this paper already presented at International Conference of UNESCO programme at 2015

1. Community Development in Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation ( REDD ) and REDD+
Programme in Aceh Province
By : MONALISA, SP,M.Si
Lecturer Staff of Agribussiness Departement of
Agriculture Faculty of Syiah Kuala University
Banda Aceh - Indonesia

2. Introduction
 Global warming is happening so far has
prompted several countries to consider a
number of measures in order to reduce
the rate of deforestation and forest
degradation. Therefore drafted a policy,
namely REDD. REDD stands for
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and Forest Degradation, a global
mechanism aimed at slowing climate
change by compensating developing
countries for protecting their forests.

3. Introduction
 According to Pedroni (2007) in Sukadri (2012), the
difference between REDD and REDD + begins
with the definition of forest. According to him, the
decline in the ability of forests to absorb carbon
will come to a certain point (the threshold value),
which is based on the definition of a region can no
longer be referred to as a forest. So on the
condition of the land use change from forest to one
of the five categories of land (cropland, grassland,
wetland, settlement or other land). REDD would
later develop into REDD +, which includes three
other role of forests in carbon sequestration and
storage

4. Introduction
 As for some of BP's achievements during
2014 and REDD +, REDD + BP has
cooperated with the 11 provinces and 76
districts that have forest and peatland.
Covering the provinces of Aceh, Riau,
West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra,
West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan,
East Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, West
Papua and Papua.

5. Implementation of REDD + in the Aceh Province
and Community Empowerment
 REDD + program in Aceh province is
focused in an area called the Ulu Masen
forest, which is one of Aceh forest area
covering an area of 750,000 hectares,
which can be categorized as one of Aceh
apart Leuser ecosystem area, seulawah,
Burni Telong and islands. Ulu Masen is in
the northern part of Aceh, located at the
district administrative region 5. Covering
Aceh Jaya, West Aceh, Pidie, Pidie Jaya
and Aceh Besar.

6. Implementation of REDD + in the Aceh Province
and Community Empowerment
 The memorandum of understanding regarding
the sale and marketing of carbon has been
signed by the Aceh government and Carbon
Conservation in July 2008. Ulu Masen has
been designated as an area that will be the
REDD project area by the Government of
Aceh involving FFI (Flora Fauna International),
an Australian company Carbon Conservation
and US bank Merrill Lynch. This project
intends to reduce the rate of deforestation
basis of a number of 9,500 hectares annually
by 85%, achieving emission reductions of up
to 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

7. Implementation of REDD + in the Aceh
Province and Community Empowerment
 As a development strategy, empowerment
can be defined as an activity to help the
client to gain the power to make decisions
and determine the action to be performed,
associated with them, including reducing
barriers to personal and social action
through increased ability and confidence to
use the power possessed by transferring
power from environment (Payne, 1997).

8. The Strada REDD + preparation process in Aceh is as follows:
Documents studies
Local goverment consultation
Multistakeholder workshop
Result seminar

9. Implementation of REDD + in the
Aceh Province and Community
Empowerment
 The element of community engagement
has started the preparation stage SRAP,
namely in the workshop of the parties.
 The implementation of the REDD program
in the province has been progress, but
until now people do not quite understand
what the real meaning of the program, so
that the public perception of REDD
becomes different. On the other hand, has
not put forward the REDD program
elements women involvement.

10. Ulu Masen Forest Map

13. Ranger Patrol by Flora Fauna
International at Ulu Masen

14. Mukim base project
according to Qanun no. 3/2009, which has stated, “Mukim has the task
to
of development, social development and improvement organize the
administration, implementation of the implementation of
Shari’a.”
In addition, there is an explanation which a mukim as a unit of legal
community, has its own territory.

15. Ranger story
Muktar, age 44, patrolling the Ulu Masen forest in Aceh, Indonesia.
Muktar was an illegal logger in the Ulu Masen forest for over 10
years before undergoing training provided by the NGO Fauna
and Flora International (FFI) in order to become a ranger.
Funded by the World Bank's Multi Donor Fund, and supported by
UKaid from the Department for International Development, FFI
have set up a Conservation Response Unit on the edge of the
forest. The CRU is responsible for training rangers and works to
help community members understand how to best protect the
forest, whilst also providing economic benefits and and livelihood
opportunities to local communities.
The Aceh Forest and Environment Project protects the Leuser and
Ulu Masen forest ecosystems form illegal logging. The 3.3 million
hectare area in the northern part of Aceh province, is the largest
contiguous forested area in South East Asia. It is seen as a rich
provider of environmental and economic benefits for the 2 million
people living in Aceh.
View an audio slideshow of this story at:
www.dfid.gov.uk/acehforest

16. Forest habitat lost

17. Conclusions and
Suggestion
Several conclusions can be drawn from the
above discussion is as follows:
 Empowerment of communities around the
forest becomes a key factor in driving the
success of REDD+ program)in Aceh Province.
 The guidelines for monitoring and evaluation
will be in the implementation of REDD+ is
essential that REDD+ can run effectively.
 Land ownership and framework RTRWA
(spatial planning and territory of Aceh) to be
factors that play a role in determining the
parties that will be responsible for the REDD +
program in Aceh.

18. Conclusions and
Suggestion
 As for some of the suggestions are as
follows:
 The need for the implementation of
community development activities
continuously and sustainably.
 Guidelines should be formulated monitoring
and evaluation agreed with the parties
involved.
 The need for clarity about the ownership of
land and RTRWA clear framework so that
there is no overlap in the field.