Darwin Initiative Annual Report

Darwin Project Information

Project Ref Number 18-007

Project Title Collaborative Conservation of Critical Kerinci Seblat National Park Buffer Zone Forest

Country(ies) Sumatra, Indonesia

UK Contract Holder Institution Fauna & Flora International (FFI)

Host country Partner Institution(s) Lembaga Tiga Beradik (L-TB)

Other Partner Institution(s) N/A

Darwin Grant Value GBP 292,890

Start/End dates of Project April 2010 – March 2013

Reporting period: Report number:

1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 Report number 1

Project Leader Name Zoë Cullen

Project website www.fauna-flora.org

Author(s) and main contributors, date Zoë Cullen & Ibnu Andrian (FFI); Eko Waskito (L-TB),

30 April 2011

1. Project Background

This project focuses on an area of 20,000+ hectares of natural lowland tropical forest in the buffer zone of Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP) in Merangin District of Jambi Province, central west Sumatra, Indonesia. This forest provides a critical buffer to the Sipurak Hook ecosystem, which is a section of the national park with one of the highest recorded densities of large mammals including the Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), Sumatran Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi spp. diardi - EN) and Malayan Sun Bear (Helarcos malayanus - V). The project aims to protect these bufferzone forests from the intense threats of degradation and conversion that are driving habitat loss and fragmentation throughout the KSNP landscape, both to conserve populations of threatened species and the ecosystem services provided by these forests by local and downstream communities. Key drivers of forest loss that are being tackled through this project are a) planned deforestation through potential allocation of these bufferzone forests as commercial concessions (e.g. pulp and paper or oil palm); b) unplanned deforestation through illegal agricultural encroachment by migrant farmers or local communities. FFI has been working on conservation of Sumatran Tiger in KSNP and its bufferzone since 2000. This project represents the natural progression of our work to focus on drivers of habitat loss outside the national park boundary, to develop strategies for collaborative management of Sumatran Tiger habitat with local communities. A map of the project area is provided below, but is also available as a separate image file if required.

2. Project Partnerships:

FFI as the UK lead institution is implementing this project in partnership with Lembaga Tiga Beradik (L-TB), an Indonesian NGO partner that has been actively facilitating collaborative forest protection in the project area through community-based forest patrols, since 2006. Prior to the launch of this project, FFI’s partnership with L-TB was focussed on providing support with fundraising and ad hoc technical guidance on approaches to forest protection and information sharing with the FFI Tiger Protection Program on specific species issues, such as human-wildlife conflict cases in Merangin District. This project has enabled us to establish a much closer, more intensive partnership, which extends to co-implementation of field activities. The strength of this partnership is the expertise / added value that each partner brings to the challenge of securing the target forest area through community based forest management. FFI provides the biodiversity and forest management planning expertise, along with both access to key stakeholders in the Ministry of Forestry in Jakarta to support the political lobby required for Village Forest designation and capability to secure match-funding for program. L-TB brings a long history of engagement and relationship of trust with the target communities, strong links with District and Provincial government stakeholders and other local NGOS, detailed knowledge of the project area including past and current drivers of deforestation and local customary principles. The management structure of the project and roles and responsibilities are as follows:

The relationship between FFI and L-TB is managed on a day to day basis through co-implementation of field activities – FFI and L-TB have established a co-managed Village Forest team in Merangin District. Much of the involvement of the Project Leader has been through direct interaction with the field team. During Year 1 of the project the project leader has spent 11 months in Indonesia, approximately 6 months of which was spent in the field and the remainder providing support from Jakarta. Email and telephone are also regularly used forms of communication. The main challenges that this partnership has faced in Year 1 is the speed at which field activities have needed to progress in order to avoid allocation of forest in the target area to commercial licenses – thus demanding an accelerated process of capacity building and intense field schedule. This challenge has been met with recruitment of additional human resource in the field team and taking a longer-term view of capacity-building in which activities are implemented in collaboration with the target that through a process of learning-through-doing that staff are developing new skills that they will be applying independently by the end of the project. Through astute recruitment of the Senior Field Manager FFI has increased its in-house experience and capacity to deliver on Village Forest development. The Project Leader has also greatly expended her knowledge of tropical forest management, local NGO relationship management and fundraising – skills which are transferable to other projects and locations.

3. Project progress

In general the project activities are progressing as originally anticipated, such that we are confident that they will make a concrete contribution to achieving project outputs and the overall project goal. Early on in Year 1 it was recognised that lack of officially recognised village administrative boundaries in the project area (commonplace throughout Sumatra) presented a potential source of conflict for the future, with the critical importance of being able to guarantee that boundaries of village managed forest areas must fall within the respective village’s administrative boundary. As such, the project had to adjust its strategy to include participatory mapping of village administrative boundaries as well as village forest areas. There are numerous positive repercussions of this development. Aside from minimalising the potential for inter-village conflict, it will also make an important contribution to village spatial planning (Rencana Tata Ruang Mikro Desa, RTRMD), enabling the project team to facilitate sustainable landuse management planning, which can subsequently feed into the wider district level spatial plan (Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Kabupaten, RTRWK). The steps involved legal and capacity-building steps involved in facilitating Community Based Forest Management based on the models of Village Forest and Customary Forest are detailed in the schematic attached in Annex x.

Darwin Project Leader FFI Zoe Cullen

FFI Senior Management:

Indonesia & UK

Technical Specialists FFI: Expertise on Biodiversity, Community-Based Forest Management, Ecosystem

Services

FFI / L-TB Village Forest Field Team

FFI Field Staff Capacity-building for L-TB on

participatory mapping, GIS, forest management planning, project

administration

Collaborative forest patrols

(TMP2H)

Village Facilitators (one

per village)

L-TB Lead implementer of field

activities & management of community & local NGO

relationships

The schematic also illustrates how the outputs of this process can then feed into wider spatial and natural resource planning, thus contributing to sustainable resource use beyond the immediate project area

3.1 Progress in carrying out project activities (1 April 2010 – 31 Maret 2011)

Output 1: New model (Village Forest) established for collaborative conservation of critical forest in protected area buffer zones; ensuring direct protection of up to 20,000ha critically threatened high biodiversity forest in the KSNP buffer zone and laying the foundation for replication of this model through-out the KSNP landscape and Sumatra-wide. Activity 1.1: Project Inception Workshop Early in Quarter 1 Year 1 we planned to implement a Project Inception Workshop to socialise the aims of the project with local stakeholders in Merangin District and identify key groups / individuals as collaborators in the project. In the event it proved more strategic not to proceed with the launch event for the following reasons: L-TB and the District Government, through the Forestry Department, had already discussed the project so district stakeholders already had a clear picture of its objectives. Given the urgency of proceeding with the formal Village Forest nominations at national level, to avoid a situation in which further concession licenses are sought in the KSNP bufferzone, it was agreed to focus on supporting Merangin District to strengthen the village forest nominations and lobby the Ministry of Forestry. Socialisation of the project and its objectives with other stakeholders, including local communities, NGOs and government, was achieved through an intense period of meetings between April and June 2011. NGO stakeholders: KKI-WARSI, ICRAF, WALHI, SSS Pundi, Gita Buana, WALESTRA, YLBHL, AMPHAL, the NGO consortium PMKM; Jambi Province stakeholders: Forestry Department, Batanghari Watershed Management Unit, Department of Natural Resource Conservation; Merangin District stakeholders: Disrict Head (Bupati), Vice District Head (Wakil Bupati), Area Secretary, Law Department, Planning Department; Sub-District Heads of Siau, Lembah Masurai and Pangkalan Jambi; villages in program area. In January the project submitted a project change request seeking permission to reallocate project inception workshop funds to an event to inaugurate new Village Forests (Village Forest Launch), once the Ministerial area license has been approved. We are grateful that this request was approved. Activity 1.2: Selection of 8 Priority Villages: This activity was completed in Quarter 1. The criteria that became the baseline for selection of the 8 villages to be the focus of this project were:

• Field evaluation by village through Rapid Rural Appraisal, to assess local interest and commitment to pursuing Village Forest;

• History of relationships already established between L-TB and villages in the KSNP buffer zone, through their active participation in L-TB collaborative forest protection patrol programme TMP2H;

• All natural forest in the area has varying degrees of High Conservation Value. However, with the aim of maximising conservation impact the project team elected to focus on adjacent villages that border directly with KSNP, in order to larger blocks of forest rather than multiple scattered patches.

• Land designation was also an important factor. Legally, Village Forest that is licensed by the Minister of Forestry can only allocated on designated State Forest. Where forest exists on ‘non-forest’ land, it can only be protected by a district level designation as Customary Forest or ‘Hutan Adat’.

As background, at this time Merangin District Government, with support from FFI, L-TB, and the NGO consortium Poros Masyarakat Kehutanan Merangin (PMKM), which comproses 4 local NGOs (L-TB, KKI Warsi, Walhi Jambi and SSS Pundi), are currently lobbying for the approval of 17 Village Forests in Merangin; representing a total area of 49,514 hectares. This is an unprecedented number and area of Village Forest nominations for a single district, and this situation stems from threat of allocation of this forest to pulp and paper plantation, as described in our original proposal to the Darwin Initiative. Following the successful campaign to cancel this proposed licence, the villages, local government and NGOs mobilised quickly to propose a legally recognised alternative – Village Forest. The full village list is provided as an attachement to this report. Through intensive discussion with L-TB and Merangin District Forestry Department is was agreed that this project would facilitate seven villages to establish Village Forest managed according to customary (Adat) principles, and an eigth village as a focus for Hutan Adat where there was a village adjacent to the seven others that had a very strong desire to establish Village Forest but whose customary forest area lies outside the designated ‘state forest’ area. The remaining ten villages that are seeking Village Forest status in Merangin have become the focus of other NGO members of PMKM - KKI-Warsi (2 villages), Walhi Jambi (5 villages); SSS Pundi (3 villages). The details of the villages that form the priority for this project are presented in the Table 1 below.

Table 1: Village Name, Sub-District, Proposed Forest Management Model, Forest Area:

No. Village Name Sub-District Proposed Forest Management Model

Forest Area (Ha)

1. Birun Pangkalan Jambu Hutan Desa 3.267

2. Lubuk Beringin Siau Hutan Desa 2.713

3. Lubuk Birah Siau Hutan Desa 4.245

4. Durian Rambun Siau Hutan Desa 4.445

5. Kotorami Lembah Masurai Hutan Desa 1.872

6. Tuo Lembah Masurai Hutan Desa 2.185

7. Tanjung Dalam Lembah Masurai Hutan Desa 2.189

8. Tiaro Siau Hutan Adat 39,5

Total 20.956,5

Source: Merangin District Department of Forestry & Plantations, 2010 (data edited to include only villages within Darwin Initiative project area) Activity 1.3: Training in participatory mapping, principles of forest management & forest law: During Year 1 two types of training were conducted. These included:

• Training in drafting Village Laws / Legislation: The aim of this training was to increase capacity of the village governance apparatus to design village level legislation in general, and development of specific legislation regarding the management of natural resources. Twenty-four individuals were invited from the eight project villages (three per village) – twenty-one were able to attend, as one village (Birun) had a customary event at the same time and was unable to send representatives. The training was implemented 6-8 August 2010 in Bangko, the capital of Merangin District. The training was facilitated by a legal expert from Jambi-based NGO PSHK-ODA, and also involved three key note speakers including Guswarman from the Community Development and Village Governance Agency (BPMPD), M. Zen SH MH from the Legal Division of District Secretary, and Arief Setyo Hutomo S.Hut from Merangin District Forestry Department. The feedback from this training was very positive. Many participants, all active in the legal apparatus of their respective villages, had never had never received training in legal drafting, let alone specific to natural resource management. Those who had received prior training all said that this session was much more interactive, applied and valuable. Each village group had the opportunity to draft a village law as a key output of the training. This training, which will be supplemented with informal refreshers in Year 2, was essential to prepare villages for the process of preparing village level legislation regarding the management of their Village Forests.

• Participatory Mapping Training: Participatory mapping training will be conducted in all eight priority villages. The aim of the training is to transfer a basic understanding of mapping (use of GPS units, overlaying coordinates onto a map, map reading) to communities, so that they can then apply this understanding during the participatory process of mapping their village boundaries, landuse and their Village Forest areas. Thus far participatory mapping training has been completed in three villages. Training in Tanjung Dalam village took place on 21-22 January, with 10 participants facilitated by three trainers: Ibnu Andrian (FFI), Gusdi Warman (L-TB), S. Harry Wibowo (Merangin District Department of Forestry and Plantations). Training for villages Durian Rambun (5 participants) and Lubuk Birah (5 participants) took place on 19 March 2011, also facilitated by three trainers: Maryati Moechlisin (FFI), Gusdi Warman (L-TB), Firdaus (National Land Office). All three villages have since successfully used the participatory mapping process to block their village boundaries in the field, a process that has never before been conducted and is the first step to preparing for the second round of Village Forest licensing – the management license, which is awarded by the provincial governor. Activity 1.4: Participatory mapping & agreement of village forest boundaries In the interests of speed, and as the legislation permits it, the initial Village Forest proposals submitted to the Ministry of Forestry, for the Village Forest area license, were based on indicative village and village forest boundaries – ie based on mutual understanding of boundary location on paper, but not yet blocked definitively in the field. In parallel with lobbying activities to push forward Ministerial approval of the area licenses of 17 Village Forests – including seven within this project area – the project has begun the process of facilitating actual blocking of boundaries in the field. The first step was to facilitate participatory discussions on the location of inter-village boundaries. In general village boundaries reference Adat boundaries that have long been understood by local communities. However, there are some cases where neighbouring villages do not share a common perception of the boundary location. Resolution of such cases, as detailed in Minister of Interior Affairs Legislation No. 27 2006

regarding village boundaries, is the authority of the District Head, and his judgement regarding the exact boundary location is final. For the purposes of mapping in the field, the reference for taking coordinates are the official records of inter-village boundary agreements (berita acara kesepakatan batas) that were agreed through project team facilitation in all villages in the project area. If a particular section of the boundary has not been agreed coordinates are taken based on the perceptions of the relevant villages and resolution of the disputed boundary is referred to the District Head, as explained above. FFI and L-TB facilitated 14 meetings in 8 villages to facilitate village boundary agreements. Thus far five villages in the project area have completed participatory mapping of their administrative boundaries: Koto Rami, Tiaro, Tanjung Dalam, Durian Rambun and Lubuk Birah. A total of 67 community members have participated in the mapping process to date, with an average of 6 residents from the village and 7 representatives from neighbouring villages taking part in each case. Each mapping team was facilitated by an experienced mapping specialist from the FFI / L-TB field team, and the mapping and GIS specialists are now processing the data collected using a GIS database to check the total village area and prepare boundaries maps. Regarding the mapping of Tiaro Village customary forest, 21-23 September 2010; the results of the mapping have now been verified by the Merangin District Department of Forestry and Plantations, with the following outcomes:

• Boundaries of Customary Forest Mujo Hill, Tiaro, have been checked in the field (currently marked with temporary boundary markers of wood);

• GPS coordinates for the boundary were obtained;

• A map of the Customary Forest has been prepared and is now awaiting confirmation by the Official Decree (SK) from the District Head, with a total area of 39.5 ha.

For the seven candidate Village Forests, mapping and installation of markers of the Village Forest boundaries will be completed as soon as all seven administrative boundaries have been blocked in the field, and the Minister of Forestry has released the Village Forest area licenses (SK Pencadangan Areal Hutan Desa). Activity 1.5: Establish and implement forest management framework: As per our original proposal, this activity was scheduled to start in Q4 Year 1, continuing for the lifetime of the project. However, to date the key priority has been to facilitate participatory mapping of the village administrative boundaries in order to calculate, definitively, the total village areas and thus the Village Forest / Customary Forest area within. The process of management planning and establishment of village level legislation regarding forest management represent the focus for Q1-3 Year 2. Nevertheless, during Q 3-4 of Year 1, steps have already been taken to facilitate the management infrastructure for Tiaro Village Customary Forest – it has been possible to move more rapidly in Tiaro because the total forest area is smaller and, being Customary Forest on non-state land, all official processes are at the level of the District rather than through the Minister of Forestry (Jakarta) and Provincial Governor. In Tiaro the Customary Forest Management Group (Kelompok Kelola Hutan Adat) has been established and formally recognised by the Tiaro Village Head. During Year 1 the L-TB led collaborative forest patrol unit (TMP2H – Tim Monitoring dan Patroli Perlindungan Hutan) conducted intelligence into a case of forest crime within one of the proposed Village Forests (Lubuk Beringin). This activity was conducted on 19-20 November by three community members of TMP2H – Rahman Yahya, Zulfikar and Gusnar Hadi. The investigation uncovered illegal logging, with 9 cubits of illegal timber awaiting removal, however the loggers themselves had already run away and were not met by the team. This case was reported to the District Department of Forestry and Plantations, and was followed by the latter sending a ranger unit to the field. Since the culprits – understood to be from a neighbouring village outside the project area - were not present, the action taken was to destroy the illegal timber was destroyed by cutting it into small pieces. During Year 2 of the project TMP2H will greatly increase their activity, with a schedule of routine monthly patrols targeting areas of greatest threat within the Village Forest areas and immediate surroundings. Activity 1.6: Legal designation of Village Forests This activity was scheduled to start in Year 2 of the project, however significant has already been completed in Year 1. As explained under Activity 1.2 above, on 14th May 2010 the District of Merangin facilitated by FFI, L-TB and members of the consortium PMKM (KKI-Warsi, L-TB, SSS Pundi and Walhi Jambi) have already submitted official proposals for 17 Village Forest area licenses (Izin Pencadangan) to the Minister of the Forestry. This process happened rapidly due to the need to move quickly to propose an alternative to the commercial concession

paradigm once the very real risk of conversion to pulp and paper plantation had been successfully averted in December 2009; and was made possible by strong political support within the District. Prior to formal submission of the 17 proposals, Merangin District Government, FFI (following inception of Darwin support), L-TB and other members of PMKM, supported the 17 villages in question to prepare the documents required to for the official Village Forest proposals. These included:

• Village profiles (17 villages) – result of Rapid Rural Appraisal

• Village Forest sketch map (17 villages)

• Official minutes and attendance list of village meetings to approve Village Forest nominations (17 villages)

• Indicative map of nominated Village Forest areas (17 villages)

• Letter from Village to District Head requesting Village Forest – to be forward to the Minister of Forestry (17 villages)

Once the 17 Village Forest nominations had been compiled by the District Department of Forestry and Plantations the total area of the 17 Village Forest nominations was confirmed as 49,514 ha. The proposals were submitted to the Ministry of Forestry on 14

th May 2010.

Given the unprecedented number and area of Village Forest proposals for a single district, Merangin District Government requested an audience with key representatives from four relevant Directorates of the Ministry of Forestry (gathered in a single forum) to directly present a strong case for approval of the proposals. This took place on 11 August 2010 at the Ministry of Forestry in Jakarta; Merangin District was represented by the District Head of Forestry and colleagues, with support from five NGOs (FFI, L-TB, KKI-Warsi, Walhi Jambi and SSS Pundi). FFI and L-TB utilized Darwin Initiative funds to facilitate Merangin District Forestry Department representatives to attend this event. The response from the Ministry of Forestry was very positive and a Ministerial team was sent to conduct field verification of the Village Forest proposals from 4-8 October 2010. FFI and L-TB helped facilitate the verification process for the 7 Village Forest candidates in the Darwin Initiative project area. At this time, the 17 villages are in the process of waiting for the Minister of Forestry to sign the Ministerial Decrees (SK) granting the 17 Village Forest Area Licenses (Izin Pencadangan). We understand that 5 of the 17 licenses have been signed to date and are hopeful that the licenses will be released within Q1 Year 2. Regarding the legal designation of Tiaro Village Customary Forest, all necessary official documentation has now been prepared, and the village is awaiting Official Decree (SK) from the District Head (Bupati). Documents prepared include:

• Village Profile

• Letter of agreement to establish Tiaro Village Customary Forest

• Letter of acknowledgement of Tiaro Village Customary Forest from Tiaro Village Customary Committee (Lembaga Adat)

• Customary Forest Decree from Tiaro Village Head

• Tiaro Customary Forest Management Group Decree

• Letter from Tiaro Village Head regarding the sanctioning of Bukit Mujo Customary Forest, Tiaro Village, by the Head of Merangin District

Activities 1.7 – 1.9: Scheduled for Years 2 and 3 of the project Output 2: Capacity in place within AKAR Network members and local government to promote and facilitate replication of the village forest model throughout the KSNP landscape Activity 2.1: Training in participatory mapping, principles of forest management & forest law To date one member of the AKAR Network has participated directly in Village Forest development activities. Barlian, from AKAR member Genesis, participated in the participatory mapping training and discussion of inter-village boundaries of Tanjung Dalam village in January 2011. It is hoped that during Year 2 of the project that three members of the AKAR Network will join in participatory mapping, forest inventory and/or management plan development training, as well as participatory mapping of administrative boundaries, landuse and village forest in the field. Activity 2.2: Partner capacity building / training Focus on capacity building for partners, particularly members of the AKAR Network of local NGOs other than L-TB, has not been as developed as originally planned during Year 1. This is was due to a) concerns about the availability of match-funding during the first half of Year 1, alongside the drop in value of Pound Sterling against the Indonesian Rupiah; and b) the need to focus on intensively on progressing activities in the project site to ensure Village Forest licenses submitted and processed as quickly as possible.

Capacity-building activities for partners included: Human-wildlife conflict mitigation: Conducted by human-wildlife conflict specialist from KSNP (Johan Simorangkir) involving 25+ residents from Lubuk Birah and Durian Rambun villages (11-13

th December 2010) that

were dealing with a conflict situation due to an adult tiger frequently being passing through village rubber gardens and close to the edge of the residential area. Training included guidance in avoiding direct encounters with the passing tiger and use of noise cannons to scare tigers away from the residential area. Darwin funds also supported the purchase of four noise cannons – three of which were immediately provided to Lubuk Birah, Durian Rambun and Tiaro villages, and one has been retained as a spare for use in other areas. Development of alternative livelihood opportunities through non-timber forest products: Two training sessions were conducted during February and March 2010 (each 2 days) to provide guidance and an activity framework to mobilise three members of the AKAR Network, Genesis (Muko Muko District), ICS (Solok Selatan District) and L-TB (Merangin District) evaluate the potential for production of the non-timber forest product (NTFP) Kepayang Oil (Pangium edule) to generate an additional source of income for forest-edge communities. The training was conducted by Miftahul Faruq, who is leading a small FFI project to establish a market for this, as yet, unexploited and sustaianable NTFP, with seed funding from the Innocent Foundation. The training resulted in establishment of the Sumatra Kepayang Team (FFI, L-TB, ICS and Genesis), basic understanding of local NGO partners of the steps required prior to successful trading of an NTFP such as quantitative analysis of supply, establishment of producer groups, documentation of production processes, product laboratory analysis, hygiene and quality certification, market development. Following this training, the local NGO members of the Sumatra Kepayang Team are now working independently on fieldwork to lay the local foundations for trading of kepayang oil, and their first field reports have been received. Facilitating partner attendance at external events: During Year 1 the project was able to facilitate attendance of local partners – members of L-TB and the Merangin District Department of Forestry – to participate in not less than eight external events with themes such as Community Based Forest Management, Village Forest legislation and designation process, watershed based forest management (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan, KPH), timber legality and certification, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Degradation, (REDD) and sustainable livelihoods. Participation in these events, organised by Telapak, Ministry of Forestry, FFI-Kalimantan and Samdhana Foundation among others, provided exposure to a range of relevant technical issues, but also excellent opportunities for our local partners to extend their professional networks and establish valuable NGO and donor contacts. Activity 2.3: Establishment & collaborative management of GIS for KSNP buffer-zone: The project GIS database has been established and is being populated with data as results of participatory mapping in the field are gathered. This database will be greatly expanded during Year 2 of the project, with the completion of village administrative and boundary mapping, as well as intensive forest inventory in the project area. During Year 2 the project GIS team will start the process of developing an online GIS platform that will facilitate shared access to the data collated through this project, with the aim of also extending the scope of the collaborative online database to include data from other areas in the KSNP buffer zone. Output 3: Technical and sociological foundations in place to enable Districts included in the project area to access long-term and equitable finance mechanisms for sustainable forest protection Activity 3.1: Rapid High Conservation Value Forest Assessment This activity was scheduled for Q2 Year 1. However, due to the urgency of proceeding quickly with the initial stages of seeking Ministerial approval of the Village Forests, higher than estimated participatory mapping costs, and concerns about the availability of match-funding, this activity was post-poned to Year 2. Match funding is secure and rather than a desk-based analysis, this study will be comprise detailed participatory inventory of biodiversity and plant species with current and potential economic value, involving members of the target villages in data collection. This will take place during Q1 and Q2, Year 2. Activities 3.2 – 3.4 scheduled for Year 2, and Activity 3.5 scheduled for Years 2 and 3

3.2 Progress towards Project Outputs

Output 1: Very clear progress has been made towards Output 1, to establish a new model for collaborative conservation of critical KSNP buffer zone forest through Village Forest. FFI and L-TB have established a Village Forest Working Group with Merangin District Forestry Department and are directly facilitating the establishment of 20,917 Ha of Village Forest in seven villages, and one Customary Forest of 39.5 Ha. Legal designation is now advanced in all eight villages:

• 7 Village Forests proposed to Minister of Forestry, verified in the field by a Ministerial team, licenses now prepared and pending signature by the Minister.

• 1 Customary Forest proposed, verified by District Forestry Department, pending confirmation by District Head.

Legal designation documents not yet available, but copies of all proposal documents available from field team upon request. Final designation of all forest areas anticipated during Q1-2 Year 2. Whilst waiting for legal designation of forest areas (Output 1a), work has started on developing forest management plans (Output 1b), through mapping of 5 village administrative boundaries. Forest patrol activities initiated at a low level during Year 1 and process of scaling-up in Year 2 has already started. Output 1c will be addressed in Year 2. Output 1d, case study dissemination and lesson-sharing, will be a primary objective for Year 3, however this work has already started. To date, project staff have provided interviews and supporting information for at least four stakeholders interested in utilising the Village Forest model, incuding AusAid, GIZ (formerly GTZ), the Department of Forestry of Sarolangun District (adjacent to Merangin District), and the Department of Forestry of Riau Province. Output 2: Outputs 2a & 2b: As explained in the activities section above, Year 1 saw a primary focus on progressing rapidly with activities in Merangin District, and involvement of AKAR members, other than L-TB, was periodic rather than intensive. However, three AKAR members are now using information and skills obtained during sustainable livelihood training to lay the foundations in the field for trafe of one NTFP. Internal L-TB capacity to lead/participate in participatory mapping, spatial data manipulation using GIS and rural appraisal activities has increased through ‘on-the-job’ training. AKAR member Genesis has also gained experience in participatory mapping and village boundary discussions. Output 2c: GIS database development has already begun, but work on the collaborative GIS for KSNP buffer zone will begin in Year 2. Output 3: Will be addressed during Years 2 & 3 of the project.

3.3 Standard Measures

Table 1 Project Standard Output Measures

Code No. Description Year 1 Total

Year 2 Total (Target)

Year 3 Total

Year 4 Total

Total to date

Number planned for this reporting period (Yr 2)

Total planned from application

Established codes

5 Members of local NGO partner benefitting from intensive on-the-job mentoring by Senior Field Manager

2 9

6A 45 local community members & local NGO partners participated in training covering 4 themes – legal drafting; participatory mapping; human-wildlife conflict mitigation; developing markets for non-timber forest products. All participants Indonesian.

45 85

6 B 1.5 training weeks – short training sessions on various topics as above

1.5 2.5

7 Poster explaining principles and benefits of Community Based

1 2

Forest Management – target audience local communities

8 Project Leader based in Indonesia for duration of Year 1 and almost eclusively leading this project – total 40 weeks. Biodiversity speclalist based in Indonesia but part time focus on this project – total 4 weeks. Sustainable finance specialist – total 2 weeks.

46 22

9 Village Forest / Customary Forest management plans

8

11a One Conservation News piece submitted to journal Oryx (April 2011 edition)

1 1

12a National Park buffer-zone forest online GIS database

1

14a Village Forest Launch event; seminar on watershed based management of Village Forest cluster (KPH)

2

14b Project represented at 10 national level events (not including bilateral meetings and interviews with researchers from AusAid and GIZ)

10 10

15a Local press release 1

15b National press release 1 20 Equipment includes:

GPS units (x6); vehicle (1x Hi-Line 4x4); PowerPoint projector (x1); Compass (x3); Digital camera (x1); Laptop (x3); meeting table (x1)

GBP 8,0188

0

23 GBP200,000 – ICAP USD 249,218: Climate & Landuse Alliance (CLUA) Euro 15,000: UNESCO Jakarta Goldman Environmental Awards: GBP 790

GBP 368,523

GBP 200,000

New -Project specific measures

Number of Village Forest area licenses issued by Minister of Forestry

7

Number of Customart Forest licenses issued

1

by Merangin District Head

Number of village level laws relating to forest management facilitated by project

8

Table 2 Publications

Type (eg journals, manual, CDs)

Detail (title, author, year)

Publishers (name, city)

Available from (eg contact address, website)

Cost £

Journal: Oryx Conservation News section*

“Changing forest management paradigms in the buffer zone of Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia” Zoë Cullen, Ibnu Andrian, Eko Waskito, 2011

Cambridge University Press

zoe.cullen@fauna-flora.org

Free of charge

Poster “Forests for People & Biodiversity” Zoë

Cullen, Ibnu Andrian, Eko Waskito

FFI Indonesia Program, Jakarta

zoe.cullen@fauna-flora.org (in Indonesian)

Free of charge (limited supply)

3.4 Progress towards the project purpose and outcomes

At the end of Year 1 of the project progress towards achieving the project purpose is on target. The foundations have been laid for a legal framework to protect ~20,000ha critical tiger habitat in 8 villages in the project target area, based on community management rights. Through FFI’s wider contribution to lobbying / advocacy to progress all Village Forest proposals in Merangin District, the project is also making an a significant contribution to the other 10 Vilage Forests proposed by Merangin District, representing a total area of 49,514 Ha. The first phase of legal designation of the Village Forests (Ministerial approval) is anticipated in Q1 Year 2, and an intensive programme of local capacity-building primarily focussed on the target communities, has been initiated. Monitoring of forest threat is underway through field investigation, local intelligence and analysis of recent satellite imagery. Threat is still present, though at low levels within the target area. Monitoring of, and response to threat is a priority for Year 2. Work has already started to investigate potential to replicate the village forest model in another district. Match-funding has been secured from the Climate & Land Use Alliance to enable L-TB to conduct a pilot, scoping project in the Hulu Batang Asai area of Sarolangun District, which directly buffers KSNP and is known to have high levels of biodiversity. As yet, there are no NGOs working with local communities on forest management in this area, and illegal poaching activity, including Sumatran Tiger, is known to be high. Capacity-buidling and forest management planning, reducing threat from unplanned forest loss due to encroachment / illegal logging, and investigating sustainable finance strategies will be the main areas of focus for Year 2 and 3.

3.5 Progress towards impact on biodiversity, sustainable use or equitable sharing of biodiversity benefits

A change in state of biodiversity cannot be directly claimed after the first year of the project. However, there is a strong case that this project is playing a critical role in reducing / avoiding habitat loss by directly facilitating the legal process of Village Forest designation in 7 villages, and indirectly contributing to the designation of another 10. Legal designation of these Village Forest areas will prevent – for a period of 35 years – any allocation of this state forest in the buffer zone of KSNP for planned conversion to pulp and paper plantation or oil palm. The latter are very real threats that have been tackled and successfully defeated on no less than 4 occasions since 2006. The significance of the project area from a biodiversity perspective is highlighted by findings from KSNP (using camera traps) that the numbers of Sumatran Tiger in the Sipurak Hook (KSNP directly adjacent to project area) increased between 2005 and 2010, with young cubs recorded. Whilst this presents challenges for communities in the project area due to occasional passage of tiger through rubber forest / rice fields, this is being addressed through awareness raising and support to mitigate human-wildlife conflict.

This project is also helping to increase benefits to local communities living in this high biodiversity area. By facilitating the Village Forest designation the project is supporting communities to secure legal rights to access and manage their customary forest estates – a step that is greatly valued by the communities themselves. The process is also enabling the villages to map and secure legal recognition of their village boundaries, which has cultural and administrative benefits beyond the scope of forest conservation.

4. Monitoring, evaluation and lessons

Monitoring and evaluation of technical progress is achieved through quarterly project team meetings, with L-TB, FFI field, FFI international staff (principally the Project Leader) and relevant technical specialists. These meetings take the form of reviewing progress against a detailed monthly workplan, and editing / adaptive of the workplan going forward in response to new information or situations that need to be addressed. Progress at field level is monitored more frequently through both formal and informal meetings for the Village Forest Working Group, established by FFI, L-TB and Merangin District Department of Forestry and Plantations. Monitoring of expenditure and financial performance is achieved through monthly financial reporting from the field to FFI finance office in Jakarta. These reports are always reviewed by the Senior Field Manager and Project Leader prior to submission. To date lessons have been shared informally through meetings with local or international NGO colleagues and government partners, or via email with researchers and other FFI staff working on similar issues. In Years 2 & 3 there will be an increasing emphasis on formal documentation of this case study and its lessons for the Village Forest model as a strategy for achieving biodiversity conservation outside formally protected areas.

5. Actions taken in response to previous reviews (if applicable):

Not applicable; this is our first Annual Report to the Darwin Initiative.

6. Other comments on progress not covered elsewhere

Village Forest Working Group: On the 9th June 2010 a tri-partite meeting was held between FFI, L-TB and

Merangin District Forestry and Planations Department. The aim of this meeting was to agree establishment of a Village Forest working group (POKJA Hutan Desa) with a shared vision to facilitate development of Village Forests in Merangin District. On the 15

th June 2010 the working group was officially established, under the chairmanship of

Arief Hutomo (Forestry Department), with members including Harry Wibowo (also Forestry); Zoe Cullen and Ibnu Andrian (FFI), and Eko Waskito and Gusdi Warman (L-TB).

7. Sustainability

Year One of the project has primarily focused on establishing a strong base of support and sense of ownership of the project within the local communities that will be responsible for management and protection of their Village Forests in the long-term. Thus activities have focused on intense coordination with the target villages through village meetings, training and field activities, telephone, and most recently recruitment (one per village with a nominal monthly stipend) of village facilitators – these are particularly committed villagers that will receive additional training and mentoring to promte sustainable forest management in their respective villages. Increasing interest and capacity for biodiversity is gauged by the commitment of the target villages to lobby for Village Forest designation and participate actively in related field activities. Whilst this is not a pure indicator of interest in biodiversity – communities are also seeking Village Forest designation based on principles of customary rights over the area (tenure) – there is also clear evidence of desire to protect the forest both for biodiversity, but in particular also for protection of water supply and micro-hydro electricity. Encouraging communities to contribute to village mapping activities is a strategy to increase the sense of responsibility and ownership towards the project. Long-term sustainability of the Village Forest designation is guaranteed for 35 years, once approved by the Minister of Forestry, assuming communities prove capable of appropriate forest management. The latter is being facilitated through training, and preparation village-level laws (both formal and customary) will play an important role in ensuring longevity of project impact. The project exit strategy focuses heavily on technical transfer and capacity-buidling within the target communities, to ensure local stakeholders have skills to proceed independently with forest management. This is backed-up by legal recognition of the Village Forest areas at national, provincial and district levels which, assuming all licenses are approved as planned will be in place for 35 years.

Establishment of the Village Forest Working Group with Merangin District Government is also part of the sustainability strategy – to facilitate the greatest possible sense of ownership and commitment to the Village Forests that will endure post-project, rather than project activities being perceived as an independent NGO agenda. Further work needs to be done to develop the financial sustainability of this project, so there is a shared strategy for financing long-term forest management activities over a 35 year period. This requires looking beyond donor sources – at lest in the medium to long term – and investigating local government budget commitments, payments for ecosystem services schemes and others.

8. Dissemination

External dissemination activities in the host country have primarily targeted other NGOs, international aid agencies and government stakeholders that may be interested in replicating the Village Forest model to achieve biodiversity conservation and/or avoided deforestation / reduction of carbon emissions. Activities include:

• Representation of the project at no less that 10 relavant national events / workshops

• Presentation on the project at 3 national NGO events (in Bali, Samarinda (Kalimantan), and Yogyakarta

• Representation of the project on the National Working Group for Communityi Empowerment within the Ministry of Forestry (FFI representative in this group is Sugeng Raharjo)

• Production of Indonesian language poster (60 copies) that has been circulated to NGO and government partners in Jakarta; plus community, NGO and government partners in Merangin District

Annex 1

R

ep

ort

of

pro

gre

ss a

nd

ach

ievem

en

ts a

gain

st

Lo

gic

al F

ram

ew

ork

fo

r F

inan

cia

l Y

ear:

20

10/1

1

Pro

ject

sum

mary

M

ea

su

rab

le Ind

ica

tors

P

rogre

ss a

nd A

ch

ieve

me

nts

Apri

l 20

08

-

Marc

h 2

00

9

Actio

ns

req

uir

ed/p

lan

ned

fo

r next

pe

rio

d

Go

al:

E

ffe

ctive

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n

in

su

ppo

rt

of

the

im

ple

men

tation

o

f th

e

ob

jective

s

of

the

Con

ve

ntio

n

on

Bio

log

ical

Div

ers

ity

(CB

D),

th

e

Con

ventio

n

on

Tra

de

in

End

ang

ere

d

Sp

ecie

s

(CIT

ES

),

and

th

e

Con

ventio

n o

n t

he C

on

serv

ation

of

Mig

rato

ry S

pecie

s (

CM

S),

as w

ell

as

rela

ted ta

rge

ts set

by co

untr

ies ri

ch

in

b

iodiv

ers

ity b

ut

co

nstr

ain

ed in

re

so

urc

es

Pro

cess o

f se

cu

rin

g com

mun

ity ri

gh

ts

to

fore

st

are

a

(20,0

00+

H

a)

alm

ost

com

ple

te.

Th

is r

em

ove

s t

he t

hre

at

of

pla

nn

ed

de

fore

sta

tio

n

an

d

loss

of

all

hab

itat

du

e t

o a

lloca

tio

n o

f com

merc

ial

con

ce

ssio

n

lice

nse

–

pa

rtic

ula

rly

for

pulp

an

d p

ape

r.

Pro

ject

targ

et

are

a i

s

adja

cen

t to

Sip

ura

k H

ook (

hig

he

st

larg

e

mam

mal

div

ers

ity

in

KS

NP

) an

d,

if

su

ccessfu

l, w

ill s

ecure

a v

ita

l buff

er

to

this

are

a.

Tig

ers

an

d o

the

r th

reate

ned

spe

cie

s m

ove fre

ely

in

the

pro

ject

are

a.

C

om

mu

nitie

s

ve

ry

po

sitiv

e

ab

ou

t V

illa

ge

Fore

st

pro

cess

as

it

en

sure

s

that

the

ir

rights

to

a

cce

ss a

nd

utilis

e

fore

st

resou

rce

s

(alb

eit

with

in

su

sta

ina

ble

lim

its)

is

pro

tecte

d

and

ackno

wle

dgd

in

law

.

Sup

port

to

re

spo

nd

to

hu

ma

n-w

ildlif

e

conflic

t situation

s h

as b

ee

n w

ell

rece

ived

, a

nd

con

trib

ution

of

pro

ject

to

cla

rify

ing

vill

ag

e

ad

min

istr

ative

bo

un

dari

es

as

well

as fo

rest

bo

und

arie

s m

ean

s th

at

this

pro

ject

is m

akin

g a

n i

mpo

rta

nt

and

la

sting

con

trib

utio

n t

o t

he c

om

mu

nitie

s

not

just

in r

ela

tion t

o f

ore

st

pro

tectio

n,

and

leve

ls

of

goo

dw

ill

and

loca

l com

mitm

ent

are

hig

h.

(do n

ot

fill

not

ap

plic

ab

le)

Su

b-G

oal:

T

o

pro

tect

cri

tical

are

as

of

Ke

rin

ci

Se

bla

t N

ation

al

Pa

rk

(KS

NP

) b

uffe

r zo

ne

fo

rest

thro

ug

h

co

llabo

rative

fo

rest

ma

na

ge

me

nt

(Vill

ag

e

Fore

st)

and

e

co

syste

m

serv

ice

pro

tection

1`l

inke

d

to

esta

blis

hm

en

t of a

susta

ina

ble

and

eq

uita

ble

fin

ancin

g m

echan

ism

.

1,

Off

icia

l pro

po

sa

ls f

or

Vill

age F

ore

st

(VF

- 7

) a

nd C

usto

mary

Fo

rest

(CF

- 1

) of

8

pri

ority

vill

ag

es

su

bm

itte

d

to

Min

iste

r of

Fo

restr

y

an

d

Me

ran

gin

D

istr

ict

He

ad

; o

ffic

ial fie

ld v

erifica

tio

n o

f pro

po

sa

ls c

om

ple

te;

pe

nd

ing s

igna

ture

of

VF

&

C

F

licen

ses.

To

tal

are

a:

20,0

00

+ H

a.

2,

Thre

at

mo

nitori

ng /

de

terr

ent

patr

ols

1,

Esta

blis

h in

fra

str

uctu

re a

nd

cap

acity

for

lon

g-t

erm

su

sta

ina

ble

fo

rest

man

age

ment,

a

nd

scale

-up

fo

rest

mo

nitorin

g.

2,

Co

ntin

ued

capa

city b

uild

ing

of

loca

l pa

rtners

to

pro

mote

an

d

facili

tate

re

plic

atio

n

of

in p

lace b

ut

active t

hre

ats

co

ntin

ue t

o

be iden

tified

.

3,

Lo

ca

l p

art

ne

r L-T

B

inve

stig

atin

g

pote

ntial

to

rep

lica

te

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

mode

l in

Hulu

Ba

tan

g A

sa

i, S

aro

lan

gun

D

istr

ict.

Vill

age

F

ore

st

mo

del

in

oth

er

location

s;

3,

Initia

te pro

gra

m of

work

to

esta

blis

h

su

sta

ina

ble

fin

ance

mecha

nis

m

for

lon

g-t

erm

sup

port

o

f V

illa

ge

Fore

st

man

age

ment.

P

urp

ose:

To

de

ve

lop

an

d

imple

men

t a

n

ew

m

ode

l of

colla

bora

tive

fore

st

mana

ge

me

nt

that

em

po

wers

fo

rest

edg

e

co

mm

unitie

s

to

se

cu

re

leg

al

pro

tection

, an

d

part

icip

ate

in

th

e

mana

ge

me

nt,

o

f th

e

bio

div

ers

ity-

rich

fo

rest

resou

rce

s

and

ecosyste

m

se

rvic

es

on

whic

h

the

y

de

pe

nd;

facili

tate

lo

ca

l u

nde

rsta

nd

ing

o

f,

and

acce

ss

to,

su

sta

inab

le

and

eq

uitab

le

fin

ance s

trea

ms t

o a

vo

id d

efo

resta

tio

n;

and

build

lo

ca

l cap

acity to

re

plic

ate

the

P1.

Do

cu

me

nte

d,

rep

lica

ble

m

od

el

esta

blis

he

d f

or

de

sig

na

tio

n &

lo

ng-t

erm

co

llab

ora

tive

ma

nage

me

nt

of

Vill

ag

e

Fo

rest (C

BD

Art

icle

s 8

,10,1

7);

P

2.

Ca

pa

city

bu

ilt –

local

NG

Os a

ble

to

re

plic

ate

th

e m

od

el

thro

ug

h t

he

KN

SP

la

ndsca

pe a

nd

be

yon

d (

12,1

6,1

8);

P

3.

So

cia

l an

d

tech

nic

al

co

nditio

ns

esta

blis

he

d

to

bo

th

un

ders

tand

an

d

acce

ss

susta

inab

le

fin

an

ce

m

echa

nis

ms (

13

,8[m

],11,2

0)

P1

,

Offic

ial p

ropo

sa

ls f

or

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st

(VF

-

7)

an

d C

usto

ma

ry F

ore

st

(CF

- 1

) o

f 8

priori

ty v

illa

ge

s s

ub

mitte

d t

o M

inis

ter

of

Fore

str

y an

d

Mera

ngin

D

istr

ict

He

ad

; offic

ial

field

ve

rification

o

f p

rop

osa

ls

com

ple

te;

pe

nd

ing

sig

natu

re of

VF

&

C

F lic

en

se

s.

To

tal a

rea

: 20,9

56 H

a.

Thre

at

mo

nitorin

g /

de

terr

en

t p

atr

ols

in

pla

ce b

ut

active

th

rea

ts c

ontin

ue t

o b

e

ide

ntifie

d.

P2

Local

pa

rtn

er

L-T

B

inve

stig

atin

g

pote

ntial

to

rep

lica

te

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

mode

l in

Hulu

Ba

tan

g A

sa

i, S

aro

lan

gun

D

istr

ict.

T

wo o

ther

me

mbers

of

AK

AR

Ne

twork

actively

involv

ed in

activitie

s r

ele

va

nt

to

com

mu

nity-b

ase

d

fore

st

ma

na

ge

men

t as a

re

su

lt o

f th

is p

roje

ct.

P

3

Th

is c

om

po

ne

nt

of

the

Pro

ject

Purp

ose

is

to

be

ad

dre

ssed

du

ring

Year

2 &

3 o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

P1,

Vill

age

&

Cu

sto

mary

F

ore

st

man

age

me

nt

pla

nnin

g;

Sub

mis

sio

n

of

Vill

ag

e

Fo

rest

man

age

me

nt

licen

se p

ropo

sa

ls

P2,

La

un

ch of

L-T

B c

om

mun

ity-

ba

sed

fo

rest

ma

nag

em

ent

pilo

t in

Hulu

Bata

ng

A

sa

i,

Saro

lang

un

Dis

tric

t (m

atc

h-

fund

ing

fro

m

Clim

ate

&

La

ndu

se

A

llia

nce);

D

eve

lop

co

llabo

rative

W

eb

G

IS

for

KS

NP

buffe

r-zon

e;

Invo

lve

at

lea

st

3 A

KA

R m

em

bers

in

pro

ject

tra

inin

g

an

d

se

lecte

d

field

activitie

s.

P3,

Inven

tory

o

f fo

rest

reso

urc

es

(ma

mm

als

, b

ird

s,

herp

eto

fau

na,

veg

eta

tio

n,

NT

FP

s);

B

aselin

e

ana

lysis

of

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n

of

su

sta

ina

ble

Vill

age F

ore

st

mana

ge

me

nt

to

avoid

ed

defo

resta

tion

as

part

of

RE

DD

fe

asib

ility

stu

dy

for

the

pro

ject

are

a;

Co

nitnu

e

to

ide

ntify

sourc

es

of

ad

ditio

na

l,

su

sta

ina

ble

in

co

me

for

targ

et

vill

ag

e c

om

mu

nitie

s e

.g.

NT

FP

s,

wa

ter

Ou

tpu

t 1.

New

mo

de

l (V

illag

e F

ore

st)

esta

blis

he

d

for

co

llabora

tive

co

nserv

atio

n

of

critica

l fo

rest

in

pro

tecte

d are

a b

uff

er

zon

es;

en

su

rin

g

dire

ct

pro

tectio

n

of

up

to

20,0

00

ha

cri

tically

th

rea

tene

d

hig

h

bio

div

ers

ity

fore

st

in

the

K

SN

P

buff

er

zo

ne

and

1a.

Le

ga

l d

esig

nation

of

up

to 8

Vill

ag

e

Fo

rests

(V

F)

in H

CV

KS

NP

buffe

r zo

ne

fo

rest

in J

am

bi P

rovin

ce (

20

,00

0h

a.)

- 2

V

F in Y

r.1

, 3 in Y

r.2 a

nd

3 in Y

r.3

. 1

b.

Ma

nag

em

ent

pla

ns

an

d

co

llab

ora

tive

fore

st

mo

nitori

ng

an

d

ma

na

ge

ment

tea

ms

in

each

Vill

ag

e

Sig

nific

an

t pro

gre

ss h

as b

een

m

ade

in

d

eliv

eri

ng a

ga

inst

this

o

utp

ut, deta

iled

belo

w.

T

he ou

tput

ind

ica

tors

re

main

va

lid th

oug

h l

eg

al

de

sig

na

tio

n o

f V

illa

ge

Fore

st

sh

ou

ld

be

se

para

ted

into

‘A

llocation

of

Are

a

Lic

en

se

b

y

Min

iste

r of

Fore

str

y’ a

nd A

lloca

tio

n o

f M

an

age

me

nt

Lic

en

se

by G

overn

or

of

Ja

mb

i’ O

utp

ut

Ind

ica

tor

1a

alm

ost

com

ple

te.

Vill

age

Fo

rest

pro

po

sa

ls (

7)

and C

usto

ma

ry

Fore

st

pro

po

sa

ls (

1)

su

bm

itte

d f

or

8 p

roje

ct

targ

et

vill

age

s t

o M

inis

ter

of

Fo

restr

y

layin

g t

he fo

und

atio

n f

or

replic

atio

n o

f th

is

mo

del

thro

ugh

-ou

t th

e

KS

NP

la

nd

sca

pe

and S

um

atr

a-w

ide

Fo

rest

(Yr2

-3).

C

o-f

un

din

g s

ecure

d f

or

ongo

ing m

anag

em

ent,

b

eyo

nd D

arw

in

pro

ject

peri

od;

1c.

VF

C

oun

cil

esta

blis

he

d

for

co

llab

ora

tio

n b

etw

ee

n V

F v

illa

ges;

1d

. Le

sson

s l

ea

rne

d a

nd c

ase s

tud

ies

fro

m 8

mo

de

l V

illa

ge F

ore

sts

pu

blis

he

d,

dis

sem

inate

d,

an

d p

resen

ted

public

ally

and H

ead

of

Mera

ngin

Dis

tric

t. T

ota

l a

rea

of ap

pro

x. 2

0,9

56

Ha.

Work

to

ward

s

Outp

ut

Ind

icato

r 1

b

initia

ted

–

ad

min

istr

ative

b

oun

dari

es

of

5

vill

ag

es

map

ped

th

rough

pa

rtic

ipa

tory

m

ap

pin

g.

M

atc

h-f

und

ing

secure

d

to

enha

nce m

ana

ge

ment

pla

nnin

g w

ork

durin

g Y

ears

2 &

3 o

f th

is p

roje

ct,

but

po

st-

pro

ject

fund

ing

will

be

fo

cu

s for

Yr.

3.

Outp

ut

Ind

ica

tor

1c r

em

ain

s o

uts

tan

din

g f

or

Yr.

2 &

3

Work

to

wa

rds O

utp

ut

Indic

ato

r 1d in

itia

ted a

s l

esso

ns le

arn

ed /

info

rmal

ca

se

stu

dy m

ate

rial

sha

red

thro

ugh

pre

senta

tion a

t 4

na

tion

al e

ve

nts

, p

lus d

iscu

ssio

ns

with

local

NG

Os,

dis

tric

t a

nd

pro

vin

cia

l fo

restr

y offic

ials

an

d

inte

rnation

al

org

an

isatio

ns s

uch a

s A

usA

id a

nd G

IZ.

To

be d

eve

lope

d m

ore

rig

ouro

usly

du

rin

g

Yr

2 &

3.

Ac

tivit

y 1

.1.

Pro

ject In

ce

ption W

ork

sho

p

Pro

gre

ss A

ctivity

: A

ctivity

no

t im

ple

me

nte

d,

as

appro

ve

d

in

Pro

ject

Ch

an

ge

Re

qu

est.

Mu

lti-

sta

ke

ho

lder

so

cia

lisation

a

ch

ieve

d

thro

ug

h

inte

nsiv

e

se

rie

s

of

bila

tera

l a

nd

m

ultila

tera

l d

iscussio

ns a

t vill

ag

e, d

istr

ict a

nd p

rovin

cia

l le

ve

l.

Next

Activity :

A

ctivity

ch

ange

d t

o V

illa

ge F

ore

st

Laun

ch

even

t, w

hic

h w

ill t

ake p

lace a

s s

oo

n a

s

the V

illa

ge F

ore

st

are

a lic

ense

s a

re issued

by t

he M

inis

ter

of

Fore

str

y.

The t

arg

et

for

this

is Q

1 Y

ear

2.

Ac

tivit

y 1

.2.

Se

lection

of

8 p

rio

rity

vill

ag

es f

or

supp

ort

to e

sta

blis

h H

uta

n D

esa

Pro

gre

ss A

ctivity

: S

ele

ctio

n o

f 8 t

arg

et

vill

ag

es c

om

ple

ted.

Sele

ctio

n b

ased o

n:

- F

ield

eva

luatio

n u

sin

g R

apid

Rura

l A

pp

rais

al;

- E

xis

tin

g r

ela

tion

sh

ip w

ith

loca

l p

art

ner

(L-T

B)

- P

roxim

ity to K

SN

P,

to a

rea

s o

f h

igh

Su

matr

an T

iger

den

sity;

- P

roxim

ity

to o

ther

targ

et

vill

ag

es i

n o

rde

r to

secure

a l

arg

er,

co

ntigu

ou

s h

ab

ita

t blo

ck;

- F

ore

st

sta

tus (

de

sig

na

ted ‘S

tate

Fore

st’ o

r fo

rest o

n ‘N

on

-Fore

st’ la

nd

) 7 V

illag

es s

ele

cte

d f

or

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st

(Hu

tan D

esa,

HD

) -

Bir

un

: S

ub-D

istr

ict

Pang

ka

lan J

am

bu

-

Lub

uk B

eri

ng

in,

Lub

uk B

irah

& D

uri

an R

am

bun

: S

ub-D

istr

ict S

iau

-

Ta

nju

ng D

ala

m,

Koto

ram

i &

Tuo

vill

ag

e:

Sub

-Dis

tric

t Lem

bah M

asura

i 1 V

illag

e s

ele

cte

d f

or

Cu

sto

ma

ry F

ore

st (H

uta

n A

da

r, H

A)

- T

iaro

: S

ub-D

istr

ict S

iau

A

cti

vit

y 1

.3.

Tra

inin

g i

n p

art

icip

ative

ma

pp

ing,

pri

ncip

les o

f fo

rest

ma

nag

em

ent

and

fore

st la

w

Pro

gre

ss

Ac

tivit

y:

Duri

ng Y

ear

1 t

wo

typ

es o

f tr

ain

ing im

ple

me

nte

d:

Lega

l D

raft

ing /

Vill

ag

e L

egis

latio

n:

Tra

inin

g c

on

du

cte

d o

ver

3 d

ays c

overi

ng l

eg

al

pro

ce

ss,

co

mm

unity

con

su

ltatio

n

pro

ce

ss a

nd

de

sig

n o

f le

gis

lation p

ert

ain

ing

to

fore

st

ma

na

ge

ment.

E

ight

targ

et

vill

ag

es i

nvite

d;

se

ve

n a

tte

nde

d w

ith t

ota

l of

21

part

icip

an

ts.

Positiv

e f

ee

dba

ck

reg

ard

ing

pra

ctica

lity

/ a

pp

lied

natu

re o

f th

e t

rain

ing

, g

ive

n b

y e

xte

rna

l fa

cili

tato

r

and t

hre

e e

xte

rna

l spe

akers

.

Pa

rtic

ipato

ry M

ap

pin

g T

rain

ing

: P

art

icip

ato

ry

ma

pp

ing

tr

ain

ing

co

mple

ted

in

th

ree

vill

ag

es

(Ta

nju

ng

Da

lam

, D

uri

an

Ra

mbu

n

and

Lu

buk

Bira

h).

Tota

l o

f 20

p

art

icip

an

ts,

ea

ch

cours

e

facili

tate

d b

y 3 t

rain

ers

re

pre

se

ntin

g F

FI,

L-T

B a

nd g

overn

me

nt.

E

ach p

art

icip

ant

pro

ce

ed

ed

to

th

en a

pp

ly s

kill

s g

ain

ed d

uri

ng t

rain

ing

to

rea

l p

art

icip

ato

ry m

ap

pin

g

of vill

age a

dm

inis

tra

tive b

ou

nda

rie

s in

th

e f

ield

.

Nex

t A

cti

vit

ies:

1, P

art

icip

ato

ry m

app

ing tra

inin

g f

or

vill

age

s B

irun

, Lu

buk B

eri

ng

in a

nd T

uo;

2,

Com

mun

ity O

rga

niz

er

Tra

inin

g f

or

Vill

age

Fa

cili

tato

rs (

me

mb

ers

of

the

lo

ca

l com

mu

nity,

one p

er

pro

ject

vill

ag

e)

3,

Tra

inin

g

in p

art

icip

ato

ry

invento

ry

of

na

tura

l re

so

urc

es (b

ota

ny,

ma

mm

als

, bird

s, h

erp

eto

fau

na

, ve

geta

tion

, N

TF

P s

pecie

s)

4,

Tra

inin

g in p

repa

ratio

n o

f V

illa

ge F

ore

st

/ C

usto

ma

ry F

ore

st

ma

nag

em

ent p

lans

Ac

tivit

y 1

.4.

Pa

rtic

ipa

tive m

app

ing a

nd

agre

em

ent

of

Vill

age

Fo

rest b

ound

arie

s

Pro

gre

ss

Ac

tivit

y:

Inte

r-vill

ag

e m

ee

tin

gs fa

cili

tate

d to

se

cure

agre

em

en

ts on pa

per

reg

ard

ing

the

loca

tio

n o

f in

ter-

vill

age

bo

und

ari

es (

beri

ta a

cara

ke

se

pakata

n b

ata

s).

T

he l

att

er

were

sub

mitte

d

to

the

Min

istr

y o

f F

ore

str

y

to

str

en

gth

en

th

e

Vill

age

F

ore

st

pro

po

sa

ls.

T

his

w

as

follo

wed

b

y

pa

rtic

ipa

tory

m

app

ing

of

ad

min

istr

ative

boun

dari

es i

n t

he

fie

ld.

To

da

te t

he a

dm

inis

trative b

ou

nda

rie

s o

f 5

vill

ag

es h

ave

been

m

ap

ped

and

G

PS

co

ord

inate

d

ata

is

n

ow

bein

g

pro

ce

sse

d

by

pro

ject

mapp

ing a

nd G

IS te

am

. A

to

tal

of

67

co

mm

un

ity m

em

bers

a

nd 5 sp

ecia

list

mapp

ing f

acili

tato

rs p

art

icip

ate

d i

n t

his

work

. T

iaro

vill

ag

e h

as a

lso m

ap

pe

d t

he

boun

dari

es o

f its c

usto

mary

fore

st.

A

map s

ho

win

g t

he r

esults o

f a

dm

inis

trative

boun

dary

ma

pp

ing

, to

da

te,

is p

rovid

ed

as a

nn

ex t

o t

his

rep

ort

. N

ex

t A

cti

vit

ies:

1,

Part

icip

ato

ry

ma

pp

ing

of

ad

min

istr

ative

bo

und

arie

s

of

3

vill

ag

es

(Lub

uk

Be

ring

in,

Biru

n a

nd T

uo

)

2, F

acili

tate

8 v

illa

ge

s to

ma

p la

nd

use

with

in t

he

vill

ag

e a

rea

3, F

acili

tate

7 v

illa

ge

s to

ma

p th

eir V

illa

ge F

ore

st

bou

ndari

es

4,

Fa

cili

tate

8 v

illa

ge

s t

o p

repa

re m

ap i

llustr

atin

g V

illage L

an

du

se

Mana

ge

me

nt

Pla

n (

Re

ncana T

ata

Ru

ang

Mik

ro D

esa

, R

TR

MD

) 5, F

acili

tate

8 v

illa

ge

s to

se

cure

le

ga

l ra

tification

of

the

ir a

dm

inis

trative

bo

un

dari

es

by

the H

ead

of

Mera

ngin

Dis

tric

t A

cti

vit

y 1

.5.

Esta

blis

h a

nd im

ple

me

nt

fore

st

man

ag

em

en

t fr

am

ew

ork

A

cti

vit

y P

rog

res

s:

Th

is a

ctivity

is s

till

in t

he e

arl

y sta

ge

s o

f im

ple

men

tatio

n.

Duri

ng Q

3-4

Yea

r 1,

the

team

fa

cili

tate

d T

iaro

vill

ag

e t

o p

repa

re t

he

necessa

ry d

ocum

en

tatio

n f

or

off

icia

l re

cog

nitio

n o

f T

iaro

cu

sto

mary

fore

st

at

vill

age a

nd

dis

tric

t le

vel.

Th

is i

nclu

de

d

form

al e

sta

blis

hm

ent o

f th

e C

usto

mary

Fore

st

Ma

na

ge

me

nt G

roup

.

Th

e L

-TB

led

colla

bo

rative

fore

st

pa

tro

l te

am

(T

MP

2H

) con

du

cte

d a

n in

ve

stigation

in

to

ille

ga

l lo

gg

ing

in

L

ubu

k

Beri

ng

in

vill

ag

e

(19-2

0

No

ve

mber)

, w

hic

h

wa

s

rep

ort

ed

to D

epa

rtm

ent

of

Fore

str

y.

9 c

ub

its o

f ill

egal

tim

ber

were

se

ized

an

d

destr

oye

d.

D

arw

in

Initia

tive

sup

port

a

lso

en

ab

led

L-T

B

an

d

FF

I to

pro

vid

e

techn

ica

l a

nd

mo

ral su

pport

to

the

Dis

tric

t F

ore

str

y D

epa

rtm

ent

and K

SN

P d

uri

ng

effort

s to

ta

ckle

ill

ega

l e

ncro

ach

me

nt

(coo

rdin

ate

d fo

rest

cle

ara

nce

fo

r co

ffe

e

pla

nta

tion

) to

th

e i

mm

edia

te s

ou

th w

est

of

fore

st

blo

ck t

ha

t th

is t

he

targ

et

of

this

pro

ject.

T

his

su

pport

in

clu

ded

: -

Atten

dan

ce a

t tw

o h

ea

rin

gs a

t th

e M

inis

try

of

Fore

str

y in

Jakart

a (

Au

gu

st

and

Octo

ber

20

10)

to p

rese

nt

the d

eta

ils o

f th

e e

ncro

ach

men

t th

rea

t in

Me

ran

gin

an

d

dis

cuss t

he d

esig

n o

f re

spo

nse

to t

his

thre

at;

-

Inte

nsiv

e c

oo

rdin

atio

n w

ith l

ocal

NG

Os,

go

vern

men

t and

pre

ss d

uri

ng p

rior

to

and p

ost

eff

ort

s t

o r

elo

ca

te p

eop

le f

arm

ing

co

ffe

e i

lleg

ally

in

sid

e t

he b

oun

dary

of

KS

NP

; -

Mo

nitori

ng

of

inte

llig

en

ce

regard

ing

ne

w

encro

ach

men

t in

th

e

are

a

an

d

surr

ou

nd

s, a

nd s

hari

ng

with a

uth

ori

tie

s (

2 c

ase

s r

eport

ed t

o d

ate

).

Nex

t A

cti

vit

y :

1,

Facili

tate

7 v

illa

ge

s t

o p

repare

Vill

age

Le

gis

lation

(P

era

tura

n D

esa

) re

gard

ing

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st M

anag

em

ent

Me

cha

nis

m

2,

Fa

cili

tate

7

vill

age

s

esta

blis

h

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

Ma

na

gem

en

t C

om

mitte

e,

form

alis

ed

in

off

icia

l le

tter

by

the V

illa

ge H

ead

3,

Fa

cili

tate

7 v

illa

ge

s t

o p

repare

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

Pla

n,

and

1 v

illage

to p

rep

are

Custo

ma

ry F

ore

st M

an

age

me

nt

Pla

n

4,

Fa

cili

tate

8 v

illag

es t

o pre

pare

Vill

age L

egis

lation

rega

rdin

g V

illa

ge F

ore

st

/ C

usto

mary

Fore

st

Ma

nag

em

en

t P

lan

5, F

acili

tate

8 v

illa

ge

s to

pre

pare

Vill

age

La

ndu

se

Ma

nage

ment

Pla

n;

6,

Fa

cili

tate

8

vill

age

s

to

pre

pare

V

illag

e

Leg

isla

tion

regard

ing

the

Vill

ag

e

Land

use M

ana

ge

men

t P

lan

7,

Facili

tate

11

TM

P2

H p

atr

ols

in 8

pro

ject

targ

et

vill

age

s,

and s

urr

ou

nd

ing K

SN

P

and b

uff

er-

zon

e fore

st

8,

Fa

cili

tate

an

estim

ate

d 4

TM

P2

H i

nvestig

ation

s o

f ca

se

s o

f fo

rest

cri

me

in

8

pro

ject

targ

et

vill

ag

es, a

nd s

urr

ou

ndin

g K

SN

P a

nd

buff

er-

zon

e fore

st

Ac

tivit

y 1

.6.

Leg

al d

esig

na

tion

of

Vill

ag

e F

ore

sts

P

rog

ress

Ac

tivit

y :

T

his

activity

ha

s tw

o s

tep

s.

Vill

age

Fore

st is

de

sig

nate

d t

hro

ugh

: A

rea L

icen

se

(Iz

in P

en

ca

da

ng

an)

issu

ed b

y t

he

Min

iste

r of

Fore

str

y;

Mana

ge

men

t L

icen

se

(Iz

in P

eng

elo

la)

issue

d b

y th

e P

rovin

cia

l G

ove

rno

r (J

am

bi

Pro

vin

ce

) S

tep

A is a

lmo

st

co

mp

lete

: -

With

FF

I, L

-TB

an

d P

MK

M s

upp

ort

Me

ran

gin

Dis

tric

t su

bm

itte

d p

ropo

sals

for

17

Vill

ag

e F

ore

sts

(A

rea Lic

ense

s)

to t

he

M

inis

ter

of

Fo

restr

y o

n 14

th M

ay 2

01

0,

rep

resenting

tota

l are

a o

f 4

9,5

15 H

a;

- 1

1 A

ug

ust

20

10:

FF

I a

nd L

-TB

help

ed t

o f

acili

tate

, and

part

icip

ate

d i

n m

ulti-

sta

ke

ho

lder

au

die

nce a

t th

e M

inis

try o

f F

ore

str

y,

to s

tren

gth

en c

ase

for

Mera

ng

in

Dis

tric

t V

illa

ge

Fo

rest

pro

posa

ls;

- 6

-8 O

cto

ber

20

10:

FF

I an

d L

-TB

facili

tate

Min

iste

ria

l veri

ficatio

n o

f 17 M

era

ng

in

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

pro

po

sals

b

y M

inis

teri

al

ve

rification

te

am

in

colla

bora

tio

n

with

Mera

ngin

Dis

tric

t F

ore

str

y D

ep

art

men

t an

d P

MK

M;

- F

acili

tatio

n

of

dis

cussio

n

betw

een

su

b-d

istr

ict

an

d

vill

age

he

ad

s

to

reso

lve

con

tradic

tio

n b

etw

een c

om

mun

ity

pe

rce

ption

s a

dm

inis

trative b

ou

nda

rie

s a

nd s

ub-

dis

tric

t allo

cate

d b

y ce

ntr

al

govern

me

nt

in t

he

ab

se

nce

of

fie

ldw

ork

. R

esulte

d i

n

sub

mis

sio

n o

f re

que

st

to r

evis

e n

atio

nal

inte

rpre

tatio

n o

f su

b-d

istr

ict

bo

un

da

rie

s,

with s

ign

ific

ant

ad

min

istr

ative b

en

efits

fo

r th

e D

istr

ict, b

ut

als

o a

vo

idin

g r

ed

uction

in

are

a o

f th

e V

illag

e F

ore

sts

tha

t w

ou

ld o

therw

ise

have

bee

n s

plit

betw

een 2

sub

-dis

tric

ts;

- In

ten

siv

e

coord

inatio

n

and

lo

bb

yin

g

with

BD

AS

PS

(M

inis

try

of

Fo

restr

y dire

cto

rate

re

sp

onsib

le f

or

Vill

age

Fore

st)

, to

in

cre

ase

pro

file

of

Mera

ng

in D

istr

ict

pro

po

sa

ls

an

d

en

co

ura

ge

sp

ee

d

of

actio

n

at

natio

na

l le

vel

–

this

in

clu

de

d

con

trib

uting t

o v

isits b

y M

era

ngin

Fore

str

y D

ep

art

me

nt

to t

he M

inis

try o

f F

ore

str

y on n

o less t

han

4 o

cca

sio

ns;

- N

ow

aw

aitin

g f

ina

l sig

na

ture

of

Vill

age

Fore

st

De

cre

es b

y M

inis

ter

of

Fore

str

y,

and

Cu

sto

mary

F

ore

st

by

He

ad

of

Mera

ng

in

Dis

tric

t (u

nlik

e

Vill

age

F

ore

st,

C

usto

mary

Fore

st

de

sig

nation

is a

sin

gle

ste

p r

eq

uirin

g a

pp

rova

l b

y t

he D

istr

ict

Hea

d o

nly

).

Nex

t A

cti

vit

y:

1,

Facili

tate

leg

al re

vie

w o

f V

illa

ge L

egis

lation p

repare

d b

y 8

pro

ject

vill

age

s,

pri

or

to fa

cili

tatin

g th

e vill

age

s to

su

bm

it th

em

to

M

era

ng

in D

istr

ict

Gove

rnm

en

t fo

r in

clu

sio

n in

the D

istr

ict

leg

al le

dg

er;

2, F

acili

tate

7 v

illa

ge

s to

su

bm

it p

rop

osals

for

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st

ma

nag

em

ent

licen

se

; 3,

Fa

cili

tate

pro

vin

cia

l ve

rification

te

am

to v

eri

fy t

he V

illa

ge F

ore

st

mana

gem

en

t lic

en

se

s,

as a

co

nditio

n o

f appro

va

l b

y th

e G

overn

or;

4,

Facili

tate

8 v

illag

es t

o s

ub

mit t

heir

Vill

age S

pa

tia

l P

lans f

or

inclu

sio

n i

nto

the

next re

vis

ion o

f th

e M

era

ng

in D

istr

ict

spa

tia

l p

lan

. A

cti

vit

y 1

.7.

Cre

ate

fo

rmally

re

co

gnis

ed V

illa

ge F

ore

st

Man

age

me

nt

Co

un

cil

Pro

gre

ss A

ctivity:

T

his

activity

will

be im

ple

me

nte

d d

uri

ng

Ye

ar

2 o

f th

e p

roje

ct

A

cti

vit

y 1

.8.

Fu

ndra

isin

g fo

r su

sta

ine

d m

ana

gem

en

t p

ost-

Darw

in s

up

port

Pro

gre

ss A

ctivity:

S

ignific

an

t m

atc

h-f

und

ing

ha

s b

ee

n s

ecure

d t

o e

nsure

that

pla

nn

ed a

ctivitie

s c

an

be i

mp

lem

ente

d

as p

lann

ed

(a

s d

epe

nde

nt

on r

eachin

g m

atc

h f

un

din

g t

arg

ets

),

or

scale

d-u

p.

Fund

rais

ing

for

activitie

s p

ost-

Darw

in s

upp

ort

will

be

a f

ocu

s f

or

Year

3 o

f th

e

pro

ject.

A

cti

vit

y 1

.9.

Do

cum

en

t an

d d

issem

ina

te V

illag

e F

ore

st m

od

el

Focu

s f

or

Ye

ar

3

Ou

tpu

t 2.

Cap

acity

in

pla

ce

w

ith

in

AK

AR

N

etw

ork

m

em

be

rs

and

lo

ca

l govern

men

t to

p

rom

ote

a

nd

facili

tate

re

plic

ation

of

the

vill

ag

e fo

rest

mo

de

l

2a.

3

AK

AR

m

em

be

rs

train

ed

an

d

con

fid

ent

to act

as l

oca

l fa

cili

tato

rs to

e

sta

blis

h

Vill

age

F

ore

st

an

d

co

llab

ora

tive

man

age

ment

activitie

s

–

Th

e

ca

pa

city

of

loca

l p

art

ner

L-T

B

to

facili

tate

p

art

icip

ato

ry

map

pin

g,

vill

ag

e

boun

dary

dis

cussio

ns a

nd d

eve

lop v

illag

e le

gis

lation

, fo

r e

xa

mp

le,

ha

s in

cre

ase

d

sig

nific

an

tly

over

the

co

urs

e

of

Year

1,

prim

ari

ly

as

a

resu

lt

of

on-t

he

-jo

b

mento

rin

g.

thro

ug

ho

ut th

e K

SN

P la

nd

scap

e

re

plic

atio

n o

f D

arw

in m

ode

l in

itia

ted

in

u

p to

4

ad

ditio

nal

vill

age

s

by

end

of

pro

ject;

2

b.

At

lea

st

4 A

KA

R N

GO

s h

ave s

kill

s

in p

art

icip

ato

ry m

ap

pin

g,

hum

an-w

ildlif

e

con

flic

t m

itig

ation

, G

IS

an

d

data

m

ana

ge

ment,

le

ga

l ba

sis

a

nd

e

sta

blis

hm

en

t o

f V

illag

e F

ore

st

by e

nd

o

f pro

ject;

2

c.

AK

AR

m

em

bers

, K

SN

P

an

d

Fo

restr

y be

tter

able

to m

on

itor

thre

at

in

Vill

age

F

ore

st

an

d o

ther

KS

NP

b

uffe

r zon

e a

rea

s t

hro

ugh G

IS f

acili

ty b

y Y

r 2.

Pro

ject

ha

s n

ot

su

ccee

de

d in

in

vo

lvin

g as m

an

y oth

er

mem

be

rs o

f th

e A

KA

R

netw

ork

in

activitie

s a

s h

op

ed,

but

this

will

be a

targ

et

for

imp

rove

men

t in

Yea

r 2.

S

om

e

cle

ar

outp

uts

h

ave

bee

n

dem

on

str

ate

d

part

icu

larl

y

in

rela

tio

n

to

unde

rsta

nd

ing

an

d p

rom

otion

of

add

itio

na

l in

com

e s

ourc

es b

ased

on

susta

inab

le

NT

FP

harv

est.

W

ork

on

develo

pm

ent

of

the

colla

bora

tive G

IS d

ata

ba

se

for

KS

NP

bu

ffer-

zon

e

will

la

uch d

uri

ng Y

r 2

.

Ac

tivit

y 2

.1.

Tra

inin

g i

n p

art

icip

ative

ma

pp

ing,

pri

ncip

les o

f fo

rest

ma

nag

em

ent

and

fore

st la

w

Activity

Pro

gre

ss:

To d

ate

on

e A

KA

R m

em

ber,

asid

e fr

om

pro

ject

part

ne

r L-T

B,

(Gen

esis

, fr

om

M

uko

M

uko

D

istr

ict

in

Beng

ku

lu

Pro

vin

ce

) h

as

part

icip

ate

d

in

pa

rtic

ipa

tory

m

app

ing t

rain

ing a

nd f

acili

tatio

n o

f in

ter-

vill

ag

e b

ou

nd

ary

dis

cu

ssio

ns,

org

an

ised

by

the p

roje

ct

tea

m.

Next

Activity:

At

lea

st

3 A

KA

R m

em

be

r N

GO

s p

art

icip

ate

in

pro

ject

train

ing

or

fie

ld a

ctivitie

s,

whic

h r

esults i

n i

ncre

ased

und

ers

tand

ing o

f, a

nd c

ap

acity

to l

ead /

part

icip

ate

in

Com

mu

nity B

ase

d F

ore

st

Ma

na

ge

ment

activitie

s in t

he

ir o

wn a

rea

s o

f fo

cus.

Ac

tivit

y 2

.2.

Pa

rtner

cap

acity-

build

ing

/ t

rain

ing

P

rogre

ss A

ctivity:

N

TF

P t

rain

ing

: 4 d

ays t

rain

ing f

or

3 m

em

bers

of

AK

AR

Netw

ork

(L-T

B,

ICS

an

d

Gene

sis

) in

fie

ld da

ta co

llection

, pro

duct

de

velo

pm

ent

and m

ark

eting of

no

n-

tim

be

r fo

rest

pro

du

cts

–

fo

cu

s

on

K

epa

ya

ng

Oil.

Ea

ch

N

GO

now

actively

gath

eri

ng

da

ta

rega

rdin

g

ke

pa

ya

ng

o

il p

rod

uction

cap

acity

and

esta

blis

hin

g

kep

aya

ng

fa

rmer

gro

up

s

in

3

dis

tric

ts.

A

ctivitie

s

to

su

pport

e

co

no

mic

develo

pm

ent

ba

se

d o

n s

usta

inab

le u

se o

f n

on-t

imbe

r fo

rest

pro

du

cts

sig

nific

an

tly

incre

ase c

om

mu

nity

inte

rest

in f

ore

st pro

tection

. H

um

an

-wild

life

co

nfl

ict

mit

igati

on

: 1 d

ay t

rain

ing f

or

2 v

illage

s (

Lub

uk B

irah

&

Duri

an R

am

bun)

facin

g a

n a

ctive

con

flic

t situation

due

to

a

dult tiger

pa

ssin

g

thro

ug

h r

ubb

er

gard

en a

nd

nea

r to

re

sid

en

tia

l are

a.

4 n

ois

e c

ann

ons p

rod

uce

d,

and 3

dis

trib

ute

d t

o 3

vill

ag

es r

egu

larl

y d

ealin

g w

ith

lo

w-le

vel hu

man-t

ige

r co

nflic

t.

Pa

rtic

ipato

ry m

ap

pin

g t

rain

ing

– a

s d

escri

be

d in s

ection

1.4

ab

ove.

Next

Activitie

s:

1, P

art

icip

ato

ry m

app

ing tra

inin

g f

or

vill

age

s B

irun

, Lu

buk B

eri

ng

in a

nd T

uo;

2,

Com

mun

ity O

rga

niz

er

Tra

inin

g f

or

Vill

age

Fa

cili

tato

rs (

me

mb

ers

of

the

lo

ca

l com

mu

nity,

one p

er

pro

ject

vill

ag

e)

3,

Tra

inin

g

in p

art

icip

ato

ry

invento

ry

of

na

tura

l re

so

urc

es (b

ota

ny,

ma

mm

als

, bird

s, h

erp

eto

fau

na

, ve

ge

tation

, N

TF

P s

pecie

s)

4,

Tra

inin

g

in pre

pa

ration

of

Vill

age

F

ore

st

/ C

usto

mary

F

ore

st

man

age

me

nt

pla

ns.

A

cti

vit

y 2

.3.

Esta

blis

hm

ent

& c

olla

bora

tive m

anag

em

ent

of

GIS

for

KS

NP

buff

er-

zo

ne

Next

Activity :

T

his

activity

will

be in

itia

ted

in Y

ear

2

1,

Co

llection

of

pri

mary

an

d s

eco

nd

ary

socia

l, e

co

no

mic

, cultura

l an

d s

pa

tia

l d

ata

fo

r K

SN

P b

uff

er-

zo

ne,

with initia

l fo

cus o

n t

he

pro

ject

are

a;

2,

Cre

ate

on

line

Web

GIS

data

base

O

utp

ut

3.

Tech

nic

al

and

socio

log

ica

l fo

un

dation

s i

n p

lace

to e

nable

Dis

tric

ts

inclu

de

d i

n t

he p

roje

ct

are

a t

o a

ccess

lon

g-t

erm

a

nd

eq

uita

ble

fina

nce

m

echan

ism

s

for

su

sta

inab

le

fore

st

pro

tection

(fo

r exa

mp

le,

RE

DD

)

3a.

At

least

8

AK

AR

m

em

ber

org

an

isa

tion

s,

ke

y

sta

keh

old

ers

fro

m 8

vill

age

s,

10

go

ve

rnm

ent

sta

ff

fro

m

2

dis

tric

ts

all

have

un

de

rsta

ndin

g

of

clim

ate

ch

ang

e;

en

viro

nm

ent

serv

ice

p

aym

en

t m

echa

nis

ms/R

ED

D;

3b

. C

om

mitm

ent

fro

m

pla

nta

tio

n

hold

ers

to

co

nserv

e

HC

VF

in

con

ce

ssio

n a

rea

as pe

rman

en

t b

uffe

r to

KS

NP

; 3

c.

Pote

ntial

for

eco

syste

m

se

rvic

e-

base

d

fin

an

ce

in

pro

ject

are

a

eva

luate

d;

asse

ssm

en

t o

f su

itab

ility

of

su

sta

ina

ble

fin

an

ce

op

tio

ns.

Work

tow

ard

s t

his

outp

ut

has y

et

to b

e i

nitia

ted

, fo

r bo

th s

tra

teg

ic a

nd f

inan

cia

l re

aso

ns e

xp

lain

ed

in

th

e n

arr

ative

sectio

n o

f th

e r

eport

. R

ap

id p

rog

ress i

s a

nticip

ate

d in Y

ea

r 2

, pa

rtic

ula

rly

in r

ela

tion

to O

utp

ut

Ind

icato

r 3c.

Ac

tivit

y 3

.1.

Rap

id H

igh C

onserv

ation V

alu

e F

ore

st a

ssessm

en

t M

atc

h

fund

ing

h

as

now

b

een

se

cu

red

to

sca

le-u

p

this

a

ctivity

to

beco

me

a

deta

iled

Pa

rtic

ipa

tory

In

ve

nto

ry o

f F

ore

st

Re

so

urc

es.

This

will

be f

acili

tate

d b

y

the

FF

I H

igh

Co

nserv

atio

n

Va

lue

Fore

st

Te

am

(6

sp

ecia

lists

),

an

d

will

b

e

pre

ce

de

d b

y 1

week t

rain

ing c

ours

e f

or

loca

l co

mm

un

ity

me

mbers

to

ena

ble

the

m

to p

art

icip

ate

dire

ctly

in d

ata

colle

ctio

n a

nd d

evelo

p o

ne

of

the

follo

win

g a

rea

s o

f exp

ert

ise –

birds, m

am

ma

ls, h

erp

eto

faun

a, b

ota

ny (

NT

FP

, veg

eta

tion

).

To b

e c

ondu

cte

d d

urin

g Q

1 –

2 Y

ea

r 2

Ac

tivit

y

3.2

. C

lima

te

ch

ange

an

d

RE

DD

tr

ain

ing

for

civ

il so

cie

ty

an

d

local

Govern

men

t part

ners

T

o b

e in

itia

ted d

uri

ng Q

3 –

3 Y

ear

2.

Ac

tivit

y 3

.3.

Tra

inin

g i

n f

ore

st

na

tura

l re

so

urc

e a

sse

ssm

en

t fo

r se

lecte

d v

illag

e

clu

ste

rs

To b

e c

om

bin

ed

with

activity 3

.1 a

bo

ve,

an

d c

on

du

cte

d Q

1-2

, Y

ea

r 2.

Ac

tivit

y 3

.4.

En

viron

menta

l serv

ice

s p

aym

en

t syste

m

fea

sib

ility

stu

dy

for

pro

ject

are

a

To b

e in

itate

d Q

2 Y

ear

2.

Ac

tivit

y 3

.5.

Pro

ject Id

en

tifica

tion

Note

(P

IN)

de

ve

lop

men

t fo

r se

lecte

d v

illag

es

To b

e in

itia

ted Q

2 Y

ear

2.

Annex 2

P

roje

ct’

s f

ull c

urr

en

t lo

gfr

am

e

Pro

ject

sum

mary

M

ea

su

rab

le Ind

icato

rs

Mean

s o

f veri

fication

Im

port

ant

Assu

mp

tio

ns

Goa

l:

Effe

ctive c

on

trib

utio

n i

n s

upport

of

the i

mp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f th

e o

bje

ctive

s o

f th

e C

on

ven

tio

n o

n B

iolo

gic

al

Div

ers

ity

(CB

D),

th

e C

on

vention

on T

rade

in E

nd

ang

ere

d

Spe

cie

s (

CIT

ES

), a

nd

th

e C

on

ventio

n o

n t

he C

on

se

rvatio

n o

f M

igra

tory

Spe

cie

s (

CM

S),

as w

ell

as r

ela

ted t

arg

ets

se

t b

y c

ou

ntr

ies r

ich

in b

iod

ivers

ity b

ut

co

nstr

ain

ed

in r

esou

rce

s.

Sub-G

oal:

To

pro

tect

cri

tica

l are

as

of

Keri

nci

Seb

lat

Nation

al

Park

(K

SN

P)

buff

er

zo

ne

fore

st

thro

ugh

co

llab

ora

tive

fo

rest

man

age

me

nt

(Vill

ag

e

Fore

st)

and

ecosys

tem

serv

ice

pro

tection

, lin

ke

d

to

esta

blis

hm

en

t of

a

su

sta

ina

ble

a

nd

equ

itab

le

fin

an

cin

g

mechan

ism

1.

Fra

mew

ork

in

pla

ce

for

pro

tectio

n o

f ~

20,0

00h

a b

uff

er

zo

ne

fore

st;

2.D

efo

resta

tion

an

d

poa

chin

g

halted

in

de

sig

nate

d

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st,

and

con

ce

ssio

n c

on

serv

atio

n a

rea

s b

y e

nd

of

pro

ject

pe

riod

;

3.

Mon

itori

ng

an

d

sup

po

rt

in

pla

ce

to

ta

ckle

risk

of

dis

pla

cem

ent

of

de

fore

sta

tio

n t

hre

at

to a

rea

s o

uts

ide

initia

l pro

ject

are

a;

4.

Lo

ca

l skill

s i

n p

lace t

o r

eplic

ate

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

mo

del

els

ew

here

in

K

SN

P

lan

dsca

pe;

5.

Susta

inab

le fin

an

cin

g p

lan fo

r vill

age

fo

rests

.

1.L

eg

al

de

sig

natio

n of

up

to

8 V

illa

ge

Fore

sts

an

d

con

se

rva

tio

n

ag

ree

me

nts

w

ith a

t le

ast

1 c

on

ce

ssio

n h

old

er;

2.

Mo

nitorin

g

syste

m

sh

ow

s

no

ne

w

defo

resta

tio

n in

Vill

age

Fo

rests

;

3.

La

w e

nfo

rcem

en

t sup

po

rt i

n p

lace t

o

avo

id

de

flectio

n

of

thre

at

to

fore

st

outs

ide initia

l p

roje

ct

are

a;

4.

AK

AR

N

GO

n

etw

ork

m

em

bers

fa

cili

tatin

g re

plic

ation

of

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st

mode

l a

t ~

8 f

urt

he

r lo

ca

tio

ns;

5.

RE

DD

pilo

t pro

ject

identificatio

n n

ote

and

/or

en

vir

onm

en

tal

se

rvic

es p

aym

en

t m

echan

ism

su

bm

itte

d

to

dis

tric

t/

nation

al g

overn

ment.

Pu

rpo

se:

To

de

ve

lop a

nd i

mple

me

nt

a new

m

odel

of

co

llab

ora

tive fo

rest

mana

ge

me

nt

tha

t em

pow

ers

fo

rest

edg

e

co

mm

unitie

s

to

se

cure

le

ga

l pro

tection

, a

nd

part

icip

ate

in

th

e

mana

ge

me

nt,

of

the b

iodiv

ers

ity-r

ich

fo

rest

resourc

es

an

d

eco

syste

m

se

rvic

es

on

whic

h

the

y

de

pen

d;

facili

tate

lo

ca

l un

ders

tan

din

g o

f, a

nd

acce

ss t

o,

susta

inab

le a

nd

eq

uita

ble

fin

ance

str

ea

ms

to

avo

id

defo

resta

tio

n;

an

d

bu

ild

loca

l ca

pacity to

rep

licate

th

e a

ppro

ach.

P1.

Do

cu

mente

d,

rep

lica

ble

m

ode

l esta

blis

he

d

for

de

sig

na

tio

n

&

long-t

erm

co

llabo

rative

ma

nage

me

nt

of

Vill

age

F

ore

st (C

BD

Art

icle

s 8

,10,1

7);

P

2.

Cap

acity b

uilt

– lo

ca

l N

GO

s ab

le t

o

replic

ate

th

e

mo

de

l th

rou

gh

th

e

KN

SP

la

ndsca

pe a

nd

be

yon

d (

12,1

6,1

8);

P

3.

So

cia

l an

d

tech

nic

al

cond

itio

ns

esta

blis

he

d

to

both

un

ders

tand

and

acce

ss

su

sta

ina

ble

fin

ance

me

ch

an

ism

s

(13,8

[m],

11

,20).

P1.

Le

gal

docum

ents

for

up t

o 8

Vill

age

F

ore

sts

in

Ja

mbi

Dis

tric

t;

fund

ing

agre

em

ents

fo

r on

goin

g

mana

ge

men

t activitie

s

in

the

se

are

as;

pu

blis

he

d

mate

ria

ls o

n V

illage F

ore

st

mod

el.

P2.

Lo

cal

NG

Os fa

cili

tatin

g re

plic

ation

of

mo

del in

~8 f

urt

her

locations –

de

tails

of

meeting

w

ith

vill

ag

e

hea

ds;

pu

blic

docum

enta

tio

n o

f V

illa

ge F

ore

st

mo

del

dis

se

min

atio

n d

eta

ils;

P3.

Imple

me

nta

tio

n

pla

n

in

pla

ce

to

le

vera

ge

susta

inab

le

an

d

eq

uita

ble

fin

ance,

and a

ctivitie

s t

here

in initia

ted.

Th

e

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

mod

el

will

be

ap

pro

priate

to,

and

ado

pte

d i

n,

oth

er

are

as o

f S

um

atr

a

Outp

uts

: 1.

N

ew

m

od

el

(Vill

ag

e

Fore

st)

esta

blis

he

d

for

co

llab

ora

tive

co

nserv

atio

n

of

cri

tical

fore

st

in

pro

tecte

d

are

a

bu

ffer

zo

ne

s;

ensuri

ng

dire

ct

pro

tectio

n

of

up

to

20,0

00h

a

cri

tica

lly

thre

ate

ne

d

hig

h

bio

div

ers

ity f

ore

st

in t

he K

SN

P b

uff

er

zo

ne

an

d

layi

ng

the

fo

un

da

tio

n

for

replic

ation

of

this

mode

l th

rough

-ou

t th

e K

SN

P la

nd

scap

e an

d S

um

atr

a-

wid

e.

1a

. Le

gal

de

sig

na

tio

n

of

up

to

8

Com

mun

ity

Ma

na

ged

F

ore

sts

(7

V

illa

ge

F

ore

sts

, 1

Cu

sto

ma

ry

Fore

st

in

HC

V

KS

NP

bu

ffer

zone

fo

rest

in

Jam

bi

Pro

vin

ce (

20,0

00

ha.)

- 2

VF

in Y

r.1,

3 i

n

Yr.

2 a

nd

3 in

Yr.

3.

1b

. M

an

age

ment

pla

ns a

nd

co

llab

ora

tive

fo

rest

mo

nito

ring

an

d m

an

ag

em

ent

tea

ms

in

ea

ch

Vill

age

Fo

rest

(Yr2

-3).

Co

-fu

nd

ing

se

cure

d

for

ongo

ing

m

an

age

ment,

b

eyo

nd

Da

rwin

pro

ject

pe

rio

d;

1c.

VF

C

ou

ncil

esta

blis

hed

fo

r co

llabo

ratio

n b

etw

ee

n V

F v

illa

ges;

1d

.Lesso

ns

lea

rne

d

an

d

ca

se

stu

die

s

from

8

m

ode

l V

illage

F

ore

sts

p

ub

lish

ed

, dis

se

min

ate

d,

and

pre

sen

ted

public

ally

.

1a.

Cop

ies

of

leg

al

do

cu

me

nts

pert

ain

ing

to

e

sta

blis

hm

ent

of

ea

ch

m

ode

l V

illage

Fo

rest.

1b.

Cop

ies

of

Vill

ag

e

Fore

st

mana

ge

me

nt

pla

ns

and

a

sso

cia

ted

lo

cal

law

s

(PerD

es);

m

em

be

rship

a

nd

lo

g o

f co

llab

ora

tive m

on

itori

ng

activitie

s;

co

pie

s

of

fun

din

g

ag

reem

ents

fo

r ong

oin

g

sup

port

of

co

llabora

tive

m

ana

ge

me

nt

activitie

s;

1c.

Me

mb

ers

hip

lis

t an

d

meetin

g

min

ute

s o

f V

F C

ou

ncil.

1d.P

ub

lish

ed

learn

ing

an

d g

uid

an

ce f

or

VF

de

sig

na

tio

n

an

d

man

age

me

nt;

dis

se

min

atio

n

list;

p

resenta

tio

n

at

min

imum

4 n

atio

na

l /

intl e

ve

nts

.

Th

e c

olla

bora

tive f

ore

st

man

ag

em

ent

ap

pro

ach

th

at

has b

ee

n p

ionee

red i

n

pa

rts o

f M

era

ngin

Dis

tric

t is

rep

lica

ble

in

oth

er

buffe

r zo

ne a

rea

s.

2.

C

ap

acity

in

pla

ce

w

ithin

A

KA

R

Ne

twork

m

em

be

rs

an

d

loca

l govern

men

t to

pro

mote

an

d f

acili

tate

re

plic

ation

of

the

vill

age f

ore

st

mode

l th

roug

ho

ut th

e K

SN

P la

nd

scap

e.

2a

. 3

A

KA

R

me

mbers

tr

ain

ed

an

d

con

fid

en

t to

a

ct

as

loca

l fa

cili

tato

rs

to

esta

blis

h V

illa

ge F

ore

st

an

d c

olla

bora

tive

m

an

age

ment

activitie

s

–

replic

atio

n

of

Darw

in

mod

el

initia

ted

in

u

p

to

4

ad

ditio

na

l vill

age

s b

y en

d o

f pro

ject;

2b

. A

t le

ast

4 A

KA

R N

GO

s h

ave s

kill

s i

n

pa

rtic

ipa

tory

m

ap

pin

g,

hum

an-w

ildlif

e

con

flic

t m

itig

ation,

GIS

and

d

ata

m

an

age

ment,

le

ga

l ba

sis

a

nd

esta

blis

hm

en

t o

f V

illage

Fore

st

by e

nd o

f pro

ject;

2c.

AK

AR

mem

bers

, K

SN

P a

nd F

ore

str

y

be

tter

ab

le

to

mo

nito

r th

reat

in

Vill

age

F

ore

st

an

d o

the

r K

SN

P b

uff

er

zon

e a

rea

s

thro

ug

h G

IS fa

cili

ty b

y Y

r 2.

2a.

Tra

inin

g

mate

ria

ls

and

fe

ed

back

form

s,

att

en

dee

lis

ts,

pho

tos,

me

eting

note

s,

testim

on

ies f

rom

vill

age

le

ade

rs,

pla

nnin

g

docum

ents

fo

r re

plic

ation

of

mode

l in

ad

ditio

na

l vill

age

s;

2b.

Tra

inin

g

mate

ria

ls

and

fe

ed

back

form

s,

att

en

dee

lis

ts,

pho

tos,

me

eting

note

s;

2c.

GIS

fa

cili

ty

exp

ert

T

erm

s

of

Re

fere

nce

an

d

CV

; M

oU

s

in

pla

ce

betw

een

sta

keh

old

ers

reg

ard

ing a

cce

ss

and

d

ata

sh

ari

ng;

sa

mp

les

of

data

ana

lysis

a

nd

ma

ppin

g

wo

rk

pro

du

ced

b

y A

KA

R m

em

be

rs.

With tr

ain

ing a

nd guid

an

ce fr

om

th

e

sta

ff

of

this

pro

ject,

A

KA

R

Netw

ork

w

ill s

ecure

fu

ndin

g t

o a

pp

ly t

he s

kill

s

ga

ined w

ith D

arw

in supp

ort

in

oth

er

critical are

as o

f th

e K

SN

P lan

dsca

pe

.

3.

Te

ch

nic

al

an

d

socio

log

ical

foun

dation

s

in

pla

ce

to

en

ab

le

Dis

tric

ts i

nclu

ded i

n t

he

pro

ject

are

a

to

acce

ss

lon

g-t

erm

a

nd

eq

uitable

fin

ance m

echa

nis

ms fo

r susta

inab

le

fore

st

pro

tectio

n

3a

. A

t le

ast

8

AK

AR

m

em

be

r org

an

isation

s,

ke

y sta

ke

hold

ers

fr

om

8

vill

age

s,

10

govern

men

t sta

ff

from

2

dis

tric

ts a

ll h

ave

un

ders

tan

din

g o

f clim

ate

cha

nge

; en

viro

nm

ent

serv

ice

pa

ym

en

t m

echa

nis

ms;

3b

. P

ote

ntia

l fo

r e

co

sys

tem

-serv

ice b

ased

fina

nce

in

pro

ject

are

a

eva

luate

d;

asse

ssm

en

t of

su

ita

bili

ty

of

su

sta

ina

ble

fina

nce o

ptio

ns.

3a.

Qu

estio

nna

ire

asse

ssm

en

ts

of

part

icip

an

t un

ders

tan

din

g

pre

-/po

st-

train

ing;

part

icip

an

t te

stim

on

y r

eg

ard

ing

va

lue o

f tr

ain

ing

3b.

Re

port

s

of

natu

ral

reso

urc

e

invento

ry and

P

ES

fe

asib

ility

stu

dy a

s

pote

ntia

l str

ate

gy fo

r eq

uitable

fina

nce

in

pro

ject

are

a.

RE

DD

(R

ed

ucin

g

Em

issio

ns

fro

m

De

fore

sta

tio

n

and

D

egra

dation

) w

ill

be

in

clu

de

d in t

he

po

st-

Kyo

to P

roto

co

l –

a

de

cis

ion

tha

t is

p

end

ing

at

the

U

NF

CC

C C

OP

in

C

op

en

hag

en

, D

ec

20

09

.

A

cti

vit

ies (

deta

ils in

work

pla

n)

1.1

Pro

ject

Incep

tio

n W

ork

sh

op

– M

ulti-sta

keh

old

er

work

shop

to la

un

ch

pro

ject;

intr

od

uce e

xte

rna

l te

am

mem

be

rs;

revie

w w

ork

pla

n a

nd s

tra

teg

y

1.2

Sele

ctio

n o

f 8 p

riori

ty v

illa

ges f

or

sup

port

to

esta

blis

h H

uta

n D

esa –

ra

pid

fie

ld a

sse

ssm

en

t, v

illag

e m

eetin

gs

1.3

Tra

inin

g in p

art

icip

ative

ma

pp

ing

, pri

ncip

les o

f fo

rest m

an

age

me

nt

and f

ore

st

law

– u

p t

o 8

fo

rest-

edg

e v

illa

ges (

se

e a

lso A

ctivity 2

.1)

1.4

Part

icip

ative m

ap

pin

g a

nd a

gre

em

en

t of

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st b

oun

dari

es

1.5

Esta

bli

sh

an

d i

mp

lem

en

t fo

rest

man

ag

em

en

t fr

am

ew

ork

– p

art

icip

ato

ry d

evelo

pm

ent

of

fore

st

ma

nag

em

ent

gu

idelin

es,

vill

ag

e l

aw

s (

Perd

es),

colla

bo

rative

patr

ol te

am

s

1.6

Leg

al

des

ign

ati

on

of

Villa

ge F

ore

sts

– le

ga

l pro

ce

ss for

fore

st

sta

tus c

ha

ng

e,

vill

ag

e-D

istr

ict G

ove

rnm

en

t a

gre

em

ents

co

nfirm

su

pport

to p

rote

ct

Vill

ag

e F

ore

sts

1.7

Cre

ate

fo

rma

lly r

eco

gn

ised

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st

Ma

nage

ment

Cou

ncil

– g

overn

an

ce

bo

dy f

or

all

Vill

age F

ore

st

are

as e

sta

blis

hed

1.8

Fu

nd

rais

ing

for

su

sta

ined m

ana

gem

ent

po

st-

Darw

in s

up

po

rt –

will

als

o b

e a

ddre

ssed

thro

ugh

Activity 3

.4

1.9

Do

cum

ent a

nd d

issem

inate

Vill

ag

e F

ore

st m

od

el

2.1

Tra

inin

g in p

art

icip

ative

ma

pp

ing

, pri

ncip

les o

f fo

rest m

an

age

me

nt

and f

ore

st

law

– A

KA

R N

GO

mem

be

rs,

Fore

str

y D

ep

art

men

t an

d K

SN

P s

taff

2.2

Part

ne

r c

ap

ac

ity-b

uil

din

g /

tra

inin

g –

GIS

and

da

ta m

an

ag

em

ent, h

um

an-w

ildlif

e c

on

flic

t a

void

ance a

nd

mitig

atio

n,

fundra

isin

g a

nd

pro

ject

man

age

me

nt

2.3

Esta

blish

men

t &

co

llab

ora

tive m

an

ag

em

en

t o

f G

IS f

or

KS

NP

bu

ffer-

zo

ne

– s

hare

d r

eso

urc

e o

f A

KA

R m

em

be

rs,

KS

NP

, F

ore

str

y D

ep

art

me

nts

in K

SN

P

dis

tric

ts;

youn

g I

ndo

ne

sia

n s

cie

ntists

and

oth

er

sta

ke

ho

lders

3.1

De

taile

d p

art

icip

ato

ry f

ield

in

ve

nto

ry o

f V

illa

ge F

ore

st

na

tura

l re

surc

es

– m

am

ma

ls,

birds,

herp

eto

faun

a, ve

geta

tion

in

clu

din

g n

on

-tim

ber

fore

st

pro

ducts

.2

Cli

mate

ch

an

ge a

nd

RE

DD

tra

inin

g f

or

civ

il s

oc

iety

an

d l

ocal

Go

ve

rnm

en

t p

art

ne

rs –

in

tensiv

e,

pra

ctica

l un

ders

tand

ing o

f clim

ate

cha

nge

im

plic

atio

ns,

fore

st,

co

sts

/ b

ene

fits

of

RE

DD

and p

rincip

les o

f be

nefits

sh

aring

3.3

Tra

inin

g in n

atu

ral re

so

urc

e in

ve

nto

ry f

or

se

lecte

d v

illag

e c

luste

rs

3.4

E

nviro

nm

enta

l serv

ice

s p

aym

en

t syste

m f

easib

ility

stu

dy f

or

pro

ject

are

a

3.5

P

roje

ct Id

entificatio

n N

ote

(P

IN)

/ fe

asili

bili

ty r

ep

ort

pre

pare

d f

or

co

nsulta

tio

n in

Pro

gra

m A

rea

M

on

itori

ng a

ctivitie

s:

Indic

ato

rs:

P1, 1

a, 1

b, 1

c,

1d (

ind

icato

rs f

or

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

Vill

age

Fo

rest M

od

el)

Pro

ject

par

tner

s w

ill

devel

op a

det

aile

d w

ork

pla

n w

ith

quart

erly

mil

esto

nes

: in

dic

ators

wil

l th

en b

e fo

llow

ed c

lose

ly t

o d

eter

min

e w

het

her

pro

gre

ss i

s sa

tisf

acto

ry,

adju

stm

ent

of

the

work

pla

n /

adapti

ve

managem

ent

nee

ded

etc

. T

his

wil

l be

dis

cuss

ed i

n t

eam

mee

tings

and r

eport

s.

Info

rmal

mon

thly

mee

tin

gs

wil

l en

sure

that

clo

se c

onta

ct

is m

ainta

ined b

etw

een t

he

fiel

d t

eam

an

d p

ilot

vil

lages

thro

ughout

imple

men

tati

on a

nd a

ny o

pp

ort

unit

ies

/ pro

ble

ms

are

iden

tifi

ed a

nd r

esp

on

ded t

o a

t th

e ea

rlie

st o

pport

unit

y.

Quali

tati

ve

met

hods

use

d t

o e

val

uat

e ch

anges

in c

om

munit

y a

ttit

udes

to f

ore

st p

rote

cti

on d

uri

ng p

roje

ct.

A b

asel

ine

asse

ssm

ent

of

thre

at t

o f

ore

st i

n t

he

pro

ject

are

a w

ill

be

dev

eloped

base

d o

n e

ncr

oac

hm

ent

dat

a fr

om

Dep

artm

ent

of

Fore

stry

and c

onsu

ltati

on i

n e

ach p

ilot

vil

lage.

R

esult

s

of

coll

ab

ora

tive

monit

ori

ng p

atr

ols

wil

l in

form

chan

ge

in t

hre

at.

Indic

ato

rs:

P2, P

3, 2

a,

2b,

2c,

3a (

ind

ica

tors

for

tra

inin

g a

nd

cap

acity b

uild

ing

)

Tra

inee

gro

up p

rofi

les

use

d a

s a

bas

elin

e to

mea

sure

agai

nst

kn

ow

ledge

and s

kil

ls g

ained.

Tra

inin

g a

nd w

ork

shop

par

tici

pan

ts c

om

ple

te q

ues

tion

nai

res

to d

eter

min

e val

ue

of

thes

e ev

ents

, and a

ny a

reas

requir

ing f

oll

ow

-up.

For

2b a

nd 2

c docu

men

t evid

ence

of

trai

nee

s ap

ply

ing s

kil

ls g

ained. F

or

3a

use

qual

itat

ive m

easu

res

to a

sses

s chan

ges

in

com

mun

ity a

ttit

udes

In

dic

ato

rs:

P3, 3

b, 3

c (

ind

ica

tors

for

pri

va

te s

ecto

r eng

agem

ent

an

d a

ssessm

ent

of susta

inab

le f

inan

ce s

trate

gie

s)

Pro

ject

par

tner

s w

ill

dev

elop a

det

aile

d f

ield

work

pla

n w

ith q

uar

terl

y m

iles

tones

: in

dic

ators

wil

l th

en b

e fo

llow

ed c

lose

ly t

o d

ete

rmin

e w

het

her

pro

gre

ss i

s sa

tisf

acto

ry,

ad

just

men

t of

the

work

pla

n /

adap

tive

managem

ent

nee

ded e

tc.

This

wil

l be

dis

cuss

ed i

n t

eam

mee

tings

and r

eport

s.

Overa

ll:

P

roje

ct

part

ne

rs m

on

ito

r an

d e

valu

ate

th

e p

rog

ress,

co

nte

xt,

ris

ks a

nd

assum

ptio

ns o

f th

e D

I p

roje

ct

on a

bi-a

nnua

l b

asis

, b

ased

on y

earl

y D

I w

ork

pla

ns

Pro

ject

part

ne

rs c

ond

uct

pa

rtic

ipa

tory

evalu

atio

ns m

id-t

erm

an

d in t

he last tr

ime

ste

r of th

e p

roje

ct, info

rmin

g a

dap

tive m

ana

gem

ent

an

d v

alid

ating

results in t

he f

ield

.