Action under the International Forest Carbon Initiative
Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership
The Prime Minister of Australia and the President of Indonesia announced the Indonesia - Australia Forest Carbon Partnership on 13 June 2008. The Partnership builds on and formalises existing long-term practical cooperation between Indonesia and Australia on REDD. It incorporates $30 million for the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership and a $10 million bilateral package of support for Indonesia on forests and climate. The Partnership is operating in three key areas: strategic policy dialogue on climate change; increasing Indonesia’s carbon accounting capacity; and identifying and implementing incentive-based REDD demonstration activities.
Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership (PDF 562 KB)
Roadmap for Access to International Carbon Markets
In June 2008, the Prime Minister of Australia and the President of Indonesia agreed to develop the Roadmap for Access to International Carbon Markets (the Roadmap). Indonesia and Australia agreed the Roadmap at the Australia-Indonesia Ministerial Forum in November 2008. The Roadmap is a multi-phased strategy that is assisting Indonesia develop the necessary technical, system and financial pre-requisites for participation in future international carbon markets for REDD.
Roadmap (PDF 51.30 KB)
Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership
Australia has committed $30 million to establish the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. This Partnership is the first, large-scale REDD demonstration activity of its kind in Indonesia. It aims to demonstrate a credible, equitable and effective approach to REDD, including from the degradation of peatlands, that can inform a post-2012 climate change agreement. The Partnership is trialling an innovative, market-oriented approach to financing and implementing measures for REDD. The initial focus is on an area of more than 100,000 hectares of degraded and forested peatland in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Early lessons learned from the KFCP are included in the joint Indonesia – Australia submission on REDD (PDF 116 KB) to the UNFCCC negotiations in Poznan in December 2008.
Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (PDF 895 KB)
Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership fact sheet (PDF 76 KB)
Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership
The $30 million Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership was announced in March 2010 and is the second practical REDD Activity under the the Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership. The activity will be located in Jambi Province on the island of Sumatra. It will differ from the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership in its location and forest type (on mineral sands rather than peatland) to test application of REDD in different contexts.
Second REDD demonstration activity
In November 2008, Australia and Indonesia agreed to develop a second REDD demonstration activity under the Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership. The second demonstration activity will differ from the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership in its location and forest type to test different aspects of REDD.
Bilateral package of support to Indonesia on forests and climate
Australia is providing $10 million to support Indonesia's forest and climate policy development. This is being used to help Indonesia develop its national Forest Resource Information System and National Carbon Accounting System for Indonesia, to support the development of a national policy framework and strategies for REDD, and to better monitor, manage and prevent large scale forest fires in Indonesia.
Papua New Guinea-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership
The Prime Ministers of Australia and Papua New Guinea established the Papua New Guinea- Australia Forest Carbon Partnership on 6 March 2008 to cooperate on REDD, and assist Papua New Guinea to participate in future international carbon markets. Australia has committed up to $3 million in initial funding which includes technical, scientific and analytical support for whole of government policy development and the design of Papua New Guinea's carbon monitoring and accounting systems.
Papua New Guinea-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership (PDF 85 KB)
Partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative on carbon monitoring
Australia’s strategic partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative is seeing Australia’s National Carbon Accounting System adopted as a platform for rolling out a global forest carbon monitoring system. This provides high-quality, low-cost forest carbon data to developing countries for incorporation into their national forest monitoring systems, providing a sound basis for verification of reductions in deforestation and forest degradation.
World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Australia has provided $11.7 million to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, which assists developing countries in their efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. This Facility aims to build confidence in REDD investments by establishing early links between key rainforest countries and potential financiers, so that emissions reductions achieved by large-scale demonstration activities may be certified and the associated credits sold. Australia’s investment in this Facility complements its bilateral action in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and its global action on forest carbon measurement.
World Bank's Forest Investment Program
Australia is contributing $10 million to the World Bank’s Forest Investment Program, which will complement the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility by scaling-up activities aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. This Program is part of the broader Climate Investment Funds managed by the World Bank.
Asia Pacific Forestry Skills and Capacity Building Program
This $15.8 million Program assists countries in the Asia-Pacific region to increase their capacity to manage forests sustainably to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. Funding of $2.3 million under the first phase of the Program is supporting projects in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and other regional countries such as Vietnam and Fiji, in areas such as reduced impact logging, forest certification, restoration of degraded forests and research.
Research partnership on REDD
A research partnership of up to $3 million with the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) based in Indonesia will help meet the need for further global research on policy and technical issues associated with REDD, and will collect and disseminate lessons learned to inform the design and implementation of REDD activities.
Development of concept models for demonstration activities
Up to $1.5 million is being contributed to support international non-government organisations to develop concept models for REDD demonstration activities. International non-government organisations have practical on the ground experience, particularly in providing alternative livelihoods to local communities, which can help build global expertise in implementing demonstration activities.