Mitigation and adaptation through conservation and sustainable livelihoods in Indonesia's peat and mangrove ecosystems

Peatland and mangrove ecosystems (PMEs) provide ecosystem services to communities in Indonesia in the form of coastal and flood protection, water quality and food security. The project supported the large-scale conservation and effective management of PMEs in West Papua and North Sumatra to increase the resilience of highly vulnerable communities and their biodiversity to the consequences of climate change. It relied on sustainable economic solutions such as crab fisheries, non-timber forest products and the agricultural utilisation of wet raised bogs and fens, which at the same time contribute to the development of alternative livelihoods. By avoiding the deforestation of 20000 hectares of mangroves and 60000 hectares of peat forests within the project duration, the project helped to save around 30 million tonnes of CO2eq. In total, around 10,000 people in the project areas benefit from the development of new sources of income through the sustainable utilisation of the PME.

Project data

Countries: Indonesia
IKI funding: 3,853,775.97 €
Duration: 04/2019 till 08/2023
Status: completed
Implementing organisation: Conservation International (CI)
Political Partner: Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) - Indonesia

Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries - Indonesia

National Planning Agency - Indonesia
Implementing Partner: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Wetlands International - Indonesia
Online: https://www.conservation.org/projects/mitigation-adaptation-through-conservation-and-sustainable-livelihoods-in-indonesia's-peat-and-mangrove-ecosystems

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State of implementation/results

Project completed.

National Level:
- The final draft of the National Strategy of Wetland Mgt. and its summary for Policy Makers has been developed. A Focus Group Discussion with the national core team has been conducted in Mar 2022. The document will be shared and discussed with the relevant ministries in Sep 2022.
- The draft of Whitepapers on National Mangrove Strategy, Climate change mitigation & Climate change adaptation have been produced. A webinar on Coastal Zone Rehabilitation for Low Carbon Development has been conducted in Mar 2022 to gather and enhance the information for developing the whitepapers.
- The Biodiversity Heaven Virtual Tour and the Virtual Tour of Muara Manompas were conducted in Apr and Jun 2022, 186 people participated, and 969 people have been trained.
North Sumatra:
- Representatives of local government have participated in GIS training for peatland management and the development of protection documentation.
- The detailed spatial plan analysis of Muara Batang Toru has been produced, which is expected to protect and sustainably manage 23.823 ha of peat ecosystems in the area.
- Report on Hydrological assessment in Tapanuli Selatan has been published.
- The draft of chapters 1 & 2 of the Nord Sumatra Management Planning paper has been developed. It will protect and provide sustainable management direction for 500.000 ha of peatland.
- 81 communities have been trained in finance and admin, duck & aquaculture farming as a sustainable livelihood activity in the peat ecosystem.
- 216 ha of peat ecosystem are better managed through rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization of community livelihood.
West Papua:
- A Mangrove Management Working Group Development workshop has been conducted in Jul 2022. The formation team has been selected and is currently working on the development of the governor decree on the establishment of the working group.
- In June 2022 training was conducted on Species Distribution Modelling for essential ecosystem determination.
- The draft of the Long-term Forest Management Plan of the Kaimana Forest management Unit was finalized & presented to the forestry agency of West Papua.
- The West Papua Provincial Forestry Plan has been enacted through Governor Decree Nr.11/2022. The decree secures approx. 1,38 million ha of Peat and Mangrove ecosystems as conservation, protection, and priority of rehabilitation area.
- 18 people from Natural Resource Conservation Agency West Papua have been capacitated on SMART patrol training.
- Approximately 91.443 ha of peat and mangrove area in Bintuni Nature Reserve and Sorong Nature Tourism Park West Papua are protected and conserved through regular smart patrol implementation.
- 122 people of Raja Ampat and Fakfak, have been trained in mangrove-based product diversification including mud-crab management, eco-printing, and sustainable ecotourism.
- A Feasibility study report of the Peat & Mangrove Ecosystem, and the case study of the Sorong Selatan WP has been developed.
- A video on SMART Patrol and Sustainable livelihood training has been produced.
- The Klawalu Park’s mangrove identification guideline book was published in a national media, Teropongnews.com