Outline of the Project

Name of the project

Indonesia-Japan Project for Development of REDD+ Implementation Mechanism (IJ-REDD+)

Country of the project

Indonesia

Signed date of the project

4th February 2013

Project site

West Kalimantan Province including Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP), and Central Kalimantan Province

Term of Cooperation

16th June 2013- 15th June 2018

Implementing Agency

Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), Provincial Government of West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan and the Gunung Palung National Park Office.

Background

The area of tropical forests in Indonesia is the third largest in the world providing rich biodiversity and ecosystem services that are essential for the development of the country and for improving the livelihood of local communities. These forests have been under pressure of various issues such as conversion to plantations and farmlands and forest fires. At the international level, REDD+ scheme has emerged to address these issues and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GOI) has actively adopted the scheme including the development of national REDD+ strategy, the submission of Forest Reference Emission Levels (FREL) and the implementation of demonstration activities. This is also in line with JICA's view that REDD+ is essential for the future cooperation between Indonesia and Japan.

In response to the proposal made by GOI on "Indonesia-Japan Project for Development of REDD+ Implementation Mechanism (IJ-REDD+)" to the Indonesia National Planning Agency by the letter from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) dated 29 November 2011, the Government of Japan (GOJ") accepted the proposal.

IJ-REDD+ is a bilateral technical cooperation project implemented by the GoI, with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) launched in June 2013. The Project aims to strengthen the capacity of MoEF, Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP), and Central- and West Kalimantan provincial governments over the period of five years.

Overall Goal

REDD+ implementation mechanism developed by the project is integrated into national REDD+ mechanism.

Project Purpose

REDD+ implementation mechanism is developed in West and Central Kalimantan.

Outputs

Output 1: Sub-national framework on REDD+ is developed in West Kalimantan.
Output 2: A REDD+ model for GPNP and its landscape is developed.
Output 3: Capacity of carbon monitoring is enhanced at the provincial level in Central Kalimantan.
Output 4: Emission reduction activities regarding forest and land fire control are mobilized in West Kalimantan.
Output 5: Project findings are referred to in the process of developing REDD+ implementation mechanisms at the national level.

Inputs

Japanese side
Japanese Experts (long term & short term)
Employment of National Coordinator, Field Coordinator and National Experts Training in Japan
Machinery and equipment

Indonesian side
Counterpart personnel
Travel expenses and allowances of counterpart personnel
Available data and information related to the Project
Facilities, machinery, and equipment