Fauna Flora International has engaged Forest Carbon, a leading forestry and REDD project consulting company to develop three REDD plus projects in West Kalimantan. Forest Carbon: www.forest-carbon.org

1. REDD+: A Strategy to Conserve
Village Forests in West Kalimantan,
Indonesia

2. A Landscape Approach to Conservation West Kalimantan
Goal: Preserve connectivity between
Gunung Palung National Park and
Sentap Kancang in West Kalimantan.
Strategy:
1. Work with communities to develop
village forests.
– Assist in land tenure rights.
– Conduct carbon stock
assessments.
– Train local people in carbon
stock assessments.
2. Engage palm oil estates on land
management.
– Maps HCVF Areas.
– Develop REDD Projects within
concessions.

3. Riam Berasap Village Forest Case Study
Why is Riam Berasap Important?
• Community Motivation: Plans for oil
palm conversion were abandoned after
community members protested.
• Biodiversity: Part of the forested
corridor linking important orangutan
populations in Sentap Kacang and
Gunung Palung.
• Dependency on the Forest: Community
harvests non-timber forest products.
• High Carbon Stocks: Forest is on
medium depth peat.
• Continued Threat: Slated for
conversion for new transmigration
settlements.

4. Local Communities as
Environmental Stewards:
FFI seeks to prepare local communities to become
active participants in conservation.
Community Engagement Strategy:
– Conduct a series of community training
sessions on HCVF identification and carbon
stock assessment techniques.
– Hire local people to assist in carbon stock
inventories.
– Work with community leaders on engaging
district level government.
– Ensure that community members have
given prior and informed consent.

5. Riam Berasap Community Forest
Land Cover Classification Map
• Land Area: 633 hectares
• Majority of the high density peat
forest is still in tack.
• Located in important peat forest
corridor.
• Low levels of degradation on the
edges of the village forest.
• Proximity to new roads and towns
put the forest under threat of
further development.

6. Riam Berasap: Carbon Emission Baseline and Revenue Estimates
Explanation of Emission
Estimates:
• Initial emissions from timber
extraction.
• Slash wood is burned creating
emissions.
• Palm growth included to
account for potential small
holder system.
• Drainage causes peat
oxidation over the entire
project life.
• Peat burning occurs during
initial years of clearance.
Carbon Revenue Potential:
• 3 Pricing Scenarios: $2.5; $5;
$10/Metric Ton.
• Potential revenue for 30 year
project: $17,849,669 USD.

7. Riam Berasap: Next Steps
• Work with local government
to secure community land
tenure of the village forest.
• Engage investors on REDD
project development and
credit purchases.
• Finalize carbon stock
estimations and REDD project
documents.
• Develop carbon revenue
sharing mechanism.

8. Pematung Gadung Community Forest Area
• Part of extended corridor
located south of
Ketapang.
• 29,000 Hectares.
• Communities motivated
for conservation.
• Multiple drivers of
deforestation (Logging, oil
palm, mining).
• Consists of peat forests.
• Areas of high biodiversity.

9. Why does FFI engage palm oil
companies on conservation?
• Threat of palm oil
development in the corridor is
clear.
• Majority of region slated for
palm oil conversion.
• Palm estates have a huge
impact on local community
livelihoods and access to the
forest.
• Concession areas are critical
habitat for orangutans and
other endangered species.

10. REDD+ within Palm Oil Concession
Goal: Create model to use REDD+
to finance conservation of HCV
areas within palm oil concessions.
Initial Analysis:
• HCVF Surveys confirm that parts
of the concession are critical
orangutan habitat.
• Deep peat areas mapped by ANJ
and surveyed by FFI scientific
teams.
• Draft Carbon Accounting Area
(7000 hectares) designed to
preserve critical habitat, deep
peat, and connectivity.
• GHG Emission Reductions from
the Carbon Accounting Area
could total 18,000,000 tons CO2e.

11. PT KAL: Carbon Emission Baseline and Revenue Estimates
Explanation of Emission
Estimates:
• Initial emissions from timber
extraction.
• Slash wood is burned creating
emissions.
• Peat Drainage causes peat
oxidation over the entire life
of the project.
• Peat burning occurs during
initial years of clearance.
• Emissions modeled over 30
year period.
Carbon Revenue Potential:
• 3 Pricing Scenarios: $2.5; $5;
$10/Metric Ton.
• Potential revenue for 30 year
project: $182,700,000 USD.

12. REDD+ within Palm Oil: Next Steps
• Create community
development plan.
• Engage communities and
gain local support for REDD
project.
• Develop REDD revenue
sharing mechanism.
• Refine carbon accounting
area based on ecological,
technical and social
assessments.
• Develop project documents
under the Voluntary Carbon
Standard and Community,
Climate, and Biodiversity
Alliance

13. Carbon Market Strategy
Why does FFI develop REDD projects under the VCS?
• VCS is scientifically robust.
• Double validated methodologies exist for peat
forests in Southeast Asia.
• VCS credits are trusted by major corporations and
banks for offset requirements. (i.e Macquerie, Gazprom, Shell)
• Multiple VCS projects in the pipeline in Indonesia.
(i.e Rimba Raya, Kapuas Hulu, Ulu Masen)
www.v-c-s.org

14. Acknowledgements:
REDD + Technical Partner:
www.forest-carbon.org
Jeffrey Chatellier
j.chatellier@forest-carbon.org