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 : Aceh Forest and Environment Project

Grant Amount : USD $17,5 million
Start/ End : February 2006 - June 2010
Geographic Area : Leuser and Ulu Masen conservation areas
Partner Agency : World Bank
Executing Agency : Leuser International Foundation and Fauna and Flora International
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Achievements to date:


2007
Results
2007
Target by 2010
Spatial plans (Community level/ district level)
9 villages/ 1 district
40 villages/ 10 mukims/ 7 districts
Teachers trained in conservation (female teachers in %)
281 (43%)
500
School Eco-clubs established (number of members)
4 clubs (1,500 members)
500
Governmental forest guards trained (number of women)
1,000 (89)
1,000
Conservation/ forestry officers trained (number of women)
36 (2)
-
Community monotrs trained (number of women)
138 (1)
15
Forest replanted (ha)
670
5,000
2006
Through forging a strong alliance with the provincial government, the BRR and local NGOs, the project is working to involve all relevant stakeholders in its agenda. It has already set up a Timber Information Centre for reconstruction agencies, conducts regular forest monitoring activities, and started training forest montors hailing from forest bordering communities. it also works with local governments to introduce conservation concerns into the ongoing spatial planning process in Aceh. Finally, in close cooperation with traditional leaders and communities, development of agro-forestry activities and planting of tens of thousands of seedlings is ongoing.