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In Indonesia, forest certification has been in place for more than 15 years. FSC has played a key role, in close collaboration with the Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute (LEI). The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry has endorsed forest certification since early 1990 and was actively involved in founding LEI. FSC is widely known in the timber and forestry sector of Indonesia. In Indonesia, more than 1 million hectares of forest have attained FSC certification, with 195 companies holding FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certificates. Indonesia is one of the biggest timber producer countries in Southeast Asia, linked into thousands of suppliers and buyers worldwide. Rates of forest degradation and deforestation have dropped sharply in the past seven years, but there are still major challenges for the conservation of natural resources. One key limitation is the fact that forest values have always been measured in terms of timber production. No account has been taken of the many environmental services (ES) produced by forests, such as carbon sequestration, water supply and purification, landscape and biodiversity protection. Scope of project The ForCES project will expand the existing concept of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Indonesia into certification scope under FSC. The project will contribute to the development of the forest community’s FSC sustainable forest management (SFM), which has thus far only been achieved by two community forests in Indonesia. Over the course of the project many activities will be conducted in the with regards to policy, standard review for FSC certification and PES, capacity building, market analysis for FSC PES, and monitoring and evaluation. It seeks to investigate measurement for ES and their application in emerging markets for biodiversity conservation, carbon, eco-tourism and water service. Indonesia Country Brief FSC International Center GmbH · Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse 5 · 53113 Bonn · Germany Phone +49 (0) 228 367 66 0 · Fax +49 (0) 228 367 66 30 · [email protected] · www.fsc.org Designing and developing a strategy for FSC standards, incorporating ES Analyzing potential FSC ES certification markets in Indonesia System pilot tested at three sites: Ratah, West Kalimantan, and Lombok Island Designing and applying a business model, incorporating the result of national market analysis Producing updated stakeholder assessment for ES at national and site level Increasing awareness and capacity building of ES stakeholders Putting in place a monitoring system for FSC ES certification. EXPECTED OUTCOMES Image © Kepiting
