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Improving governance, policy and institutional arrangements to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)

Project ID:
FST/2007/052
Collaborating Countries:
Indonesia
Project Locations
Commissioned Organisation:
Australian National University, Australia
Project Leader
Associate Professor Luca Tacconi
Phone: 02 6125 7554
Fax: 02 6125 8448
Email: luca.tacconi@anu.edu.au
Collaborating Institutions:
  • Forest Research and Development Agency, Indonesia
  • Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
  • University of New England, Australia
  • Forestry Service of Riau Province, Indonesia
  • Forestry Service of Papua Province, Indonesia
Project Budget:
$1,450,180
Project Duration:
01/04/2008 - 31/03/2012
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Dr Russell Haines
Project Overview

Reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) has an important role in global responses to the threat of climate change. Indonesia, with annual deforestation at about 1.5 million hectares (amounting to about 14% of global deforestation), can play a central role in REDD. The country attaches a high priority to rapidly building its capacity to deal with REDD and the emergent forestry carbon market, because during the next four years it will have to negotiate the framework for the inclusion of REDD in the post-Kyoto protocol. It will also need to design the national policies and institutional arrangements needed to implement REDD activities. This project will provide support to assist development of policy and institutional arrangements at the provincial and district level to facilitate the implementation of REDD and the capture and equitable distribution of financial benefits from an international carbon market. The project work will be augmented by partnerships with the Forestry Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Forestry and the Center for International Forestry Research.