REDD+ Project - Indonesia #3

# REDD+ Project - Indonesia #3: Papua Community Forest Management

## Project Overview

This pioneering REDD+ project in Papua, Indonesia, places indigenous communities at the center of forest conservation. Covering over 100,000 hectares of pristine tropical forest, the project demonstrates that effective climate action must respect and strengthen indigenous land rights and traditional ecological knowledge.

## Participatory REDD+ Development

FINE Climate Technology adopted a rights-based approach to REDD+ development:

### Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)

- Comprehensive FPIC process conducted over 18 months with 15 indigenous villages

- Culturally appropriate communication materials in local languages

- Independent FPIC facilitator engaged to ensure process integrity

- Written consent agreements signed by all participating communities

- Grievance redress mechanism established and operationalized

### Traditional Knowledge Integration

- Indigenous forest classification systems mapped alongside scientific inventories

- Sacred grove and cultural site protection zones designated

- Traditional fire management practices incorporated into project design

- Elders council advisory role formalized in project governance structure

### Land Rights Securing

- Legal assistance for customary land tenure recognition

- Boundary mapping using participatory GIS methods

- Government liaison for formal acknowledgment of adat (customary) territories

- Documentation of traditional resource management rules and institutions

## Governance Structure

- **Community Forest Management Council**: Elected representatives from all 15 villages

- **Technical Advisory Committee**: FINE staff, government officials, NGO partners

- **Benefit Sharing Committee**: Manages transparent distribution of carbon revenues

- **Monitoring Committee**: Community rangers trained in forest monitoring

## Capacity Building Programs

- Forest monitoring training for 200+ community rangers

- Financial literacy and cooperative management workshops

- Sustainable NTFP (non-timber forest product) harvesting techniques

- Eco-tourism guide certification and hospitality training

- Digital literacy for mobile-based reporting systems

## Results and Recognition

- Area under community conservation: 100,000+ hectares

- Land rights secured: Formal recognition for 15 villages

- Deforestation reduction: 95% decrease compared to pre-project baseline

- Species protection: Critical habitat for birds-of-paradise and tree kangaroos

- Model recognition: Cited as best practice by UN-REDD Programme

100,000+ hectares under community conservation securing land rights for 15 villages