USAID-CIFOR collaboration on Forest and Climate Change

USAID-CIFOR-ICRAF collaboration on Forest and Climate Change

Assessing the Implications of Climate Change for USAID Forestry Programs

INDONESIA CASE STUDY

Background

CIFOR/ICRAF Forest and Climate Change Project (referred to as: The Project) is meant to help adjust USAID missions and existing programs towards climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.  In doing so, country-based case studies are undertaken in addition to the regional analysis of opportunities for USAID.

This case study in Indonesia is oriented towards two existing programs, namely the Environmental Services Program (ESP) and the Orangutan Conservation Services Program (OCSP).  The study will be conducted in seven weeks and it is expected that the USAID mission in Indonesia is agreeable and approves the scope of work and the workplan.

Objectives

The objectives of this case study are:

  • To scope the workplans of ESP and OCSP in accordance with the  agreed Conceptual Framework of The Project
  • To analyze the relevance of the programs to climate change issues regarding forestry sector in mitigation and adaptation strategies
  • To identify opportunities for future USAID programming in carbon markets and associated PES

Scope of Work

The work consists of six activities:

  1. Review of existing documents of both ESP and OCSP
  2. Interviews to clarify or fine tune some issues that are arising and to assess the capacity building needs
  3. Visits, especially in regions where the opportunities are strong
  4. Analysis for identiying
    • Project opportunities: Analysis of issues from the country profile to identify USAID’s comparative advantages and key leverage points for impacts.  Develop project concepts for key new interventions.
    • Carbon accounting: In-depth guidance on the steps ESP and OCSP need to take to do carbon accounting of their forest activities.  CIFOR will identify sources, quality, and completeness of required data sets and estimate costs of obtaining the remaining required information.  CIFOR will seek to do preliminary carbon accounting for ESP and OCSP projects based on easily accessible default values and data provided by implementers.
    • Demonstration activities: Assess feasibility and develop detailed plan for how OCSP and ESP can participate in the development of avoiding deforestation demonstration activity in Sumatra so as to bring USAID tools and approaches to inform social, institutional, and ecosystem analysis and design of readiness for avoiding deforestation activity.  If resources permit, may also explore options in Kalimantan.
  5. Consultations with the USAID Jakarta office along the analytical work
  6. Report

Results

The report will be available soon.

More information

Daniel Murdiyarso d.murdiyarso@cgiar.org