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Indonesia
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497-012
USAID MISSION: Indonesia
PROGRAM TITLE: Natural Resources Management (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Strengthened and Decentralized Natural Resources Management, 497-012
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $10,500,000 DA; $1,500,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $10,500,000 DA; $1,500,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1998 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2004Summary: This program strengthens local management of Indonesia's forests, protected areas, coastal zones, and mineral resources. While Indonesia ranks first in the world in plant and marine biodiversity and second in the area of tropical forests, these natural resources are under relentless pressure. Decentralization has devolved responsibility for natural resource management, with control of vast areas of wealth at stake, to the local level. USAID's program, implemented in close coordination with other donors, includes technical assistance and training to-
- improve protected forest management and agro-forestry practices;
- encourage community-based coastal management;
- strengthen local environmental NGOs and universities;
- promote orangutan habitat protection; and
- improve mining regulation and coal seam fire suppression.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: In FY 2002, USAID will fund technical assistance to national, regional, and local governments, universities and NGOs to increase their capacity to manage natural resources in a sustainable, transparent, and participatory manner. USAID believes that local control over natural resources is an essential step to realizing more sustainable resource use, the maintenance of ecosystem functions, and the conservation of biological diversity. USAID will continue funding activities in East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, and Papua that encourage the formation of pluralistic management advisory boards and site-management plans for protected areas, vital watersheds, and coastal areas. In addition, USAID technical assistance and training programs will help expand its Orangutan Habitat Conservation Program in Northern Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo. To increase public awareness and interest in natural resource management decision-making, legislation, and law enforcement, USAID, in coordination with local NGOs, will launch a nationwide media campaign targeting unsustainable forestry issues, primarily illegal logging. The program will continue to provide technical assistance to improve coal mine safety and mining practices that increase profitability while reducing environmental damage. In FY 2002, USAID will expand its technical assistance to local governments and farmers on agroforestry practices designed to raise incomes and relieve pressure on remaining natural forests.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources to support NGO-led national media campaign against unsustainable coastal and fishery practices, including fish bombing, cyanide fishing, and destruction of coral reefs. Other specific efforts will include continuation of activities described for FY 2002 to strengthen decentralized natural resource management.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: USAID-supported site management plans are encouraging more participatory and transparent decision-making on natural resource management. In 2001, USAID helped implement 51 site-specific plans that placed 700,000 hectares of forest and coastline under better management and protection-exceeding USAID's target of 42 plans and 410,000 hectares. Significant progress on the clarification of roles and responsibilities related to natural resource management led to more than 180 policy decisions in 2001 made by the GOI in a participatory and transparent manner with local communities.
In North Sulawesi fishing villages where USAID has funded community-based coastal zone management plans, fish abundance has more than doubled, fish diversity has increased significantly (from 56 to 95 species recorded), and more than 72% of the coral reefs have stabilized or improved (44% of sites experienced a 10% to 20% increase in hard coral over the period of 1997 to 2001). In Bunaken National Marine Park, home to world-renowned coral reefs, USAID advisors were instrumental in the establishment of a multi-stakeholder advisory board. In the first seven months, regular joint park ranger and villager patrols have been instituted, fish bombing incidents have decreased significantly, and there has been a corresponding 5% increase in hard coral cover.
With USAID assistance, Balikpapan, a key port city and home to several endangered species including river dolphins, sun bears, and orangutans, prepared a comprehensive and participatory watershed management plan, and then backed the plan with a budget of over $300,000 for 2002. In the Bird's Head Peninsula area of Papua, USAID is protecting endangered sea turtles by working with communities to establish land tenure and resolve conflicts over natural resource rights. As a result of village patrols and public awareness activities, the number of turtles landing to nest has increased by 50% since 1999.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: World Wildlife Fund Indonesia, Conservation International, Nature Conservancy, Univ. of Rhode Island, Academy for Educational Development, International Center for Research in Agroforestry, U.S. Dept. of Interior-Office of Surface Mining, and International Resources Group (prime), Winrock and Development Associates (subs).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
497-012 Strengthened and Decentralized Natural Resources Management DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 84,494 300 Expenditures 69,898 0 Unliquidated 14,596 300 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 10,500 1,500 Expenditures 18,478 16 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 94,994 1,800 Expenditures 88,376 16 Unliquidated 6,618 1,784 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 10,500 1,500 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 10,500 1,500 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 10,500 1,500 Future Obligations 0 0 Est. Total Cost 115,994 4,800
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