Registration for this event is closed.
Organizer’s note CIFOR and UN-REDD Programme will cover all accommodation and associated travel costs (plane tickets, local transport, meals during trip).
All journalists will be responsible for arranging their own visa. However, we will provide all necessary documentation.
Activities Participants will visit a leading public-private ecosystem restoration initiative on a peat swamp forest, with more than 150,000 hectares reserved area between Katingan and Mentaya River in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, operated under
Katingan-Mentaya Project. It is currently the largest project in the world in terms of emissions reductions per annum issued, with more than 20 million credits already issued since its creation 12 years ago. Home to over 144 tree species and endangered faunal species, such as orangutans and proboscis monkeys, Katingan forests are vital to health and well-being of the surrounding communities.
Journalists will have the opportunity to engage with local community members to delve deeper into restoration and protection activities that encourage a sustainable local economy (i.e. coconut sugar production). In addition, journalists will have access to leading experts on REDD+ who will join the field trip, including scientists from CIFOR and technical UN staff from the UN-REDD Programme.
Carbon measurement methods on peatland area
Climate smart agriculture practice
Coconut sugar training center as an added economic-value activity in existing 10,000 hectares community-owned coconut plantations
Community empowerment program to prevent peat forest fire
