Climate Change projects
Evaluation of the Indonesia–Norway REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) Partnership
Gaia in cooperation with UK-based Creatura Ltd has conducted a verification of progress and deliverables by the Indonesia–Norway REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) Partnership. (Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, 2011)
The REDD+ Partnership between Norway and Indonesia
will, in addition to its own development, contribute to define the funding and
activity models of the international REDD+ scene. While protecting forest, the
REDD+ also pays attention on social and environmental safeguards that support
the combat against climate change. Norway supports Indonesia's efforts to
reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and peat lands
through a fund of one billion USD indicated for the process.
The review has specifically evaluated delivery on the
first, preparatory, phase of the LoI, which revolves around six agreed outputs,
originally to be delivered by the end of 2010:
- establishing a national REDD+ Agency with a robust mandate to reform forest governance in Indonesia,
- introducing a two-year suspension on new concessions for conversion of peat and natural forests,
- designing an independent institution for monitoring, reporting and verifying emissions from forest and land use change,
- establishing an interim financing mechanism,
- developing, through multi-stakeholder participation, a national REDD+ Strategy that addresses all key drivers of deforestation, and finally,
- selecting a province with significant forest cover and potential for mitigation in which to pilot a payment-for-delivery approach for later nation-wide application.
The evaluation process was based on scores of
interviews with Indonesian and international stakeholders, all of them picked
for their relevant knowledge as observers and representatives of key government
institutions, donor agencies, REDD+ projects, and civil society organizations.
The result of the project is not only an independent and neutral evaluation of
the progress in the partnership, but also a detailed 'snap-shot' of an
astonishing change in progress.
The results of the evaluation tell that the
partnership makes progress, and that it has great potential for improvement.
Some deliverables had not yet been achieved, but for good reasons given the
scale of the challenge, so the report recommended giving more time for key
breakthroughs to be made. Described by the Task Force itself as 'a fair and
comprehensive report, covering the quality of outputs as well as the process',
this milestone publication can be downloaded from here.
Further information here.
