Report for the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) - UMS

e done about carbon stocks and flux and the implementation of REDD in Indonesia and
Malaysia at all. For that reason the outlook to get the grant seems to be very good.
Nevertheless there are some plus factors for a successful proposal as well. BEAF as a unit
of the GTZ will probably support the MGFEP. Currently no other working group of CIFOR is
looking for the BEAF-grant. Forestry is at present a well discussed issue as well as REDD.
The project could contribute to the KfW-Project in Kalimantan as scientific advisor.
6.7. Future actions
The project will be likely in line with CIFOR’s ongoing domains. In the CIFOR’s medium term
plan (MTP), monitoring and measuring carbon will be done in the near future both in
degraded forest and in the peat area (prob. in Central Kalimantan) (minutes of the 4 th of
November). The partners should agree upon the classification and definition of forest types
early to contribute this to the proposal (forest types could be classified according to FAO,
WWF, etc.). It could be useful to get in contact with other potential partners like the Ministry
of Environment Indonesia (or Sarawak) or Forest Planning Bureau respective Forestry
Planning Agency (FPA) (Dephut).
6.8. Operation schedule
• January 31st – Delivery of the consultant report by Jan Wehberg.
• Early February – Submission of the project basic concept to the Director General of
CIFOR by Markku. Circulation of budget table form
• February 28th – Beginning of proposal writing by Markku Kanninen. Than he needs a
nearby final version of the research plans of the partners including budget
• March 31st – Deadline for BEAF proposal
• August/September – Start of the project phase at the earliest
7. Ongoing projects
Carbon stock and REDD are integral parts of some activities and projects in SE-Asia and
especially in Indonesia. According to a statement by Alfan Subekti TNC Indonesia has
currently 15-18 projects implemented by various institutions/organizations (5- 6 ongoing,
others planned) with total investment of 150 to 160 million USD. Countries involved in the
REDD implementation are Australia, USA, Norway (highest fund but no project so far. Maybe
WWF, TNC), Netherlands (Central Kalimantan, Tropenbos and Wetland with the University
of Palangkaraya), Japan, and Germany. Projects in Central Kalimantan are funded by FFI,
WWF, Tropenbos, Wetlands (Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable
Management of Tropical Peatland CIMTROP, University of Palangkaraya)
For Borneo in the REDD context these projects are relevant in the broadest sense:
• The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW is planning a pilot project for the implementation
of REDD in Kalimantan. The KfW-project seems to be a potential partner as a client using
our findings which could give us a further advantage. But it will not start until our project
begins in August or September 2009 (Daniel).
• TNC. Berau-Carbon-Program (Project by The Nature Conservancy in Kalimantan). Since
2008, only TNC-funded. District level. The identification period will be finalized by June or
July 2009 starting the strategic period. The next phase (test period/ demonstration
activities) will run until 2012/2013. Than investors/buyers will hopefully be interested. The
project includes RIL and SFM and also modeling is planned (expected under co-operation
with the University of Queensland. But there is no model yet). The REDD task force is
also active there. All activities should be implemented through the task force. The Director
of TNC terrestrial program is Dicky Simorangkir (was in Göttingen and 1993 to 1999 GTZ
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