Lead country
Indonesia
Participating countries
Indonesia
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From February 24, 2016 to February 22, 2022
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 15.c Increase local capacity to combat species poaching
Project ID: 5363
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
Sub-area(s)
- Wildlife conservation
- Biodiversity financing
- Agrobiodiversity
Landscape(s)
- Conserved areas
- Forests
Sub-landscape(s)
- Terrestrial protected areas
- Productive landscapes/Seascapes
- Key biodiversity areas (KBAs)
- Tropical forests
- Intact forests
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Forestry and other land use
- Livestock
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Institutional mechanism and system building
Strategy
- Management operation
- Monitor inventory
- Law regulation
Sub-strategy
- Conserved areas/ protected areas management
- Management effectiveness (METT)
- Wildlife and habitat conservation
- Ecological monitoring
- Knowledge/Data management
- Standards/ Labeling/ Guideline
- Laws enforcement/ Regulation
- Surveillance & Compliance
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Private sector
- Smallholder farmers
Gender equality
- Livelihoods for women
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Reduce exposure
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 15.c Increase local capacity to combat species poaching
Conventions and protocols
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
Private sector(s)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Hot topic
- Structural/system transformation
- Digital transformation
About this project
Description
Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world, characterized by the Bukit Barisan mountain range and globally significant tropical montane, sub montane, lowland, fresh water and peat swamp forests as well as mangroves and rivers. The island's fauna includes 201 mammal and 580 bird species, with endemic and critically endangered species such as the Sumatran orangutan and Sumatran rhinoceros, and subspecies such as the Sumatran elephant. The Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae is Indonesia's last remaining tiger subspecies with an estimated population of 400-500 adults. Its conservation areas include 13 Important Bird Areas, two Ramsar sites (Berbak and Sembilang National Parks) and the UNESCO WHC Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra sites (the National Parks of Gunung Leuser, Kerinci Seblat and Bukit Barisan Selatan). The current project will cover all five of these globally significant sites and surrounding landscapes. Across Sumatra, the principal threat to biodiversity is habitat loss and forest degradation, with forest cover shrinking from 25.3m hectares in 1985 to 12.8m hectares in 2009, with clearance driven by commercial oil palm and timber fibre plantations, followed by subsistence agriculture, while the main driver of forest degradation has been commercial logging. In addition, the wildlife trade is a significant pressure on species, with an estimated fifty Sumatran tigers poached annually between 1998 and 2002. The main barriers to achieving this vision are weak natural resource governance and limited protected area management capacity, poor inter-agency coordination for wildlife and forest conservation outside of the PAs, and inadequate financial planning and management for protected areas. The long-term solution offered by the project for securing Sumatra's forests, wildlife and ecosystem services lies in consolidating a network of effectively managed and adequately funded protected areas (PAs) that are supported by complementary actions in the adjacent forests and with multiple stakeholders to achieve sustainably managed landscapes. This will require both multi-agency partnerships across multiple provinces and sufficient incentives for communities to reduce forest encroachment and illegal hunting of protected species. The objective of the project is to enhance biodiversity conservation in priority landscapes in Sumatra through adoption of good management practices in protected areas and adjacent production landscapes, using tiger recovery as a key indicator of success. This will be accomplished through supporting implementation of the National Tiger Recovery Plan, which sets out the key elements to protect forests and wildlife in Sumatra. The project aims to address a range of institutional, governance and financial issues that prevent the project objective from being achieved. In doing so, it will create a model biodiversity management system that is operational across the target landscapes, can be scaled-up across Sumatra, and strengthen the national PA system. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry will lead project implementation in partnership with UNDP, FFI, WCS, ZSL and Forum Harimau Kita.
Objectives
To enhance biodiversity conservation in priority landscapes in Sumatra through adoption of best management practices in protected areas and adjacent production landscapes, using tiger recovery as a key indicator of success.
USD $9,100,000
Grant amount
USD $53,450,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($9,100,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Indonesia
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