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    December 2014 Vol. 1 - No. 4

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    United Nations Office for REDD+ Coordination in Indonesia

    Inside

    The links between Climate Change,

    Forest Biodiversity and SustainableDevelopment

    Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias

    The REDD+ Partnership Meets forthe Final Time

    Lima, Peru, 27-28th November 2014

    UNFCCC CoP20 in LimaThe role of the private sector and market-based

    mechanisms in financing REDD+

    Interview of the MonthRachmat Witoelar, Executive Head of

    the National Council on Climate Change

    Prioritizing Peat: President JokowisBlusukan in Riau

    President Joko Widodo visits Riau Province

    WWF-IndonesiaChampioning Jurisdictional REDD+ in Indonesia

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    December 2014

    2014 has been a determinative year for REDD+ in Indonesia.

    The National REDD+ Agency, newly established in January of this year, has played a driving role

    in the broadening and deepening of the Indonesias REDD+ programme with a view to enhancingunderstanding and acceptance across Indonesia.

    UNORCIDs activities have correspondingly expanded - and while this is only our fourth monthlynewsletter - we hope that those published so far will have given you an idea of the range and scopeof our work. This is further illustrated by the large number of events that UNORCID co-hosted onthe sidelines of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention onClimate Change, which are summarized in this newsletter, and about which further information isavailable on our website.

    Looking ahead, a number of exciting and path-breaking initiatives are on the horizon for 2015,including a Summit for world business leaders from 9-10 February, in Jakarta, on the topic ofTropical Landscapes: A Global Investment Opportunity. The ground has already been laid forUNORCID to augment UN system support to key prerogatives of the national REDD+ programme, ontopics ranging from blue carbon to gender mainstreaming, and with groups that include nationalparliamentarians, children and young people.

    2015 will see Indonesias new administration adding further clarity to its priorities and positions,and there are many reasons for optimism that these will align with the vision of a sustainablegrowth with equity to which Indonesias REDD+ programme strives. At the international level, the

    world moves towards the landmark climate change conference (CoP21/CMP11) in Paris 2015.

    I hope that our newsletters will remain of interest and value to you as the context of REDD+ inIndonesia becomes ever more dynamic, and the stakes associated with a global agreement onclimate change mitigation rise in tandem.

    I wish readers all the best for the New Year.

    Satya S. Tripathi

    FROM THE DIRECTOR

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    REDD+ Indonesia Newsletter

    The links between Climate Change, ForestBiodiversity and Sustainable DevelopmentClimate change and biodiversity are inextricably linked.

    Climate change is increasingly one of the main threatsto biodiversity, and is likely to become one of the most

    significant drivers of biodiversity loss by the end of the

    century. At the same time, biodiversity and healthy

    ecosystems play a major role in mitigating and adapting to

    climate change by contributing to long-term sequestration

    of carbon, and reducing the impacts of extreme eventssuch as droughts and floods. Because conservation,

    restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity are essential

    for poverty eradication, food security, health and other

    aspects of human well-being, if we permit its continued

    decline, we will not only undermine our ability to adapt to

    climate change, we will also undermine fulfilment of theseessential functions, with harmful results being felt by all,

    and especially by the poorest of this world.

    Because of this interrelationship, better managementof forests, wetlands, mangroves, and other ecosystems

    can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Diverse

    ecosystems that are characterized by more biodiversity aremore resilient, and can better adapt to climate change.

    To remain within the 2 degree warming scenario, existing

    practices with regard to forest management will also need to

    be changed. We need to reduce deforestation by at least 50%

    by 2030. This will not be easy, as approximately 13 millionhectares of forests continue to be lost each year to land

    clearing and degradation, contributing up to 20 per cent of

    annual global greenhouse gas emissions.

    Braulio Ferreira De Souza DiasExecutive Secretary - Convention on Biological Diversity

    Ecosystem restoration is one element that can deliver

    a range of local, national and global policy objectives,including contributing to REDD+. Since its origins, REDD+

    has expanded beyond activities solely focused on carbon

    emission reduction to include other services that protect the

    environment.

    To ensure that efforts to reduce deforestation andcontributions towards ecosystem restoration are beingmade, we need to involve a wide range of stakeholders.

    The recent New York Declaration on Forests, which aims to

    halve deforestation by 2020 and end it by 2030, is an example

    of a public-private partnership that lays out ambitious

    goals to address deforestation and promote restoration of

    degraded land. The private sector has an important role toplay in reducing deforestation as well as in contributing

    to ecosystem restoration. That being said, implementation

    of the New York Declaration on Forests faces a number ofchallenges, notably the lack of existing practical tools and

    guidance in many countries.

    The good news is that there is a widely-agreed framework

    in place for addressing biodiversity, linked with

    sustainable development. As the overarching framework

    on biodiversity, not only for the biodiversity-related

    conventions, but for the entire United Nations system,

    the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 includes20 ambitious Aichi Biodiversity Targets, including

    targets related to the conservation, sustainable use and

    restoration of forests.

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    As part of the agreed Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Parties to

    the CBD have committed, by 2020, to transitioning to the

    sustainable production and consumption of natural resources

    (Target 4); at least halving the rate of deforestation (Target

    5); significantly reducing degradation and fragmentation

    (Target 5); increasing areas under sustainable forestry(Target 7); increasing and improving protected areas (Target

    11); preventing species extinctions and improving their

    status (Target 12); maintaining genetic diversity (Target 13);

    safeguarding ecosystems and essential services (Target 14);

    and carrying out ecosystem restoration on at least 15% of

    Earths degraded lands, enhancing carbon stocks (Target 15).

    REDD+ is recognized as having the potential to provide

    multiple benefits to biodiversity. However, if biodiversity isnot explicitly considered throughout REDD+ planning and

    implementation, negative impacts may occur. A number

    of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, including Targets 5, 7, 11, 14,

    15 and 18 are explicitly linked to REDD+, providing a multi-targeted approach for REDD+ planning and implementation.

    For example, biodiversity can be enhanced through long-

    term forest planning, analysis and monitoring activities under

    REDD+ that include improved species data, the provision

    of ecological gap assessments, enhancing ecological

    connectivity and expanding protected areas. Enhancingcarbon stocks as through increased reforestation and

    plantings will provide the greatest contribution to ecosystem

    restoration. In so doing however, the linkages described

    above need to be addressed to avoid negative impacts.

    An Integrated Global AgendaHealthy ecosystems act as buffers against natural hazards

    and provide valuable yet underutilized approaches for

    climate change adaptation and enhance natural resilience.

    Unfortunately, REDD+ is still seen primarily as a mitigationactivity, but recent pledges made to the Green Climate

    Fund on the margins of the Climate Summit in New York

    in September 2014 that will fund both adaptation and

    mitigation activities are encouraging.

    Several key decisions taken by Parties at the recentlyconcluded twelfth meeting of the Conference of the

    Parties (COP 12) to the Convention on Biological

    Diversity on biodiversity, sustainable development

    and poverty eradication comprise the Pyeongchang

    Road Map for the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity

    Targets, which reinforces the notion that biodiversity

    is part of the solution to the challenges of sustainable

    development and that biodiversity must be a central part

    of discussions for the post-2015 development agenda

    and its sustainable development goals.

    Furthermore, in the Gangwon Declaration adopted at

    the high-level segment of COP 12, ministers welcomed

    the importance given to biodiversity in the outcome

    document of the Open Working Group on Sustainable

    Development Goals and call for the further integration

    and mainstreaming of biodiversity in the post-2015development agenda. They also called on Parties,

    other governments, international organizations and

    stakeholders to link the implementation of the post-2015

    development agenda to other relevant processes such asthe UN Development Assistance Framework process and

    the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, andto integrate implementation of the Strategic Plan and

    Aichi Biodiversity Targets with the implementation of the

    post-2015 agenda. These outcomes, together with many

    of the goals and targets in the proposal of the of the UN

    General Assemblys Open Working Group on Sustainable

    Development Goals, which proposed a set of 17 sustainabledevelopment goals, serve to reflect that biodiversity

    is essential for sustainable development. In fact, theinclusion of biodiversity and ecosystems specifically in

    goals 14 and 15, as well as throughout the other goals is

    recognition that biodiversity and ecosystem services are

    the basis for our wealth, our health and our well-being.

    The fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-

    4), launched at COP 12, concludes that, moving forward,

    it will be important to coordinate actions to address

    the Aichi Targets, as these cannot be met in isolation.

    The report highlights that meeting the Targets will alsocontribute to broader development, food security, healthand sustainability goals and suggests that biodiversity

    be mainstreamed in the Sustainable Development Goals

    (SDGs).

    The future we want is within our reach. Yet, we need to

    safeguard and sustainably use our biodiversity, ensuringthat different sectors and stakeholders play their roles

    and support the achievement of the goals and targets

    of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and integrate them

    within the post-2015 agenda and future sustainable

    development goals.

    GUEST COLUMN

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    One of the main venues for discussions on REDD+, alongsidethe 20th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, was

    the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) from 6 - 7 Decembercoordinated by the Center for International Forestry Research(CIFOR) in partnership with the United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP), the UN Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO), Perus Ministries of Environment (MINAM)and Agriculture (MINAGRI). Under the theme Sustainablelandscapes for a new climate and development agenda

    A vision beyond 2015, the GLF convened more than1,500 negotiators, world leaders, scientists, civil societyand business leaders, donors, practitioners, media andpolicymakers engaged in agriculture, forestry and otherland-use sectors, to (i) present and debate evidence andexperience in applying integrated landscape solutions; (ii)Inform decisions and policies on climate change, a post-2015 development agenda, and green economy initiatives;and (iii) Identify priority research areas and questions as wellas policy gaps.

    This Forum provided the ideal venue for the launchof a book authored by the World Agroforestry Centre(ICRAF) entitled Climate-Smart Landscapes: Multi-Functionality in Practice. Mr. Satya Tripathi, Director ofUNORCID, commended the book in his intervention on the

    panel at the launch event. H.E. Mr. Heru Prasetyo Headof the National REDD+ Agency (BP REDD+) contributedto several panel discussions, including Enablingforest landscapes to score Sustainable Development

    Goals along with Ms. Paula Caballerro, World BankEnvironment and Natural Resources Senior Director,Camilla Toulmin, IIED Director, Dr. Peter Holmgren,

    Global Landscapes Forum

    Mr. Prasetyo presents at the event entitled A new climate agenda? Moving forwardwith adaptation-based mitigation alongside Ms. Bianca Jagger, Founder and Chair ofthe Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, H.E. Minister Belete Tafere, Minister ofEnvironment and Forestry, Ethiopia; and Mr. Mark Burrows, Executive Vice Chairman &Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse Investment Bank.

    CIFOR Director General, and Ms. Sonia Maria GonzlezMolina, DG Research and Environmental Information at

    the Ministry of Environment, Peru. At a panel discussionentitled Considering biodiversity in REDD+ planningand implementation: Country experiences and future

    options hosted by the Secretariat of the Conventionon Biological Diversity and Forest Carbon, Markets andCommunities, Minister Prasetyo described how centralbiodiversity is to Indonesias REDD+ vision, a point thathe had also emphasized at the 12th CoP to Convention ofBiological Diversity in October 2014, at a panel discussionentitled Considering biodiversity in REDD+ planningand implementation: Country experiences and future

    options hosted by the Secretariat of the Conventionon Biological Diversity and Forest Carbon, Markets andCommunities. Landscapes and biodiversity were also thekey focus in Minister Prasetyos contribution to the paneldiscussion - also part of the Global Landscapes Forum- entitled A new climate agenda? Moving forward withadaptation-based mitigation, organized by the WorldBanks Program on Forests (PROFOR) on 7 December.

    Earlier, on 6 December, CIFOR, UNEP and UNORCID co-hosted a high-level lunch with a focus on South-Southcollaboration for REDD+. Given that there is significant

    logic for tropical forested countries to work together toachieve REDD+, it is important for countries to share thelessons that they have learned in the various aspects ofREDD+ Readiness so that others may plan effectivelyto avoid potential risks and accelerate progresstowards implementation. Thus the high-level luncheon,moderated by Minister Prasetyo, brought together H.E.

    Mr. Juan Manuel Benites Ramos, Ministerof Agriculture and Irrigation of the Republicof Peru; Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, UNEP DeputyExecutive Director; Mr. Peter Holmgren,

    Director General of CIFOR; Ms. PaulaCaballerro; Mr. Mark Burrows, ExecutiveVice Chairman & Managing Director,Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse InvestmentBank; Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias,Executive Secretary for the Conventionon Biological Diversity; Dr. Tony Simons,Director General of ICRAF; Dr. EduardoRojas-Briales, Assistant Director Generalof the FAO; and Mr. Nguyen Khac Hieu,Deputy Director General of Departmentof Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate

    Change, Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment of Vietnam, among others.

    REDD+ OVERVIEW: INTERNATIONAL

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    The 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations

    Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC CoP20)

    held between 1 and 12 December 2014 in Peru, served as a

    global platform for discussions on the strategies to mobilize

    private finance for achieving REDD+. To date, bilateral country

    programmes and multilateral funds are two major funders of

    REDD+ activities, although these funds have mostly supported

    the creation of enabling institutional conditions for REDD+

    (change in legislation, design and implementation of MRV,

    demonstration projects, etc.) These finances ensureda fast-

    start of REDD+ programmes, but a credible strategy on long-term finance relies on active participation of the private sector,

    which is expected to become the largest source of financing

    for REDD+.

    There are two main categories of possible private sources for

    REDD+ finance. The first one refers to direct REDD+ finance,

    where private investments are channeled into activities that

    reduce emissions directly, including voluntary and compliance

    carbon markets. The second private finance category includes

    investments into the sectors that drive deforestation, suchas agriculture or infrastructure in order to change existing

    unsustainable practices (indirect REDD+ finance).

    Indirect private REDD+ financeSuccessful examples of private sector engagement with

    REDD+ - including the Althelia fund and the CodeREDD

    Stand for Trees campaign - were showcased at the event

    Private Financing for REDD+: New Approaches in 2014,

    organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development

    (USAID). In the events keynote speech, Mr. Heru Prasetyo,the Head of Indonesia National REDD+ Agency (BP REDD+),

    noted that effective partnerships with the private sector are

    a vital component of overall REDD+ success. The private

    sector has the capacity to contribute to the global efforts

    to reduce deforestation, first, because it deals directly with

    the commodities causing deforestation and second, due

    to financial incentives which could provide impetus for

    increasing private investments to REDD+.

    UNDP Administrator and Chair of the United NationsDevelopment Group (UNDG), Ms. Helen Clark, was aligned

    with this opinion. In her keynote speech at the event entitled

    Landscapes for climate and developmentat the Global

    Landscape Forum, she said: The private sector musteliminate deforestation from its supply chains without delay.

    This means expanding existing sustainability commitments

    to cover a wider range of commodities, and bringing more

    companies in both developed and developing countries on

    board.

    Representatives of the private sector echoed this statement.

    Mr. Paul Polman, Unilevers CEO, voiced the viewpoint that In

    fact, most of the CEOs are convinced or now know that their

    companies cannot prosper in a world of runaway climatechange, and thats increasingly becoming evident. Mr.

    Polman said that industry leaders adopted an active stance

    on deforestation, and recognized that the cost of inaction is

    actually rapidly becoming greater than the cost of action.

    Therefore, many companies introduced palm oil certification

    and tracking systems to work towards transparent and

    deforestation-free supply chains.

    Direct private REDD+ finance

    A significant lack of mid and long-term funding to pay foremission reduction projects in developing countries makes

    market-based mechanisms to finance REDD+ a central

    CoP20:The role of the private sector and market-based mechanisms in financing REDD+ Privatesector REDD+ financing

    Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever and Chairman of the World BusinessCouncil for Sustainable Development, and Cndido Meza-SalazarChairman of the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples ofPanama at the High-level opening plenary: Landscapes for climate anddevelopment, on Day 2 of the Global Landscapes Forum.

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    point of discussion. The Global Canopy Programme (GCP)

    and the Climate Markets & Investment Association (CMIA)

    hosted an event entitled The Green Climate Fund and other

    tools for unlocking private sector finance for REDD+. The

    Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up to channel result-

    based payments to REDD+ countries and therefore, to

    ensure credible REDD+ financing system, among other

    objectives. Speaking at this event, Mr. Prasetyo highlighted

    the potentially important contribution of the GCF in shaping

    the climate finance landscape.

    Creating conditions for direct private REDD+ financing were

    further discussed during The Future of REDD+: Opportunities

    for Anchoring REDD+ in the Landscape Approach reception,

    hosted by Conservation International. Mr. Prasetyo said that

    continuous efforts are needed to support market mechanisms

    and generate currently missing demand for REDD+ credits.

    Mr. Pavan Sukhdev, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, also spoke

    about the modality for REDD+ finance, incorporated into the

    GCF and other funding mechanisms. He called for joint efforts

    to materialize finances and implement REDD+ programmesat full scale by 2020.

    A detailed discussion on engaging of private sector in REDD+

    took place at the CoP20 side event Scaling Up REDD+:

    Catalyzing jurisdictional leadership with new finance sources

    and mechanisms co-hosted by Fauna & Flora International

    (FFI), Verified Carbon Standard

    (VCS), and UNORCID. The aim of

    the event was to speak about the

    jurisdictional approach to REDD+and financing of REDD+ within

    one framework, since the success

    of REDD+ depends on both

    finances and enabling institutional

    conditions. Effectively leveraging

    multiple sources of demand for

    REDD+ direct financing in order

    to address current global lack of

    funding to pay for REDD+ activities,

    and the importance of privatesector finance to REDD+ success,

    were topics of discussion.

    A keynote speech by Mr. Prasetyo laid emphasis on

    the Indonesian experience in implementation of the

    jurisdictional approach to REDD+. He said that only

    holistic projects which go beyond carbon stock and equally

    address sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity objectives

    should be funded within REDD+.

    The next step in engaging privatesector in REDD+These constructive discussions on the role of private

    financing of REDD+ held at CoP20 pointed to the fact thatprivate sector finance is an important source of finance

    for REDD+ and, therefore, pivotal to the success of global

    efforts to reduce deforestation and keep the global

    temperature rise within 2 degrees Celsius. To ensure that

    private sector engagement continues to gain momentum,

    Mr. Prasetyo announced that Indonesia is organizing the

    Private Sector Summit on Tropical Landscapes, slated

    to take place on 9-10 February 2015 in Jakarta. The

    Summit will bring together world business leaders, civil

    society organizations, and governmental officials. Torecognize the importance of the public sector in future

    sustainable development, H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, President

    of the Republic of Indonesia, will launch the Summit. Open

    dialogue will encourage all stakeholders to find ways to

    form productive public-private partnerships to achieve a

    green economy and a sustainable future for all.

    REDD+ AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

    Minister Presetyo delivers keynote speech at US Center event entitled Private Financing for REDD+: Newapproaches in 2015.

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    REDD+ Indonesia Newsletter

    Aceh Province and BP REDD+ Sign Memorandum ofUnderstanding

    The Aceh Government signed a Memorandum of

    Understanding (MoU) with the National REDD+ Agency (BP

    REDD+) in Banda Aceh on 17 November 2014, making Aceh

    Province the eighth province to sign an MoU with BP REDD+,

    following the provinces of Jambi, Central Kalimantan,

    East Kalimantan, West Sumatra, Central Sulawesi, South

    Sumatra, and Riau.

    Upon the signing of the MoU, Dr. H. Zaini Abdullah, Governor

    of Aceh, declared: Aceh Government is very supportive of

    the commitment delivered by the Government of Indonesia

    through BP REDD+ to reach the target of reducing

    emissions in this country. Even before this commitment,

    Aceh has already imposed a logging moratorium policy

    as an effort to address deforestation as well as forest and

    peatland degradation. Aceh Governments support for

    REDD+ is shown by the establishment of REDD+ task forcein Aceh, that can immediately carry out the coordination and

    implementation measures by involving NGOs, customary

    communities, academics, and other stakeholders.

    The primary purpose of this MoU is the preparation,

    implementation and monitoring of REDD+ Programmes

    in Aceh. It mainly aims at developing and improving basic

    data and cadastral maps, establishing and strengthening

    institutions in Aceh to coordinate and concretize REDD+

    initiatives, mainstreaming Acehs REDD+ Provincial

    Strategy and Action Plan (SRAP), and developing and

    improving various policies and regulations

    at the sub-national level in order to providelegal framework for the implementation of

    REDD+ in Aceh.

    The importance of Acehprovince in the context ofREDD+ in IndonesiaAceh province is of paramount significance

    for the efficient implementation of REDD+

    activities in Indonesia. Acehs forests cover

    55% of the province land mass and includesome of Sumatras increasingly rare lowland

    forests. Aceh has the most extensive forest

    cover left in Sumatra, where vast swathes of

    forest 40% of the islands primary forests and 36% of its

    total forest cover since 1990 have been cleared for pulp

    and paper plantations, oil palm estates, and agriculture.

    Moreover, most of Aceh population relies on forest resources

    and forest ecosystem services for their livelihood. For these

    reasons, Aceh is one of the priority provinces for widespread

    REDD+ implementation in Indonesia.

    Prior to the signing of the MoU with BP REDD+, many

    projects involving local communities and based on

    provincial institutions were incepted. Among them are

    the Aceh Spatial Plan (RTRWA), the establishment of

    Community Rangers a group led by communities

    representatives tasked with patrol and monitoring of

    forest and of a Forest Security Unit (Pamhut) as part of

    a forest protection system. As communities are a strong

    element of the Acehnese society, Aceh Government enlistthem as key agents of the Provinces REDD initiatives,

    as demonstrated by the Watershed Forum and the

    Association of States Mukim, community forums dedicated

    to the safeguarding of forests and supported by various

    NGOs, such as FFI-Aceh Forest and Environment Project

    (FFI-AFEP), World Wildlife Fund Aceh (WWF Aceh) and

    Environmental Services Program-United States Agency

    for International Development (ESP-USAID). The signing of

    the MoU represents a great opportunity for Aceh province,

    which gains the substantial support from BP REDD+ in the

    fulfilment of its policies related to forest protection.

    Dr. H. Zaini Abdullah, Governor of Aceh (left) and H.E. Mr. Heru Prasetyo, Head ofBP REDD+ (right) sign the MoU.

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    Youth lead the way in designing Indonesias GreenYouth Ambassador Programme

    On 19 December 2014, over 35 representatives of youthorganizations gathered in Jakarta to participate in activefocus group discussion on the Green Youth Ambassador (GYA)programme, to decide on the selection of GYA participants,choose selection criteria, and brainstorm ideas about what

    the programme would look like in terms of stakeholderinvolvement, actions to be taken, and strategies for therecruitment of participants. The event featured presentationsby the National REDD+ Agency (BP REDD+) and UNORCID.Attendees participated in collaborative, strategic, andfocused discussions on such topics as: What constitutesbeing a GYA; What qualities and behaviours should a GYApossess and model; What should the GYA programme seekto achieve in Indonesia; How can the targeted number ofGYAs be best reached; and What recruitment activities canbe done to register one million GYAs by 2017?

    During the focus group discussion on the GYA Programme,hosted by UNORCID, representatives of youth organizationsanswered the call to discuss the design and implementationof the GYA Programme well as the running of a Youth Sessionat the upcoming Private Sector Summit in Jakarta. Thediscussion was valuable as it provided a space for youngpeople to design and create a programme that they canclaim ownership for and which will interest them and theother young people who are to be recruited as GYAs. Thecollaborative, group-based brainstorming sessions provedfruitful and were thoroughly enjoyed by the participants.

    One of the priorities identified by BP REDD+ for the secondPhase of the Norway-Indonesia REDD+ Letter of Intent

    implementation is Green Education. In support of achievingthe priority, BP REDD+, UNORCID, and Green School Balisigned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 28 August2014 in the presence of the United Nations Secretary-Generalto advance Green Schools for Sustainable Development.

    The MoU establishes a framework of collaboration to fosterknowledge exchange, and share lessons learnt and bestpractices to promote green education across Indonesia. Inthis context, BP REDD+ seeks to motivate, educate and enlistone million GYAs. Indonesias youth are a force to be reckonedwith, in both national and global terms. A green generationin Indonesia would propel Indonesias green economytransition, and it would inject considerable momentum intothe global sustainability agenda. The purpose of this eventwas to design the shape and content of the GYA Programmeas a mean of cogently framing intergenerational solutions to

    sustainable development.

    The Private Sector Summit on Tropical Landscapes: A GlobalInvestment Opportunity which will take place in Jakarta,Indonesia on 9-10 February 2015, will pay heed to the greatpotential youth represents for sustainable development.This conference is designed to enable and generate spacefor key business sector leaders to explore and engage in theopportunities the Indonesian green economy transition isproviding. As investing in a green economy means investingin the future, the involvement of Indonesian youth is a winning

    bet. A youth session will therefore be part of the Summit togive youth more credence, visibility, and power in the fightagainst deforestation and climate change.

    REDD+ OVERVIEW: NATIONAL

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    UNORCID

    As part of Law 32/2009, Indonesia has committed

    itself to oblige that all Strategies, Policies and Plans

    are exposed to a Strategic Environmental Assessment(SEA). So far hurdles still remain in terms of actual

    implementation. What are the long-term strategies for

    the effective use of SEA, and how do you see the role of

    SEA within the framework of REDD+ implementation

    in Indonesia?

    I was the one who drafted the Law 32/2009 onEnvironmental Protection and Management. Prior to thislaw, I found environmental protection mechanisms to belacking. I am proud of this law I started working on itin 2004 with the Ministry of Environment and completedit before the end of my term in 2009. Law 32/2009 is thebasis of the moratorium onillegal logging, PresidentialInstruction No. 10/2011.However, a law is stilllacking in Indonesia for theMinisterial Decree to beattached to.

    Indonesia is facing somemajor environmental

    challenges, varying from air

    and water pollution on Java,

    the repeated outbreak of

    peat land - and forest fires,

    continued deforestation and

    loss of globally important

    biodiversity. How do you

    see these challenges being addressed in the next few

    years? (What policies or strategies do you think have

    the potential to affect change? What changes do you

    think need to be made in governance and economic

    incentives to better address these challenges?)

    When I was the Minister of Environment, there was ahigh volume of exports of orangutans because peoplewere buying them; there was a market and demand fororangutans. I talked to the Ministers of Environmentat the time, particularly the Minister of Environmentfrom Thailand where orangutans were commonly

    owned as pets, to incentivize change. At the time, theywould be bought and sold for 3000 dollars. There isan international declarationon the preservation of

    species, and in accordance with this declaration there isa law on the preservation of species and biodiversity. A

    similar challenge was seen in other parts of the world:in Africa they are hunting elephant tusks and leopardskins. The previous president said the preservation ofspecies and biodiversity was important to Indonesia,and it was very important to come to a stage whereeverybody realizes the critical role of the preservationof species and biodiversity, not just for mans survival,but also for the well being of planet earth.

    There are many advanced and expensive technologiesavailable to help address these challenges, thus it isvery important Indonesia works with the internationalcommunity to combat environmental challenges. The

    role of technology is vitalto combat climate change,and technology continuesto advance and evolve. ForIndonesia, the best wayto gain this technologyis through South-Southcooperation, from countries

    such as Brazil and thosein the African continentinstead of developedcountries, as the latter doesnot necessarily face similarchallenges.

    The young generation plays

    a key role in defining the

    collective future of our planet. What would you advise

    them, as they manage this responsibility?

    My first piece of advice to the young generation, is thatthey have to love their surroundings, and the secondpiece of advice is something that I have mentioned before,and that is utilizing the so-called soft-power. Thereare several students I mentored - the youngest was sixwhen I met her - who have diligently been working tobetter their communities. These young people are doingthe work they do because they love their environment,and they are making a difference. I tell them that this is

    your land to take care of, as in a few decades it is yourgeneration that will be the owners and custodians ofplanet Earth.

    My first piece of advice to

    the young generation, is

    that they have to love their

    surroundings, and the second

    piece of advice is something

    that I have mentioned before,

    and that is utilizing the so-

    called soft-power.

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    Climate Communications Facilitation Centre,Central Kalimantan

    Climate change pioneers arehardly what the rubber tappersand farmers of Buntoi, aculturally rich and biologicallydiverse village in Pulang Pisau -a district in Central Kalimantanon the island of Borneo -imagined they would one daybecome. However, Buntoi isnow home to Indonesias firstClimate Communications

    Facilitation Centre, or PusatSarana Komunikasi Iklim(PSKI),unveiled on 3 September 2013.The PSKI is the result of an

    initiative launched a year

    earlier by the National REDD+

    Task Force (Satgas REDD+) with coordination support

    from UNORCID and funding from the Government of

    Norway under the Indonesia-Norway REDD+ Partnership.

    Purpose built by the United Nations Office for Project

    Services (UNOPS), the Centre aims at empowering thecommunity to pioneer sustainable forest managementinitiatives, combat illegal logging, and preserve existingforests and organic wetlands. It was conceptualized as aknowledge-sharing initiative for communities to increasetheir awareness and relisience to climate change.

    From the selection of location - a plot of land donated byone of Buntois inhabitants - to the design and constructionof the Centre, the local communities were consulted andengaged at every stage. The Centre itself demonstratessustainable building principles: the primary constructionmaterial was locally sourced bamboo, and it features a

    rain harvesting system and runs solely on renewable solarenergy. Equipped with high-speed internet connectivityand ultra-modern communications tools, it also houses atraining centre and residential accommodation for up to32 trainees.

    Over 750 people from more than 35 countries have visited

    the facility since its inauguration in 2013, including theGovernor of Central Kalimantan, Heads of various districtsin Central Kalimantan, the Head of BP REDD+, the SwedishMinister of Environment, the Swedish Ambassador toIndonesia, the Norwegian Minister of Environment, theNorwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, and the UN AssistantSecretary-General Assistant Administrator and Director of

    Mr. Restono outside the PSKI in Buntoi village, Central Kalimantan.

    the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the UNDP. In2014, more than 1000 actvists have used the PSKI facilitiesto participate in various workshops and training sessions.

    Recently, a new PSKI board of management has been

    appointed by the district government and a budget allocationhas been approved by the district parliament. The recentlyappointed Director of the PSKI, Mr. Restono, S. Pt. revealedthe future plan for the Centre, stressing the crucial role of thefacility in terms of training and information management,providing guidance to communities, collecting informationfrom all relevant stakeholders, as well as for forest and landfire monitoring. It is expected that the PSKI will continueto be used not only by local communities, but also bynational and provincial government representatives, theprivate sector, universities, and international institutions providing a platform to facilitate the interaction of these

    stakeholders. It is also meant to be a source of regionalincome and attract domestic and international tourists.

    Most importantly, Mr. Restono underlined the potentialimpacts of the new facility on the inhabitants of Buntoi inparticular, and those in Central Kalimantan in general.Expectations with regard to those impacts includean increased willingness of inhabitants to implementsustainable farming and forestry management practices,the gaining of valuable insights on climate change mitigationtechniques and environmental issues, a decrease in the

    utilization of unsustainable practices such as deforestationand biodiversity depletion, and a greater environmentalawareness amongst the youth in the community.

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    Prioritizing Peat:President Jokowis Blusukan in Riau

    In late November, President Joko Widodo visited Riauprovince on the island of Sumatra to observe forest andpeat fire locations and to explore local fire preventionefforts. Every year, fires in Riau have had devastatingeffects across the region. Beyond degrading large swathesof lands and destroying ecosystems, these fires threatenhuman health from dangerous haze, contribute tobiodiversity loss and account for one of the largest sourcesof greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia. Between 2000and 2005, peat fires were the second largest source ofgreenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia, surpassed only

    by land-use change and forestry.

    Specifically concerning fires in Riau, peat lies at the heartof the story. Peatlands, which make up over 50% of Riaustotal land area, are drained for agricultural purposes,rendering them dry and extremely flammable due totheir high-carbon content. Making matters worse, fire-conducive climate conditions in particular, low rainfallduring the dry season play a contributing role in creatinga fire-prone environment. These processes have led toincreased prevalence of fires over the past few decadesand particularly in June 2013, where such fires resultedin a haze crisis across the region. During this month, over160,000 hectares of land was burned in Sumatra; and over84% of this burned area was located on peatland.

    President Jokowis visit to Riau, therefore, clearlydemonstrates the importance of improved peatlandmanagement. During his visit, called a blusukan aJavanese term that has come to represent PresidentJokowis impromptu visits to communities the President

    also emphasized the critical need for strong political willin dealing with these fires. Accompanied by Minister ofEnvironment and Forestry H.E. Ms. Siti Nurbaya Bakar andacting Governor of Riau H.E. Mr. Arsyadjuliandi Rachman,President Jokowi also called for stronger peatland protectionmeasures, closer scrutiny of concession companies andgreater law enforcement of illegal fires.

    In addition to government action, communities also play asignificant role in reducing peat fires. During the field visit,President Jokowi visited Sungai Tohor village where he

    witnessed the blocking of a canal by the community. Bettercommunity management of peatlands, particularly restoringdrainage and raising the water table by damming canals,is integral to keeping peatlands wet and reducing theirvulnerability to fires.

    Efforts are already underway to tackle Riaus peat fireproblems through the development of a national earlywarning system. Indonesias National REDD+ Agency (BPREDD+) with its partners at the Institut Pertanian Bogor (IBP)and Columbia University with coordination support fromUNORCID, are developing an anticipatory fire risk mitigationsystem to provide government agencies with a seasonalforecast of fire risk at the provincial, district, and villagelevel. Based on climate forecasts and an analysis of firevulnerability, a crucial component of this site-tailored systemfor Riau is the integration of socio-economic and biophysicaldimensions of peat. With an advanced understanding of firerisk in Riau, President Jokowi and local government officialswill be able to target peat management policies to high-riskareas and prevent fires before they occur.

    REDD+ OVERVIEW: NATIONAL

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    GDP of the Poor Surveys in Jambi andSulawesi Tengah

    Surveys among households in Jambi and SulawesiTengah will be conducted in early 2015 to assess the GDPof the Poor as part of the Forest Ecosystem ValuationStudy commissioned by UNEP and UNORCID. The studycombines a top-down modeling approach through theuse of systems dynamic modeling with bottom up surveyto better understand the value of ecosystem services tohousehold livelihoods. Both are combined to generatea value of ecosystem services both in terms of theirimportance to key Green Economy indicators such asGDP for the poor, Green GDP and Green Employment andin terms of assessing the overall importance of forestecosystem services for the total economy.

    The GDP of the Poor concept emerged from the need tocomprehensively assess the origin of income of rural poorpeople. These people depend to a large extent on theirsurrounding ecosystem for their monetary income, butalso their non-cash income. The GDP of the Poor indicatormeasures the value of household incomes of rural andforest-dependent communities including economicallyinvisible - but critical and valuable - ecosystem services.As Non-Cash Ecosystem-based income of households is

    not captured and valued in conventional GDP calculations,this leads to misguided policy interventions and poorlyinformed development planning.

    The surveys conducted among 119 households in 16 villagesin Central Kalimantan have already shown that 51.43% ofthe income of households from villages located in forestedareas depend on ecosystem based, non-cash sources thatare not captured by conventional calculations. The averageecosystem derived income, whether cash or non-cash, wasan enormous 76.38% of the total income of all householdsassessed among various ecosystems in the province. Thesurvey compares a Green Economy Scenario, promotinginterventions for Sustainable Forest Management, to abusiness-as-usual Scenario, in which it shows that theconventional as well as Green GDP is markedly favorablefor the 2019 and 2024 projections, even though business-as-usual holds a slight advantage for 2015.

    The surveys in Jambi and Sulawesi Tengah answer to theneed to thoroughly understand the dependence of localcommunities to ecosystem services by identifying villageslocated in the key ecosystems of these provinces. Forestcover is declining rapidly in both, while the resulting adverseeffects on the rural livelihoods go unnoticed. A statisticallyrobust sample for both forest-adjacent and forest-remotehouseholds provides insight in the same provinces that are

    currently under scrutiny for the Forest Ecosystem ValuationStudy. In Jambi a total of 576 households will be surveyed,while the study area for Central Sulawesi is still to be decided.

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    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established at thesixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16)to the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange (UNFCCC), held in Cancun, Mexico in 2010. It was setup as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of theUNFCCC, in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention. TheFund is governed and supervised by a Board that receives theguidance of the CoP andhas full responsibility forfunding decisions.

    The Fund plays a key role inchannelling new, additional,adequate, and predictablefinancial resources todeveloping countries.Pursuing a country-driven approach, the Fundpromotes and strengthensenvironmental, social,economic, and developmentco-benefits througheffective involvement

    of relevant institutionsand stakeholders. TheFund - scalable andflexible - is continuously guided by processes for monitoringand evaluation. In the context of sustainable development,it advocates the paradigm shift towards low-emission andclimate-resilient development pathways by providing supportto developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gasemissions, taking into account the needs of those developingcountries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects ofclimate change.

    The First Pledging Conference of the GCF held in Berlin,Germany on 20 November 2014 yielded USD 9.3 billion,which accounts for the largest amount the internationalcommunity has ever mobilized for a dedicated climatefinance mechanism within a timeframe of less than fivemonths. Further pledges were made recently at the CoP20in Lima, Peru bringing total pledges of contributions tothe Fund to approximately USD 10.2 billion equivalent,enabling the GCF to start its activities in supportingdeveloping country Parties of the Convention. Pledges haveso far been made by 27 countries, including contributions

    from six developing countries: Colombia, Indonesia, Korea,Mexico, Mongolia, and Panama (see Figure 1 for pledges bycountry). Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of the

    Fund, stated that this capitalization was an unmistaken signof trust-building among governments and Ms. ChristianaFigueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC described itas one of the wisest investments in the 21st century.

    Resources allocated to the GCF will serve as a multiplierto unlock finance flows from the private sector. Private

    investment flows are essential for the transition toa low-emission, climate-resilient future. Funds areallocated on a 50 50 balance between the adaptationand mitigation windows, the main stake being to ensurefinance will not overflow to high emitting and morecapable developing countries leaving less developedcountries, in particular in the African region, with lessaccess.

    GCF and REDD+GCF has developed the draft of a logic model and aperformance measurement framework for ex-postREDD+ results-based payments, which is in accordancewith the Warsaw framework on REDD+, designed duringCoP19 in Warsaw in November 2013. The results-basedpayments framework for REDD+ was recognized asa useful basis for informing further work on the GCFResults Management Framework. GCF plays a key rolein fostering financing entities to channel adequate and

    predictable results-based finance in a fair and balancedmanner. Therefore, the Fund is a central instrument forthe cogent financing of REDD+ initiatives.

    The Green Climate Fund: Funding mechanismsand recent developments

    Figure 1: Pledges to the Green Climate Fund from 27 contributing countries.

    0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

    United States

    Japan

    United Kingdom

    Germany

    France

    Sweden

    Italy

    Canada

    Norway

    Australia

    Spain

    The Netherlands

    South Korea

    Switzerland

    Finland

    Denmark

    Belgium

    Austria

    Mexico

    Luxembourg

    Peru

    Colombia

    Czech Republic

    New Zealand

    Panama

    Monaco

    Indonesia

    Mongolia

    Liechtenstein

    Green Climate Fund pledges (million USD)

    TOWARDS A GREEN ECONOMY TRANSITION

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    Active in Indonesia since 1962, WWF-Indonesia administers conservationprojects in 28 sites spread across17 provinces. The core mission ofWWF is to maintain biodiversity andimprove sustainability of humanfootprint in terrestrial and marineenvironments. Deforestation andforest degradation are major issuesto tackle.

    WWF-Indonesia fosters the fight against deforestation

    and forest degradation consistent with the WWFs globalForest Climate Program (FCP), which aims at ensuring theachievement of Zero Net Deforestation (ZND). The strategyused lies in the creation of subnational action plans topromote the implementation of policies at the national andinternational levels. Four main elements form the backboneof this stategy, namely the scaling-up of REDD+ target andfinancing, the extension of REDD+ programmes outreach,the upsurge of capacity building, and the integration ofREDD+ initiatives into national and international politicalagendas.

    The Jurisdictional Approach on REDD+:Local Politics, WWF and the UnitedNations Framework Convention on ClimateChange (UNFCCC)In line with REDD+ guiding principles climatechange mitigation, biodiversity protection, livelihoodssafeguarding, the respect of local communities andindigenous peoples rights, and fair and effectivefunding - WWF operates in close cooperation with local,national, and international actors in order to spread theUNFCCC recommendations regarding the fight against

    deforestation and forest degradation. The Jurisdictionaland Nested REDD+ (JNR) approach has been recognizedby WWF for the fulfilment of its conservation projects. Pilotprogrammes are implemented in order to establish a clearpathway for verifying forest-related emission reductionsand are meant to increase the confidence of policymakers,donors and investors in REDD+, whilst contributing to thescaling-up of REDD+ activities.

    Kutai Barat and Mahakam Ulu DistrictsJurisdictional Project

    WWF-Indonesia has been developing forest carbonprojects under the REDD+ mechanism. A number of pilotprojects have been carried out with the aim to support

    WWF-Indonesia: Championing JurisdictionalREDD+ in Indonesia

    local indigenous communities, companies, and otherstakeholders in achieving REDD+ precepts in Indonesia.

    The WWF project in Kutai Barat and Mahakam Ulu Districtswas launched in 2010. The districts were chosen for theirstrategic ecological location at the intersection of theKayan Mentarang and Betung Kerihun national parksand along the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan anddue to high drivers of deforestation in the area. Thus,interim subnational action plans were implemented inaccordance with the Jurisdictional Approach for REDD+.This perspective explores the development of community

    conservation areas and community-based forestmanagement in remote villages of both districts. Thevillages are working collaboratively and successfully to protect and secure government recognition for theirtraditional uses of the forest. Many stakeholders are takingpart in the programme, including the Kutai Barat DistrictForestry Agency, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry,the Indonesian Regional Development Planning Agency(BAPPEDA) in Kutai Barat, local communities, legally-operating logging companies notably PT. Sumalindo UnitII as well as the Norwegian Agency for Development

    and Cooperation (NORAD), the Forest Carbon PartnershipFacility (FCPF), and organizations from civil society.

    Among the notable achievements are REDD+ action plansled at the district level as part of the green developmentprogramme for Kutai Barat District, including theidentification of Community Conservation Areas (CCA)by local communities. Villagers have been empoweredto forge new agreements with concession-holdingcompanies to ensure continued access to these areas.Five communities have drafted regulations to assert andgain government recognition for their own CCAs. Given

    the success of the project in Kutai Barat and MahakamUlu, similar approaches have been developed, notably inJayapura, Papua.

    The Kutai Barat and Mahakam Ulu pilot projectsachievements serve as an example of how REDD+ workson the ground. The project shows that better land usepractices can be accepted and implemented by the diverseactors involved. The programme is able to provide nationaland local governments with tangible results in terms ofREDD+ project implementation. WWFs goal is to scale-up

    the Kutai Barat model for a widespread implementationacross Indonesia. For more information on WWF-Indonesia, please visit http://www.wwf.or.id/.

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    Indonesia Environment Forum (WALHI)

    The Indonesia Environment Forum (WALHI) is the largest,independent, non-profit environmental organization inIndonesia. WALHI is active in 27 provinces in Indonesia.It gathers 479 organizations committed to activelypromoting social change namely the developmentof sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods throughstrengthening of peoples sovereignty at the local,national, and international levels. At the international

    level, WALHI runs campaigns through the Friends ofthe Earth International (FoEI) environmental network,which provides the Forum a valuable interface with75 grassroots national member organizations in 70different countries. This network grants the Forummore visibility and provides impetus for the pursuit ofits social and environmental initiatives.

    Since 1980, WALHI has been involved in fosteringthe preservation of Indonesias environment, makingforest protection and biodiversity safeguarding priorityissues. Halting deforestation and forest degradation,maintaining biodiversity, and advocating sustainablemodels of development are indeed three intertwinedmissions that define the backbone of the Forumsstrategy. WALHI aims to address a variety of criticalissues, including the protection of forests, theoversight of mining activities, water management, themitigation of pollution drivers, the management ofthe foreign debt and corporate-driven globalization,the safeguarding of coastal and oceanic spaces, thesupport of national policy-making and law reform inthe environmental and social domains as well as the

    implementation of a cogent governance. Ensuringadequate legal representation for local Indonesiancommunities is also part of WALHIs core actions.

    The WALHI General Assembly formulated objectivesand established a four-year programme (2012-2016) to maximize the results of its commitment toachieve sustainable and replicable social models ofdevelopment. Nine priority fields of action have beenidentified, they are: natural resource management(food, water, energy, forest, and mining); spatialplanning for securing community spaces dedicated

    to livelihoods; climate change; internal and externalinstitutional governance; the protection of peoplesrights; sustainable tourism; disaster management;and the elimination of land tenure conflicts and ofconflicts related to coastal, marine areas, and smallislands. This programme underlines WALHIs visionand mission.

    Vision and Mission

    The vision of WALHI is to bring justice and democraticsocial, economic and political order that can guaranteepeoples rights to healthy and sustainable sources oflivelihood and environment. The Forums mission is:

    1. To develop the potential of peoples strength andendurance,

    2. To restore the nations mandate to enforce andprotect peoples sovereignty,

    3. To deconstruct the oppressive and exploitative globalcapitalistic economic order towards community-based economics,

    4. To establish a new world economic order alternative,and

    5. To engender justice and sustainable management ofpeoples sources of livelihood policies.

    For this mission to be achieved, the Forum relieson fundamental values and principles. Therefore, itadvocates for the respect of human rights; gender,intergenerational, and ecological justice; democracy;social fraternity; anti-violence; and diversity,whilst putting to the fore openness, self-reliance,

    professionalism, sustainability, and volunteering ascore elements of an exemplary social behaviour. Formore information visit http://www.walhi.or.id/.

    STRATEGIC PARTNER PROFILE

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    Indonesia at CoP20 in Lima, Peru

    The 20thConference of the Parties to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCCCoP20) took place in Lima, Peru between 1 - 12 December2014. A key objective for this conference was to producea draft text for an anticipated international agreementon emissions reductions to be announced at next yearsUNFCCC CoP21 in Paris, France. With regards to REDD+,in particular, the intention was to address specific issuesleft outstanding following the conclusion of the technical

    rulebook for REDD+ at last years CoP19, with theWarsaw Framework on REDD+. UNORCID participated inCoP20 with a view to continuing and enhancing ongoingefforts to strengthen UN system support to REDD+ bothwithin Indonesia and in terms of connecting Indonesia tothe world.

    A major theme for discussions surrounding REDD+ at thecurrent time is the need for the most effective and engagingways of communicating its objective and meaning. On 7

    December, UNORCID, Code REDD+, BioREDD+, RainforestAlliance, and Global Canopy Programme hosted an evententitled Innovative Approaches to Communicating

    Panelists at the UN-REDD Programme event Looking Forward: REDD+ post 2015 (from left to right): Mario Boccucci, Head of UN-REDDProgramme Secretariat; Helen Clark, Administrator for the UNDP and Chair of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG); Achim Steiner,Executive Director of UNEP and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, Minister of Water and Environment,Uganda; Maria Cristina Morales Palarea, Minister of Environment, Paraguay; Per Fredrik Pharo, Director of Norways International Climate andForest Initiative; Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; and Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General and Head of the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

    REDD+. Following a keynote by Pavan Sukhdev, UNEPGoodwill Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Heru Prasetyo, Head ofIndonesias National REDD+ Agency, described efforts toengage Indonesias children and the youth on the topicof REDD+, focusing particularly on the REDD+ GreenSchool and Green Youth Ambassador programmes. Hehighlighted similar issues at another event co-hostedby the Earth Child Institute (ECI), UNORCID and variousother partners entitled How does Article 6 contribute

    to the design and implementation of the 2015 climatechange agreement? Following this event, ECI andUNORCID collaborated to produce an article for UNFCCCOutreach magazine to emphasize the connectionbetween children, young people and forests. Anothergroup whose equitable engagement is critical for REDD+success is women. In an interview to the UNFCCC ClimateChange Studio, H.E.Mr. Prasetyo explained Indonesiasefforts to pursue gender mainstreaming in REDD+; thevideo was shown on Gender Day (9th December) and is

    available on the UNFCCC website (http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/cop20-heru-prasetyo-minister-of-indonesia/).

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    Innovation was a much-discussed topic not just inrelation to communication of REDD+. Speaking at the

    One UN event, Mr. Satya Tripathi, Director of UNORCID,highlighted the significance of Data, KnowledgeManagement and Innovation. Two examples that Mr.Tripathi highlighted were Indonesias climate-based fireearly warning system, and the ongoing Forest EcosystemValuation studies. Other panelists represented a widerange of UN agencies: UNFPA, UNIDO, IFAD, UNU,UNFCCC CTCN and the UK Natural EnvironmentResearch Council on behalf of UNESCO.

    A range of topics related to REDD+ governance were thefocus of several side-events, many of which sought tohighlight and share the diverse experiences of differentcountries, given the substantial progress many have madein their REDD+ Readiness phases. The JurisdictionalApproach, and the experiences of Indonesias elevenpriority provinces, was the focus of Minister Prasetyoscontribution to an event hosted by the Center forInternational Forestry Research (CIFOR) and otherpartners entitled REDD+ emerging: What we can learnfrom subnational initiatives. With Community-Based

    Forest Monitoring (CBFM) seen increasingly as a promisingmeans of enhancing communities and indigenouspeoples engagement in national forest monitoringsystems and REDD+, the CBFM Networking Receptionand the Official Launch of the Forest Compass Websitewas co-organized by the Global Canopy Programme,UNORCID, WWF, the Institute for Global EnvironmentalStrategies (IGES) and Tebtebba. This event involved aninteractive and collaborative effort to showcase, proposeand discuss potential approaches to scaling-up the use of

    community data within international and national REDD+reporting. UNORCID collaborated further with the GlobalCanopy Programme to host a launch event for the latestbook in the latters Little REDD+ Book series, the LittleBook on Legal Frameworks for REDD+. Presentationswere made by experts from GIZ, Ludovino Lopes Lawyers,the Centre for International Environmental Law, as wellas Minister Prasetyo and Mr. Tripathi.

    Underscoring the need to situate REDD+ within a broader

    framework of sustainable landscape management,Minister Prasetyo gave a presentation at a reception hostedby Conservation International on the topic of The Future

    of REDD+: Opportunities for Anchoring REDD+ in the

    Landscape Approach. A similar orientation to the future

    was the focus of an event entitled Looking forward:REDD+ post 2015. Hosted by UN-REDD Programmeand moderated by Ms. Helen Clark, UNDP Administratorand Chair of the United Nations Development Group, theevent showcased a variety of perspectives from acrossthe globe. The Global Commission on the Economy andEnvironment hosted an event to discuss implicationsof its New Climate Economy Report. Indonesia wasone of seven commissioning countries for this report,and Minister Prasetyo represented the Government ofIndonesia on the panel at this event entitled Buildingbetter cities, land use, and energy systems through a

    New Climate Economyalongside Mr. Felipe Calderon,Former President of Mexico and Chair of the GlobalCommission on Economy and Climate; and Lord NicholasStern, I.G. Patel Chair of Economics and Government,London School of Economics, and Co-Chair of the GlobalCommission on Economy and Climate, in addition topanelists from the other six commissioning countries:Rt. Hon. Mr. Ed Davey, UK Secretary of State for Energyand Climate Change; H.E. Mr. Gabriel Vallejo, Columbian

    Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development;H.E. Ms. sa Romson, Deputy Prime Minister ofSweden; H.E. Mr. Ato Kare Chawicha, State Ministerof Environment Sector of Ethiopia; and Mr. Per Pharo,Director of The Government of Norways InternationalClimate and Forest Initiative.

    On 10 December, BP REDD+ hosted a high-level dinnerevent entitled REDD+ in Indonesia: Forests at the Heartof a Green Economy at the Sheraton Lima Hotel. This

    dinner gathered over 200 REDD+ stakeholders with theobjective of sharing Indonesias vision of, and experienceswith, REDD+; and of affirming the partnerships that havebeen so valuable in allowing it to make such considerableprogress. Following Minister Prasetyos introductoryspeech, remarks were delivered by H.E. Ing Jose AntonioGaldames, State Secretary of Environment, Republic ofHonduras; Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP;Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-Generalof the UN FAO; Mr. Pavan Sukhdev, UNEP Goodwill

    Ambassador; Mr. Andrew Mitchell, Executive Director ofthe Global Canopy Programme; and Mr. Satya Tripathi,Director of UNORCID.

    INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE INITIATIVES

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    Third Session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)PlenaryBonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 12-17 January 2015

    The third session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity andEcosystem Services (IPBES) plenary will review progress made on the adoptedIPBES work programme for 2014 2018, including the related budget and institutional arrangements for its implementation. Inaddition, the third session of the IPBES plenary will select the members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) based on the

    nominations received from governments. The event will be preceded by consultations and a stakeholder day on 10-11 January.

    More information can be found at http://www.ipbes.net/

    Second meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on the InternationalArrangement on Forests (AHEG2)New York City, US, 12-16 January 2015

    The Ad Hoc Expert Group to the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) will hold its second meeting (AHEG2) in order to review theInternational Arrangement on Forests (IAF). Expected outputs from AHEG2 include recommendations on an IAF beyond 2015based on inputs from stakeholders and an independent review of the IAF multi-year programme of work. In order to facilitate its

    work, AHEG2 will consider input on the future of IAF provided by member States and other stakeholders, as long as such inputsare received before 5 December 2014.

    More information can be found at http://www.un.org/esa/forests/adhoc.html

    World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 21-24 January 2015

    Complexity, fragility, and uncertainty are potentially ending an era of economic integrationand international partnership that began in 1989. The World Economic Forums AnnualMeeting convenes global leaders from across business, government, international organizations, academia and civil society in Davosfor strategic dialogues which map the key transformations reshaping the world. Environmental and climate change feature in a

    number of dialogues including Climate entrepreneurship: Leading the Climate Charge (22/01) which will discuss how businesses andpolicy entrepreneurs are using climate technologies, carbon pricing, and green supply chains to remodel the fight against climatechange, Closing the climate Deal (22/01) on how can a comprehensive global climate deal be achieved, and Climate and Poverty:Making an Impact on Climate Change and Extreme Poverty (23/01) to discuss the resources and commitments needed now to tacklethe twin-challenges of climate change and extreme poverty.

    More information can be found at: http://www.unorcid.org/index.php/events-menu/upcoming-meetings/335-redd-academy-first-regional-training-course-for-asis-pacific-region

    UNORCID Dialogue Series: Forest Management Units (FMUs) in the context of REDD+

    implementation in IndonesiaPapua Room, 7th Floor, Menara Thamrin Building, Jakarta, 28 January 2015

    As one of the worlds most forested countries, Indonesian forests are critical not onlyfor national economic development and the livelihoods of local people, but also forthe functioning of the global environmental system. Against this background, theestablishment of Forest Management Units (FMU) on the local level as permanentmanagement entities, is exceedingly important for promoting forest governance and supporting local efforts towards sustainableeconomic development, climate change mitigation (including REDD+) and adaptation as well as biodiversity conservation. This dialogueseries event co-hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and UNORCID will provide anupdate on the progress of FMU development and their importance for building up the subnational REDD+ architecture as well as to shareinformation on stakeholders experiences and current activities in support of FMU development within the REDD+ framework.

    More information can be found at: http://www.unorcid.org/index.php/events-menu/upcoming-meetings/357-fmus

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    15thDelhi Sustainable Development Summit: Sustainable Development goals withdealing with climate changeNew Delhi, India, 57 February 2015

    Since 2001, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), organizes the annual Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS),an international platform to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on all aspects of sustainable development. Over the pastfourteen years, it has emerged as one of the foremost fora on issues related to global sustainability. This flagship event ofTERI brings together various Heads of State and Government, thought leaders, policy-makers and the crme de la crme ofindustry and academia to deliberate on myriad issues. Sustainable Development Goals and Dealing with Climate Changehas been identified as the theme for the 15th edition of the Summit which will take place from 5-7 February 2015.

    More information can be found at http://dsds.teriin.org/2015/

    The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forestry SectorVirtual, 6-27 February 2015

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is convening an online conference to discuss the costs and benefitsof various options for climate change mitigation in the forestry sector including REDD+, green building, and the promotionof bioenergy. The conference will be organized under two themes: climate change mitigation through forest managementinterventions, and climate change mitigation through improved wood utilization. The online discussion will take place from6-27 February 2015.

    More information can be found at http://www.fao.org/forestry/cc-mitigation-economics/en/

    Private Sector Summit: Tropical Landscapes: A Global Investment OpportunityJakarta, Indonesia, 9-10 February 2015

    Investing in a green economy, means investing in the future which involves both governments and private sector. It requiresgovernment to create business environments in which businessopportunities that enable a green economy transition arecompetitive as compared to conventional ones. This private sector

    summit in Jakarta, Indonesia - co-hosted by the Government ofIndonesia and UN System - is designed to enable and generate space for key business sector leaders to explore and engage in thespectacular opportunities the Indonesian Green Economy Transition offers. The summit is expected to offer real and tangible inputs topolicy makers as well provide an impetus to climate change mitigation initiatives, especially the most immediate, available and powerfulsolutions.

    More information can be found at http://www.unorcid.org/index.php/events-menu/upcoming-meetings/313-private-sector-summit

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