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Project Description :
The project helps protect the Leuser and Ulu
Masen forest ecosystems from illegal logging.
Sound protection of the 3.3 million hectare area
will help protect the water supply of 60% of the
Acehnese population as well as South East Asia’s
richest remaining biodiversity.
The project seeks to establish an appropriate balance between forest protection and economic benefits
and livelihood opportunities to local communities. Protection is based on a multi-stakeholder governance
framework, forest monitoring and sustainable forest management. Activities include capacity building
for government forest and park management agencies. Environmental sustainability will further be
promoted through support to spatial planning, environmental awareness campaigns, community-based
rehabilitation activities, and through assessing the use of carbon trading as a funding mechanism for
conservation.
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| Project Name |
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Aceh Forest
and Environment Project
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| Grant Amount |
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USD $17,53 million |
| Start/ End |
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February 2006 - June 2010 |
| Geographic Area |
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Leuser and Ulu Masen
conservation areas |
| Partner Agency |
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World Bank |
| Executing Agency |
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Leuser International
Foundation and Fauna and Flora International |
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Achievements to date
The project has continued to scale up its core activities including monitoring and reporting illegal forest actiities, training and equipping forest and community rangers, mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, and strengthening partnerships with the Forestry Service, Conservation Service, police, local NGOs and forest communities. Through the efforts of AFEP and other partners, the formation of a cohesive forest management network is beginning to take shape in Aceh. Developing joint activities has generated positive results with the police, the Aceh Green and TIPRESKA initiatives, the Forestry Service and other parrners. In particular, the project has achieved success in translating its illegal logging field monitoring reports into on-the-ground action by other actors.
The project has developed a curriculum and materials on environmental awareness for schools, trained teachers, and established student eco-clubs with over 6,100 members across Aceh. At the community level the project has supported village and mukim-level spatial planning processes and initiated community nurseries to improve sustainable tree-crop based livelihoods.
In November 2009 the project completed analysis of forest monitoring data shoing changes in forest cover across Aceh since 2006. This data is used to suport the Government of Aceh in its reporting on the status of Aceh's forests. A large animal survey was also completed during 2009.
Challenges:
The project operates in a dynamic and comples context with many forces contributing to continued problems with forest degradation and illegal logging, as in other fores-rich provinces in Indonesia. Aceh's forests are the focus of global attention for their biodiversity and carbon stocks. The project will continue to forge strategic patnerships at all levels in this changing context in order to optimize its impact. A key challenge is continuation of the project's activities supporting the government's forest management efforts beyond 2010. AFEP has requested additional funds to carry on its work until 2012 in order to concentrate on strengthening institutional capacity to protect and sustainably manage Aceh's forest resources in the future.
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