Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Asian

Development Bank, through FIP-1 Project,

participate in the World Forestry Congress XV in
Seoul, Republic of South Korea, 2-6 May 2022

Community Based Forest Fire Management Program

to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation in
West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The FIP-1 Project entitled: “Community Focused Investment to Address Deforestation and Forest
Degradation”, is a 5-years (2018-2023) grant project funded through the ADB, in cooperation with
the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Government of Indonesia. The Directorate General of
Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership (DG PSKL) is appointed as the Executing Agency.
The Project has two main outcomes, first is a 3.7 M ton of CO2e reduction by 2027, and the second
is a 20% increased of community income by 2023. The Project builds a strong cooperation with the
West Kalimantan Provincial government and with the REDD+ Working Group.

The FIP-1 Project targets to directly protect a 5,000 Ha and indirectly a 91,000 Ha of forest
and land area from forest fire, within the Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum National Park in
West Kalimantan. The program includes provision of forest fire equipments, establishment of
Community Forest Fire Brigade, training on forest fire suppression and prevention, and
implementation of forest patrol. Forest patrol program is integrated with other forest based
program under the FIP-1 project, including Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) and
Community Based Forest Management (CBFM).

Project Achievements

Direct protection has achieved an area of 39,684
Ha or more than 700% of the target (total area
covered by the Patrol Team), and 116,439 Ha of
indirect protection (forest and land behind the
patrol area in the village boundary) or 127% of
the target.
From the period of 2018-2020, deforestation has
significantly reduced from 670.1 Ha in 2018 to
1,7 Ha in 2020. This performance has also
reduced 360,821 tCO2e emission (in the
National Park) - 25% of the total project
achievement (1.2 M tCO2e, until Dec 2020).

A total of 415 Indigenous Peoples (Masyarakat
Hukum Adat - MHA) involved in the training and
forest patrol program, during 2018-2020. The
Project has disbursed a total budget of $152,245
in term of community contracts, equipments
donation, and training program.
The Project has provided training on Sustainable
Forest Management, REDD+ planning and
implementation, carbon accounting to 264 staff
(54 of them are women) from the Government
(provincial and district government, and FMU
staff). Additionally, 941 communities (377 of
them are women) have also received training.

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Forest Investment Program-1: Community Focused
Investment to Address Deforestation and Forest Degradation Forest Investment Program-1 Kalmantan Barat
in West Kalimantan.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Asian @fip1.kalbar
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Forest Investment Program-1 Kalmantan Barat