool/approach in a manner that is accessible, useful, and owned by GOI counterparts. Where possible, products will be co-written and co-branded with GOI to ensure buy-in and adoption.

● Work with USAID to demonstrate and document how LESTARI activities contribute to the administration’s priority clusters (e.g., self-reliance, private sector partnerships, leveraged funding).


APPENDIX 1: Y4Q2 PROGRESS MATRIX Note: please refer to the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP) for details on how each indicator is defined and assessed.

Indicator Actual (Q1)

Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

Target of FY 2019

% Completion (Actual vs

Yearly Target)

LOP Target

% Completion (All Year vs

LOP)

Data Reporting Remarks

#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)

N/A - - -

41% reduction

15,108,460 t.CO2-eq

N/A

41%

76,748,281 t.CO2-eq

26% Annually This indicator is assessed and reported annually.

#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)

N/A N/A - - 3,601,017 N/A 8,700,000 40% Annually

This indicator is assessed and reported annually. Progress towards the yearly target continued this quarter, according to the milestones established for ‘improved management’, across all landscapes. A total of 2,511 ha of social forestry areas in Aceh and Central Kalimantan showed improved management. In Papua LESTARI is working on improved management through spatial planning in Mappi, Bouven Digoel and Mimika Districts that will contribute approximately 1.5 million hectares, and work on community-based co-management strategies in 23 villages (including the Essential Ecosystem Area in Rawa Baki Vriendskap) that will contribute over 300,000 hectares towards this indicator in 2019.

#3 – Percentage reduction in poaching (Outcome) N/A N/A - - 40% N/A 40% 178% Annually

Poaching data in conservation areas comes from LESTARI-assisted SMART patrols and is assessed and reported annually. In Leuser Landscape, routine SMART patrols in Rawa Singkil WR, Leuser NP, and FMU area covered a total distance of 1,322 km over 15 days by 9 patrol teams.



Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

Target of FY 2019


Yearly Target)

LOP Target


LOP)


In Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, SMART patrols in BBBR NP were conducted by 23 personnel for 7 patrol days with a total distance of 199 km. In Cyclops NR, SMART patrols were carried out by 106 personnel for 25 patrol days with total distance of 149 km. Activities in Lorentz NP focused on the establishment of community patrol groups in three villages surrounding the NP and the development of SOPs for forest protection.

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

3 9 - - 14 86% 28 96% Quarterly

and Annually

Nine public policies were introduced in Q2 with LESTARI technical assistance: • South Aceh Bupati Decree on

procedures for revenue sharing of regional taxes with villages

• South Aceh Bupati Decree on procedures for distribution and determination of village funds

• South Aceh Bupati Decree on procedures the distribution and allocation of village funds

• South Aceh Bupati Decree on priority use and implementation guidelines of village revenue and expenditures

• Director General of KSDAE Decree on Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve zonation

• Director General of KSDAE Decree on the long-term management plan of Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve 2019-2028

• Director General of KSDAE Decree on Lorentz National Park zonation

• Asmat Bupati Decree on recommendation for the proposed Rawa



Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

Target of FY 2019


Yearly Target)

LOP Target


LOP)


Baki Vriendschap forest area to be designated as a KEE

• Bouven Digoel Bupati Decree on revocation of 3 companies’ location permits in Bouven Digoel District

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

- - - - 2

0%

(see remarks)

8 13% Quarterly

and Annually

In Papua Province, the SST application developed by LESTARI for improved natural resource licensing was officially launched by Bappeda and PTSP agency. In Bouven Digoel District, LESTARI is promoting a review of licenses through a FPIC validation approach that will conclude at the end of 2019. In Mimika, there is renewed interest in applying the SIMTARU and SST models at the district level, and LESTARI is working on enabling conditions for that purpose. In Aceh Province, DLHK as data manager of forestry sector requested all relevant institutions within the region to contribute to a database which will facilitate one-door, transparent, open access and can be used as a tool to assess development in the region. The principles of SST can be applied to web-GIS that will be supported by LESTARI and can be developed into web-based applications in the forestry sector.

#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)

- - - - 60%

(see

remarks)6 83%

Quarterly and

Annually

5 SEA/LCP recommendations have been counted from Leuser and Katingan-Kahayan in FY 2018. The remaining target is expected to be achieved from Papua. In Mimika District, 7 key recommendations from the SEA RTRWK are in the process of being integrated and budgeted in the district spatial plan and strategic plans of local government agencies.



Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

Target of FY 2019


Yearly Target)

LOP Target


LOP)


In Papua Province, 2 key recommendations from the SEA RPJMD are being integrated into the strategic plan of the Provincial Forestry Office regarding forest protection and FMU & CDK strengthening.

#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)

2 5 - - 16 44% 20 140% Quarterly

and Annually

5 MSIs were facilitated in Q2: • Compilation of FMU V long-term forest

management plan in Gayo Lues • Bupati regulations concerning village

funds in South Aceh District • SOP development for forest monitoring

and patrols in FMU V area • Activity and budget (RKA) of DBH DR in

Central Kalimantan Province FY 2019 • Proposal for financial assistance for

social forestry groups through Public Service Agency (BLU) Center at KLHK

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

84 63 - - 142 104% 500 103% Quarterly

and Annually

63 people (54 men, 9 women) from local government, private sector, and civil society were engaged as LESTARI champions in various advocacy interventions across all landscapes.

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

1,212 16,076 - - 5,000 346% 500,000 104% Quarterly

and Annually

16,076 people (8,999 men, 7,077 women) were reached during this quarter through LESTARI communications channels across all landscapes.



Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

Target of FY 2019


Yearly Target)

LOP Target


LOP)


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

NA NA - - 3 NA 6 50% Annually

This indicator is officially assessed annually in line with METT assessment schedule from KLHK. Meanwhile, LESTARI continued to provide targeted technical assistance for CA authorities to improve/maintain their METT scores. This included SMART patrols, development of CA management plans, socialization of zonation plans with local communities, and buffer zone management through partnerships with local communities.

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

- - - - 7

0%

(see

remarks)

7 14%Quarterly

and Annually

FMUs are counted as ‘strengthened’ after meeting milestone criteria as outlined in the AMEP. Progress continued in Q2 towards these milestones. 5 FMUs are expected to be strengthened by end of Year 4. In Leuser, FMU V is currently finalizing its RPHJP after feedback was received from KLHK. FMU VI has formulated strategic issues, set 10-year targets, and is working on the first draft of the RPHJP document. In Katingan-Kahayan, 4 FMUs (XVII, III, XVIII, and XXXI) have completed RPHJP and operational plans. Currently, each FMU is drafting an SOP to guide forest patrols. In Mappi-Bouven Digoel, a public consultation of the RPHJP for FMU 53 has been carried out at the district level. This resulted in changes to the forest governance map based on community development plans.

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

913 741 - - 2,816 59% 10,000 92% Quarterly

and Annually

741 people (638 men, 103 women) received trainings.



Actual (Q2)

Actual (Q3)

Actual (Q4)

Target of FY 2019


Yearly Target)

LOP Target


LOP)


biodiversity conservation (Output – FACTS 4.8.1-27)

#13 – Amount of investment mobilized (in USD) for climate change as supported by USG assistance (Output – FACTS 4.8.2-10)

1,001,734

6,660,486 - - 11,624,000 66% 20,000,000 67%

Quarterly and

Annually

USD 6,660,486 (IDR 94,343,460,478) was leveraged from local and national government budgets for forest conservation and sustainable landscape management. The LESTARI team provided technical assistance and engaged with GOI to ensure these funds are channeled to appropriate programs and priority sites. A significant portion (USD 5.3 million) was allocated by the watershed management body under KLHK for landscape restoration in Gayo Lues District, Leuser Landscape (see Appendix 2).

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

1,753 2,572 - - 2,515 172% 30,000 103% Annually

2,572 people (1,342 men, 1,230 women) received livelihood co-benefits following technical assistance from LESTARI to secure community access to forests through social forestry permits, improve forest mangrove protection, and conduct sustainable vanilla cultivation.

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

3 4 - - 9 78% 10 100% Quarterly

and Annually

4 timber concessions operating in Katingan-Kahayan Landscape have completed trainings in Reduced Impact Logging (RIL-C), adopted these practices as Standard Operating Procedure, and allocated internal budget to ensure implementation.

#16 - Number of new USG-supported public-private partnerships (PPPs) formed (Output – FACTS PPP 5)

2 2 - - 5 80% 20 80% Annually

2 PPPs were finalized and signed this quarter between LESTARI Grantee FORPALA and private sector partners CV Meutuah and PT Nudira. Both partnerships will aim to enhance local commodity value chains (with a focus on nutmeg) in Leuser Landscape through cooperation between local farmers and the private sector.


APPENDIX 2: BREAKDOWN OF Y4Q2 INVESTMENT MOBILIZED Landscape Activities Institution Total IDR Total USD

Leuser Budget allocation from BPDAS 2019 for Forest and Land Rehabilitation (RHL) in FMU V and FMU III areas Government 76,350,610,000 5,390,222

Leuser BPSKL Assistance for 3 HKM in South Aceh Government 63,000,000 4,448

Leuser DLHK 2019 allocation for procurement of seeds for 3 HKm in South Aceh Government 494,680,000 34,924

Leuser Budget allocation for BUMK for buying and selling forest honey Government 106,000,000 7,483

Leuser DLHK 2019 budget allocation for social forestry and FMU strengthening Government 11,465,600,000 809,452

Leuser TNGL budget allocation for evaluating the implementation of joint annual work plans Government 235,710,000 16,641

Leuser Cost share by Grantees (FORPALA, Inprosula, AID, AGC) NGO 126,547,200 8,934

Katingan-Kahayan Kalteng 2018 budget for the preparation of regional regulations for peatland management Government 418,076,000 29,515

Katingan-Kahayan Cost share by Grantees (BOSF, YTS) NGO 345,664,278 24,403

Katingan-Kahayan Budget for the Central Kalimantan Social Forestry Acceleration Working Group Government 469,620,000 33,154

Lorentz Lowlands Budget allocation from Mimika Bappeda for SIMTARU/BIG training, SEA working group, study tour for ecotourism Government 1,000,000,000 70,598

Lorentz Lowlands Budget allocation from Mimika Bappeda for policy formulation on the preparation of spatial plans Government 800,000,000 56,479

Lorentz Lowlands CDK contribution to the Nayaro Community Forest Protection Program Government 236,665,000 16,708

Cyclops CDK contribution to community forest patrol group Government 650,920,000 45,954

Sarmi PT BBU allocation of budget for implementing high conservation value forest monitoring and restoration activities Private Sector 1,580,368,000 111,571

TOTAL 94,343,460,478 6,660,486


APPENDIX 3: Y4Q2 LESTARI-SUPPORTED TRAININGS LESTARI

Event: Technical

Assistance, Training,

Workshop, Partner

Consultation

Title Landscape / Province Dates Key Participants Number of

Participants Summary of Outcomes

Training Briefing HKm Group Leuser/ Aceh Selatan

8 Jan 2019 Members of 3 Hkm in Aceh Selatan 25 (all men) Participants learned how to interpret landscape maps, procedures

for using GPS, and boundary setting

Training-AGC Product Packaging and Quality Training

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

8-12 Jan 2019

Representatives of palm sugar producers, communities, women's representatives and DAS Forum administrators

68 people (55 men, 13 women)

Increase in participants’ knowledge and understanding of purpose and function of packaging, packaging types, design, quality control, and label codes

Training – FKL Training in Natural Fertilizer and Pesticide Production

Leuser/ Aceh Tenggara

11-19 Jan 2019 Members of forest farmer group


Increased knowledge and understanding of participants on how to make natural fertilizers and pesticides

FGD FGD between private sector and farmers

Leuser/ Aceh Selatan

15 Jan 2019

Representatives of private sector and farmer groups


Agreement amongst stakeholders on quality of fermented seeds and post-harvest processing requirements

TA Preparation of PerBup on Village Fund


14-17 Jan 2019 DPMG, Bappeda, TA P3MD 13 men

The PerBup for Village Fund 2019 was adjusted to the vision and mission of the Bupati of South Aceh for the period 2018-2023. This includes activities for environmental conservation and forestry management.

Training AID Strengthening nursery management

Leuser/ Aceh Barat Daya

19-23 Jan 2019 Members of the famer group


Evaluation of nutmeg cultivation and knowledge sharing in ways to improve nursery management

FGD Socialization of Year 4 Work Plan Leuser/ Banda Aceh

18 Jan 2019 DLHK Aceh and KPH V


Coordination and agreement on capacity building training for staff, coordination with NGOs, formulate sanctuaries to protect key species, and training techniques for tapping pine sap

Workshop-Inprosula

Workshop on Forestry Partnership Learning Outcomes in Pantan Cuaca

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

25 Jan 2019

Bupati Gayo Lues, Pantan Cuaca Sub-district Head, KPH V, LESTARI team, Inprosula, local government, farmer group


Multi-stakeholder discussion on impact of coffee agroforestry partnership in Inprosula working area; Agreement on watershed protection as well as mitigating forest and land fire risk by not burning

FGD FGD on Draft PerGub SIAT Leuser/ Banda Aceh

28 Jan 2019

Communication and Information Agency, SIAT Team


Agreement between the drafting team and the legal bureau team on the content of the PerGub

Training-AGC Management on Brown Sugar Leuser/ Gayo Lues

30-31 Jan 2019

Handicraft artisans and community representatives from various villages


Participants understood the processes and techniques of making brown sugar


Workshop Formation Plan for Tahura Trumon


30 Jan 2019

Bupati Office, Bappeda, Sub-district heads, community representatives, KPH, BKSDA, DLHK


Guidance/updates provided by the Vice Bupati on Tahura designation including process of compensation payment for the wildlife corridor

Training Ecotourism Management Training in Tangkahen Pulang Pisau

Katingan-Kahayan

16-18 Jan 2019 Community, local government, FMU


Activities and knowledge sharing on ecotourism development for Tangkahen Village forest area managers

Workshop Draft Workshop for RKA DBH-DR Central Kalimantan Province FY 2019

Katingan-Kahayan

22-23 Jan 2019

Local government, community, and FMU

68 people (60 men, 8 omen)

Advocacy for budget allocation of Reforestation Fund for FMU strengthening, social forestry, and forest fire prevention

Meeting FGD to Identify Capacity Building Needs for FMU in Central Kalimantan

Katingan-Kahayan

24 Jan 2019

Local government, private sector, FMU

52 people (51 men, 1 woman)

Identification of specific needs to increase the capacity of FMU including roles and responsibilities of multi-stakeholders

Meeting

LESTARI University Consortium Coordination Meeting in University of Muhammadiyah Palangka Raya and Training of Trainers

Katingan-Kahayan

23-28 Jan 2019

NGOs, Universities, FMUs, local government


Dissemination of the forest carbon calculator tool for community forestry areas and training on its use by multi-stakeholders

Meeting Stakeholder Meeting between KPH, LPHD, BRG, and BLU

Katingan-Kahayan

31 Jan 2019

Private sector, community, and government


Multi-stakeholder agreement on the management of social forestry areas located on peatlands through recommendation of BRG

Partner Consultation

Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Between Mimika MSF, KLHK, and BBKSDA Papua

Lorentz Lowlands

11 Jan 2019

KLHK, BBKSDA Papua, and Mimika MSF


Discussion on improving mangrove conservation and management through designating areas as Forest Parks or Essential Ecosystem Areas


Public Consultation on the Mimika District Revised Spatial Plan 2011-2031

Lorentz Lowlands

21 Jan 2019

Mimika District Government, NGOs, and traditional communities


Recommendations from SEA incorporated into revised RTRWK and discussed with multi-stakeholders


Evaluation and Discussion of Cooperation Programs with Asmat District Forestry Office

Lorentz Lowlands

17 & 22 Jan 2019

DLH and Asmat District Forestry Office


Formation of joint forest patrol groups and their approval by head of Papua DLHK; Bupati Decree on recommendation of Rawa Baki as a KEE


Preparation of MMP Technical Guidelines

Lorentz Lowlands

17 Jan 2019 Mimika District Forestry Office

4 people (3 men; 1 woman)

Agreement on timeline and roles for drafting the MMP technical guidelines


Verification of the Yepem Water Management Cooperation Agreement

Lorentz Lowlands

21 Jan 2019 Legal Affairs Unit in Asmat District 4 men

Letter stating agreement between Yepem community and district government verified by the Asmat Regional Secretariat and submitted to the Bupati for signing.


Mangrove Protection Monitoring Activities in Ewer and Saw Villages

Lorentz Lowlands

24-25 Jan 2019 Papua Forestry Agency, LESTARI 7 men

Agreement to conduct joint monitoring with LESTARI regarding implementation of district budget for conservation in Ewer and Saw Villages


Mimika District Government Support for LESTARI

Lorentz Lowlands

29 Jan 2019 Mimika District Bappeda, LESTARI


Agreement on cost sharing for Mimika MSF, supporting LESTARI sustainability through Mimika APBD funding, and developing SST in Mimika


Workshop Data Inventory in Bouven Digoel District

Mappi-Bouven Digoel

31 Jan 2019

Legal Affairs, Public Works, Bappeda, Environment Office


Identification and discussion of company land use licensing programs in Bouven Digoel District

TA Synchronization RKT TNGL Leuser 5-8 Feb 2019

LESTARI team, LESTARI Grantees, Bappeda

Coordination and synchronization with partners on roles and responsibilities for effective management of Leuser NP. This will form the basis for the RKT 2019

TA Presentation of RPHJP FMU V Leuser 14 Feb 2019

Various Directorates under KLHK, FMU, and Aceh Provincial DLHK

15 people (all men)

Presentation of technical aspects of RPHJP, vision and mission. 90% of maps deemed to be in accordance with regulations. Discussion on small issues that require revision

TA Socialization of IUP HKm in Lawe Cimanok Village


17 Feb 2019 Members of the HKm


HKm members understood what activities may and may not be conducted in the social forestry license area

Workshop Development of Collaborative Forest Management Scheme with FMU III

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

19-20 Feb 2019

Representatives from sub-district government, local communities, FMU


Draft co-management agreement agreed upon by representatives of 4 villages and FMU III

Workshop Workshop on Preparation of Forest Monitoring Patrol SOP in FMU V

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

26-27 Feb 2019

FMU representatives, community groups, NGOs, LESTARI team


Draft guidelines for monitoring forest through patrols in FMU V area

Training Natural Fertilizer and Pesticide Making Training


18-22 Feb 2019

Women’s groups, representatives from TNGL, and farmer groups


Participants acquire understanding of theory and practice of making natural fertilizers and pesticides

Meeting Rubber Farmers Capacity Building and Socialization in Gunung Mas District

Katingan-Kahayan

6 -7 Feb 2019

Community, local government, private sector


Built understanding amongst forest farmer groups in properly managing rubber plantations through multi-stakeholder partnership scheme

Meeting Preparation of UPPB Verification Mechanism

Katingan-Kahayan

6-8, 21 Feb 2019 Community and local government


Verification of terms and standards of UPPB by Agriculture Service

Training Training for Rubber Product Data Processing and Inventorization

Katingan-Kahayan

13-14 Feb 2019 Community and local government


Built mechanism for data inventory of rubber products for UPPB group in Pulang Pisau District

Workshop Submission of Survey Results for Social Forestry Areas

Katingan-Kahayan

14 Feb 2019

Community, local government, private sector


Dissemination of results of inventory of village natural resources to LPHD members

Training Preparation of Rubber Training Curriculum for Facilitators

Katingan-Kahayan

18-22 Feb 2019 Local government and FMU


Preparation of training materials for improving quality of rubber production in 5 villages in Gunung Mas District

Meeting Socialization and Discussion of University Consortium Work on Community Livelihoods

Katingan-Kahayan

23 Feb 2019

Community, university partners, local government


Dissemination of research results on potential for sustainable livelihoods in social forestry area by university consortium

Field Trip Survey in Garung, Gohong, Buntoi & Kelurahan Kalawa Villages

Katingan-Kahayan

25 Feb 2019

Community, local governance, Private sector


Survey of implementation of economic activities in production forest areas of FMU XXXI


Meeting Meeting at BPBD Katingan-Kahayan

26 Feb 2019

Community, local government, and private sector


Preparatory meeting for evaluation of canal blocking construction by Team 9 of the Hapakat Lestari Forum and district government

Meeting Multi-Stakeholder Discussion on Lessons Learned from 2018 Canal Blocking

Katingan-Kahayan

27 Feb 2019

Community and village representatives, local government, private sector


Evaluation of lessons learned from construction of canal blocks to reduce peatland fire risk in Pulang Pisau District


Proposal of RBV Designation as KEE

Lorentz Lowlands

1 Feb 2019

Forum Kolaborasi Pengelolaan KEE RBV, Asmat District BKPRD

7 people (all men)

Completion of draft agreement and map for the proposed area of RBV to be designated as KEE; ready for submission to KLHK

Technical Assistance and Training

Assistance for the Revision of the RPJM

Lorentz Lowlands

2-18 Feb 2019

Representatives from 7 villages in LLL


Participants acquired knowledge and awareness regarding the process of preparing village RPJM plans incorporating forest and biodiversity protection

Technical Assistance

Facilitating Operationalization of BUMK

Lorentz Lowlands

3-4 Feb 2019

Community and managers of BUMK Yepem


Improved community knowledge on processing coconut; agreement from BUMK management to support coconut-based product development


KLHS Working Group Meeting to Improve Mimika Spatial Plan 2019-2039.

Lorentz Lowlands

7 Feb 2019

Small technical team from the KLHS working group


Key recommendations from the KLHS were integrated into the revised RTRWK document


Public Consultation for Revised KLHS RTRW Mimika

Lorentz Lowlands

8 Feb 2019

Bappeda and Papua Provincial Forestry Office


Suggestions from Bappeda and Provincial DLHK on the list of strategic issues and agreement from the working group to follow up accordingly


Public Consultation for FMU Unit 53 RPHJP

Mappi- Bouven Digoel

9, 16-18 Feb 2019

Representatives from various local communities and FMU 53


Changes/additions to the forest governance map based on inputs from community development and empowerment plans

Partner Consultation Mimika MSF Meeting Lorentz

Lowlands 11 Feb 2019

District government, Bappeda, Papua BBKSDA, local communities, NGOs


Commitment of Mimika MSF to support a biodiversity conservation and sustainable development learning center in Nayaro


SMART Patrol Evaluation and Planning Meeting Cyclops 12 Feb

2019

Cyclops NR management, Papua BBKSDA, and community patrol members

Agreement from BBKSDA to provide budget support for SMART-based MMP patrols; agreement from multi-stakeholders on patrol route

Socialization Socialization of the MOU on Pola Kerjasama

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

3 March 2019

Bupati, Bappeda, Environment Office, Agriculture Office, Disaster Management Office, members of DPRK, and local community


Socialization to all stakeholders regarding the partnership scheme to be carried out between cooperative PPG and FMU V

Workshop Socialization of Cacao Certification Program


5 March 2019 Representatives from farmer groups 25 people

(all men) Introduction to certification mechanism

Socialization Dissemination of Aceh Selatan PerBup on Village Fund


13 March 2019

Representatives from 260 villages, district government, local media


To promote transparency and inclusivity, stakeholders agreed that consultations with communities must be carried out regarding the spending of village government funds. The Aceh Selatan district government will continue to support improved community livelihoods through sustainable production of ‘green ‘local commodities, with a focus on coffee.


FGD FGD on Coffee Agroforestry and Profit Sharing in Pantan Cuaca

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

15 March 2019

Representatives from PT PAS, FMU V, KLHK, USAID, LESTARI, Inprosula, Bappeda, Cooperative PPG, and community leaders


Discussion and agreement amongst stakeholders on details of the partnership for coffee agroforestry (total area, prohibited activities, reporting protocols)

Training Determination of Local Cadres Leuser/ Gayo Lues

8-9 March 2019

Prospective cadres and youth leaders

30 people (all men)

Agreement from stakeholders on the selection criteria for prospective local village cadres

FGD Forest Management Plan for Pining Sub-district

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

13 March 2019

Village government, community leaders, FMU III, Pining watershed forum, representatives of youth group, BUMK

people (all men)

Stakeholders agreed to cooperate to safeguard local natural assets and support community welfare. Stakeholders also agreed to advance social forestry as a means to improve community-based forest management

FGD FGD with Members of Cooperative Sinar Lestari


11 March 2019

Members of Cooperative Sinar Lestari and private sector buyer


Follow up discussion on partnership between the cooperative, private sector buyer, and LESTARI for producing and selling fermented cacao beans. Private sector partner agreed to provide capital investment for cooperative if the agreement proceeds well

FGD Evaluation of RKT of Aceh BKSDA and Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve


12-15 March 2019

BKSDA Aceh, LESTARI, Grantees (YOSL-OIC, FKL, CRU and FKKM)


Agreement to share/coordinate on cooperation programs with Aceh BKSDA by end of March 2019

Socialization Socialization of FKKM Program with BKSDA Aceh and Aceh Selatan District Government

Leuser/ Banda Aceh, Aceh Selatan

18-21 March 2019

BKSDA and Bappeda 15 people (12 men, 3 women)

Agreement on the need for more regular collaboration between government (district and BKSDA) and local communities to protect Singkil Wildlife Reserve and orangutan habitat

FGD Partnership for Coffee Agroforestry

Leuser/ Gayo Lues

15 March 2019

PT PAS, KLHK, FMU V, Bappeda Gayo Lues, Inprosula, Cooperative Pacu Prima Gayo, sub-district heads, village leaders, representatives from women’s groups


MOU signed between PT PAS, Cooperative Pacu Prima Gayo, and Inprosula

Socialization Socialization of OIC Program Leuser/ Aceh Selatan

27 March 2019

Bappeda; Offices of Health, Social Services, Agriculture; Village Empowerment Agency; FMU VI; BBTNGL; Aceh BKSDA, representatives from villages and sub-districts; Grantee FKL


Agreement that after socialization, the signing of the RKU and RKT will be held at FMU VI Subulussalam office

Field Visit Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Land Use in Social Forestry Areas

Katingan-Kahayan

1 March 2019

Local government, community, BRG, FMU

11 people (all men)

Recommendation from BRG for peatland management/protection in social forestry areas

Training Training and Field Visits for Farmers’ Business Group

Katingan-Kahayan

4 -5 March 2019

Local government and community 22 people (18 men, 4 women)

Institutional strengthening for farmers’ cooperative

Meeting Capacity Building and Marketing for Rubber Farmers

Katingan-Kahayan

13-14 March 2019

Local government, community, FMU


Knowledge and skills developed for rubber business marketing by rubber farmers in social forestry area in Gunung Mas District

Training Workshop and Training on Village Authority

Katingan-Kahayan

18,19, 21, 26 March 2019

Local government and community 190 people (153 men, 37 women)

Identification and discussion on village authority to be used as material for the preparation of a Bupati Decree regarding the use of Village Fund


Training Training on Tools for Assessing Community-Based Ecosystem Services

Katingan-Kahayan

18-19 March 2019

University partners, students, local community


Training for communities on the use of ecosystem services calculator, including measurement of carbon, forest biodiversity, and forest integrity


Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Discussion

Katingan-Kahayan

20 March 2019

Local government, community, private sector, LPHD, FMU


Built understanding of multi-stakeholders regarding investment plans through agri-silviculture schemes in FMU area

Field Visit Ecotourism Study Visit to Punggualas

Katingan-Kahayan

20-23 March 2019

Local government, community, and FMU


Knowledge sharing on ecotourism management to serve as material for developing tourism businesses by LPHD

Training Training and Workshop on Forest Monitoring System through ODK Collect Tool

Katingan-Kahayan

25 -27 March 2019

FMU and local government 34 people (30 men, 4 women)

Developed an inventory model to collect data on forest monitoring and patrols in FMU areas

Field Visit Field Survey of Business Partnerships

Katingan-Kahayan

27 March 2019 Community and FMU 10 people (all

men) Identification of areas within FMU to be managed collaboratively with the private sector and community via agri-silviculture

Workshop Strengthening Forest Management through FMU Operationalization

Katingan-Kahayan

28 -29 March 2019

Local government and FMU 29 people (26 men, 3 women)

Developed understanding on how to draft forest governance plans oriented towards sustainable forest management


Action Plan for Securing Cyclops Nature Reserve 2019 Cyclops 12 March

2019 DLHK Jayapura, BBKSDA Papua, NGOs

6 people (all men)

Development of a draft action plan with input from multi-stakeholders; encroachment prevention activities include regular patrols, strict enforcement, community outreach, and legal proceedings against perpetrators


Validation of KLHS RTRW 2018-2038 Bouven Digoel District

Mappi-Bouven Digoel

18 March 2019

Provincial DLH, KLHS Working Group, Bappeda, Universitas Cenderawasih


The KLHS RTRW document was revised and planned to be validated on March 30, 2019


Coordination Meeting on Land-based Licensing with Development Partners

Papua Initiative

19 March 2019.

DPMPTSP, Bappeda, Agriculture Office, Environment Office, NGO Partners (WRI, ICRAF, TAF, KIPRA, WWF, WCS, Daemeter, IDH)


Agreement on the use of SST, date of SST launch, and SST training/integration with PPO and SIMTARU

Training GIS Training Papua Initiative

21 March 2019 DPMPTSP 5 people (all

men) Increased staff capacity on GIS and its application to field surveys/reviews in the management of land-based licenses

Training Integrated SST Training with PPO and SIMTARU

Papua Initiative

22 March 2019 DPMPTSP 5 people (all

men)

Increased staff capacity via training on step-by-step use of SST application in order to assess proposed land use license applications


Preparation of SOP for Forest Protection in Lorentz NP

Lorentz Lowlands

25-26 March 2019

Lorentz NP management staff 7 people (6 men, 1 woman)

SOPs completed for data retrieval, processing, and reporting using the SMART application

Socialization Launch of Sustainability Screening Tool (SST)

Papua Initiative

26 March 2019.

DPMPTSP, Bappeda, Agriculture Office, Environment Office, Papua BBKSDA, and NGO Partners (WRI, ICRAF, TAF, KIPRA, WWF, WCS, Daemeter, IDH, PKBI, KIPRA)


The Sustainability Screening Tool (SST) was formally inaugurated by the Papua Provincial Government and integrated with the Papua Online Licensing application


APPENDIX 4: GRANTS MANAGEMENT During Q2, 11 active grants were under implementation in the Leuser, Katingan-Kahayan, Lorentz Lowlands, and Cyclops Landscapes. Details of the quarterly progress for each grantee are integrated within the relevant landscape sections of this report. The matrices below summarize key financial information for the entire LESTARI Grants Program. A key component of the program is capacity building in management, financial, and technical matters for the grantees themselves so that they are better equipped to carry out their missions beyond the lifespan of LESTARI.

KATINGAN-KAHAYAN LANDSCAPE

No. Grant No. Grantee Grant Value Start Date End Date

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

2 G-009 Lingkar Pembaruan Desa dan Agraria (KARSA) IDR 1,944,340,000 USD145,643 5-Jun-17 4-Jun-19

3 G-018 Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF); Follow-on Grant IDR 3,3451,732,625 USD 245,535 1-Apr-19 31-May-20

LEUSER LANDSCAPE


1 G-005 Institute for Promotion of Sustainable Livelihood (INPROSULA) IDR 5,524,192,000 USD 386,354 27-Mar-16 31-Mar-20

2 G-010 Aceh Green Community (AGC) IDR 1,971,281,000 USD 147,662 22-May-17 28-Feb-19

3 G-011 Yayasan Ekosistem Leuser dan Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Daerah (YELPED) IDR 1,992,781,000 USD 148,715 19-Feb-18 18-Aug-19

4 G-012 Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation (VESSWIC) IDR 2,467,573,000 USD 182,919 03-Apr-18 02-Oct-19

5 G-013 Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL) IDR 1,997,378,000 USD 145,247 31-May-18 30-May-20

6 G-014 Forum Komunikasi Kehutanan Masyarakat (FKKM) IDR 2,499,926,900 USD 177,829 08-Feb-19 07-Apr-20

7 G-017 Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari – Orangutan Information Center (YOSL-OIC); Follow-on Grant

IDR 2,264,250,500 USD 161,065 01-Mar-19 30-Apr-20


LORENTZ LOWLANDS & CYCLOPS LANDSCAPES


1 G-015 Pusat Studi Sumberdaya Alam dan Energi (PUSSDAE) IDR 5,524,192,000 USD 386,354 01-Mar-19 30-Apr-20

2 G-016 Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) IDR 1,999,325,000 USD 142,220 01-Mar-19 30-Apr-20

ALL LANDSCAPES

Total Committed IDR 40,382,561,661 USD 2,950,495 82%

Total Active Grants IDR 25,409,865,317 USD 1,825,751 51%

Total Closed Grants IDR 14,972,695,344 USD 1,124,744 31%

Under RFA and Procurement - - -

Grand Total as of 3/31/2019 IDR 40,382,561,661 USD 2,950,495 82%

Programmable USD 649,506 18%


APPENDIX 5: LESTARI RESULTS FRAMEWORK


APPENDIX 6: 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

Lembaga Wali Amanat (LWA) & Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF)

● Conduct Reduced Impact Logging (RIL-C) training for timber concession partners in Katingan-Kahayan and Sarmi Landscapes

USAID 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

Documents

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