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In this issue
Message from
RUPES Project Office
In
this issue, we are happy to share some lessons from the facilitation
process carried out by WWF Indonesia and its local partners in
developing a PES scheme in Rinjani
watershed of Lombok, Indonesia.
Earlier
this month, ESP-USAID Jakarta organized a training on environmental
service for participants from many parts of Indonesia. This is part of
the efforts to get more people involved in the discussion of PES in the
country.
In
our References section, you can find a link to the latest
working paper from the World Agroforestry Centre discussing the potential of jungle rubber eco-certification.
From the same section, you can download the profile of RUPES learning site in the Philippines (Lantapan) featuring how confrontation
on water crises can be avoided with proper negotiation and
incentives.
Don't
forget to click our featured link to visit a new website dedicated on environmental services
recently launched by the Agriculture Development Economics Division of
FAO.
Happy
reading ...
Aunul
Fauzi
RUPES
Communication Specialist
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Some Lessons from Rinjani
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Developing
a common environmental service (ES) regulation for West
Lombok district and the nearby Mataram municipality takes
much longer time than expected. The recent delay by the
local parliament to approve the proposed ES regulation has
also required the facilitating organizations to re-introduce
ES concepts and re-elaborate their workplan.
West
Lombok and Mataram are located on the west part of Lombok
island of West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia). They share the
common interests in the environmental services from the
Rinjani watershed. The watershed provides water for
agricultural and other needs in the district area as well as
for household consumption in the municipality.
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Under
the support of Ford Foundation - Jakarta Office and the RUPES
Program, WWF Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Program) has been
working with local partners to facilitate the establishment of
an ES scheme.
Since
reward mechanisms require an institutional framework that
builds on local capacity, the effort is also directed to help
strengthening a newly established ES intermediary body known
as the Foundation of Institusi Multi Pihak (IMP). A
management plan for IMP has been developed through a
participatory process involving all key stakeholders. The plan
will function as a guidance for IMP to carry out its future
mandate to manage funds to implement conservation and
development projects together with the communities in the
Rinjani watershed.
One
major future challenge relating to
payments of environmental services (PES) scheme is the
long-term commitment of all stakeholders for a continuous
collective action required for preserving the ecosystem
services. Without this, the scheme can become a potential
source of conflict, whereas a co-operative approach can reduce
time and costs. Inspired by this understanding, a team of
researchers from Rinjani watershed visited the World
Agoroforestry Centre in Bogor earlier this year to learn about
the Rapid Hydrological Assessment (RHA). Upon the finalization
of RHA in the Rinjani watershed, all Rinjani watershed
stakeholders can expect that clearer and fact-based arguments
for establishing an ES scheme can be ensured.
[Aunul
Fauzi]
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Getting
More People Involved
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The
USAID Environmental Service Program (ESP) organized a
training (Puncak, 11-12 June) for more than 25 ESP project partners from
many parts of Indonesia.
A
number of ESP field staff also joined the training which was
aimed at building strong understanding on basic ideas of
payment of environmental services (PES).
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In
his opening remarks, Reed Merril, the Chief of Party of the
ESP-USAID, said that the discussion of payments of
environmental services in Indonesia is intensifying.
Merril
expected that training participants could benefit from
presentations of experiences in implementing PES projects in
Indonesia. He warned the participants that there is no
single PES scheme applicable to various local
situations. On
his presentation, Willistra Danny from the Forestry
Department elaborated constraints in implementing PES scheme
in Indonesia that include absence of regulations, lack of
data on ES types and locations, as well as lack of valuation
methods.
Christine
Wulandari from WWF Indonesia mentioned about the high
transaction cost in implementing a PES scheme. This was
further elaborated by Harry Poernomo of CIFOR who presented
the potentials of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Degradation) scheme.
Beria
Leimona from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) presented a
synthesis of the four years of research by the RUPES Program
emphasizing the four basic elements to make a payment
scheme materialized i.e. realistic, conditional, voluntary,
and pro-poor. [Aunul
Fauzi]
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Contact:
rupes@cgiar.org
RUPES
Website
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Featured
Links
Payments
for Environmental Services from Agricultural Landscapes- PESAL
The Agriculture
Development Economics Division of FAO has launched a new website
dedicated to Payments for Environmental Services in Agricultural
Landscapes (PESAL).
It
provides an overview of the rationale and potential of payments
for environmental services to improve incentives for sustainable
natural resource management in agriculture, and offers a synopsis
of the process for the design and implementation of such schemes,
with pro-poor options inbuilt in each section .
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References
Eco-Certification:
Can It Deliver Conservation and Development in the Tropics?
Author: Mica Bennett (2008)
This paper investigates the potential for eco-certification to
improve livelihoods and conserve biodiversity in tropical
countries, using the example of a traditional rubber agroforestry
practice in Indonesia.
Lantapan - RUPES Learning Site Profile
Located in the
western part of Bukidnon Province, the Philippines, Lantapan
exemplifies tension between rapid economic growth and
environmental degradation. The diverse stakeholders learn that
with proper negotiation and incentives, hostile confrontation on
the emerging water crises can be avoided.
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