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TABLE 2. CO-BENEFITS OF KFCP’S INTERVENTIONS
Interventions Expected outputs Co-benefits
Rewetting Drainage and fire Revival of indigenous fish pond systems (Lutu/Beje)
related peatland Biodiversity conservation through reduced access (wetted areas)
emissions have been
Employment and livelihood opportunities for women in nursery
reduced significantly
related work
Canals blocked Could provide alternative fish pond; and
Replanting Increased vegetation
cover
Improved livelihoods through increased availability of fruits, nonforest
timber products and timber
Sequestration of
Greenhouse Gasses
Biodiversity conservation (Planting fruit species attracting orangutan
Fire
management
Livelihood
improvement
is enhanced
Reduced GHG
emissions from fire
Protection of
livelihood assets and
peatlands
Development of
improved value
chains
Alternative livelihoods
developed
Improved health due to reduced exposure to haze
Possible employment in REDD financed fire management schemes
Reduced illegal logging and extraction of forest resources leading to
improved conservation
Reduced logging and destructive extraction of non-forest timber
products like gemor
2.5 SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
2.5.1 Site Selection
Government representatives from Indonesia and Australia who visited Central Kalimantan undertook
a senior-level scoping mission for the KFCP in 2007. The mission held discussions with national and
provincial agencies (along with the Central Kalimantan Provincial Governor and Vice-Governor,
academic institutions, donors and non-government organisations currently working in the EMRP area
and the Sebangau and Tanjung Puting National Parks), and recommended that the proposed KFCP
REDD demonstration activity focus on Central Kalimantan as a representative area for the following
reasons:
Central Kalimantan contains 14% of Indonesia‘s 22 million hectares of peatland.
The EMRP area contains the largest area of degraded peatland in Indonesia.
INPRES 2/2007 and the EMRP master planning process provide a supportive institutional
framework for trialling a REDD demonstration activity.
The Governor of Central Kalimantan has expressed support for trialling a REDD
demonstration.
In undertaking an analysis of suitable sites for the KFCP, the design team considered the need for the
site to provide suitable opportunities to undertake the range of activities specified under the KFCP
such as REDD and peatland restoration activities.
Given the nature of the KFCP as an activity based on avoiding the deforestation and degradation of
peat swamp forests, the area in Block E and Block A-NM of the EMRP contains characteristics of the
larger EMRP with lowland peat swamp forest, which is seasonally waterlogged or inundated,
degraded and drained peat swamp forests and large continuous areas of peat. The site chosen is
between the Kapuas and the Mantangai Rivers within a ‗management unit as detailed in the EMRP
Master Plan and covers a peat dome as the hydrological unit. Details on the history of the area, causes
of deforestation, and the site selection process are provided in the Final Report of the Framework
Design Mission of the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (15 September 2008).
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