Project Overview
Introduction
In the short term the project aims to bring scientific information into REDD demonstration activity planning in Indonesia. In the long term, this project aims to support REDD demonstration activity implementation worldwide with new research results and scientific information on effectiveness, efficiency and equity concerns. It has already become apparent that the most significant gaps in government-to-government support will centre on forest governance issues: forest and land tenure, of stakeholders involvement and accountability.
More concretely, this project aims at developing a long-term research framework and collaboration with existing or planned demonstration activities to:
- address underlying causes of failures in forest governance and livelihood concerns related to REDD
- support civil society initiatives and innovative technical work in reduction strategies, monitoring and payment systems
- improve climate change literacy at all levels of Indonesian society so as to enhance participation in the REDD dialogue.
Project Components
- Making REDD work for poor people
This component contributes to a better understanding of how REDD initiatives in Indonesia can be designed to allow the participation of, and benefits for, forest-dependent communities. To achieve this, the research identifies and analyses livelihood issues associated with first-generation REDD pilot projects in Indonesia, with a focus on linking lessons from the local level with policy development at the national and international levels.
- Developing civil society capabilities for monitoring and measuring carbon pools
This component develops and tests methods, tools and approaches that allow cost-efficient estimation and monitoring of carbon pools with adequate participation of civil society groups.
- Building REDD literacy in Indonesia
This component increases climate change literacy in Indonesia. It is expected to lead to increased and better government and private sector efforts to promote REDD and fund or market mechanisms that will likely be put in place after 2012.
Planned deliverables
- An Indonesian network of researcher and practitioners working on REDD
- Synthesis papers on:
- forest tenure reform in light of new REDD challenges and opportunities
- political economy of REDD in Indonesia
- Workshop and seminars
- Tool box
- Training materials
- Communication strategy for promoting REDD literacy
- A primer on REDD in Indonesian: a plain language guide to REDD
- Stories, photographs and video that will support knowledge sharing with REDD projects globally (throughout the project)
- Database published through CIFOR’s CarboFor website of forest carbon data and other relevant information currently available