Indones. - supp. for Harapan Rain Forest Harapan Rainforest (HRF) is a joined initiative consisting of a consortium of Burung Indonesia, Birdlife International and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
This is the first project in Indonesia, which is implemented under an Ecosystem Restoration Licence. This means that it is possible to manage a concession consisting of land categorized as land ¿production forest¿ as a nature re-establishment project.
HRF¿s objective is to re-establish 100.000 ha of dry lowland forest on Sumatra, one of the most bio diverse but also most threatened type of forest in the world.
Danida¿s support to Harapan Rainforest (DSHRF) is designed to support and strengthen HRF.
The task to re-establish the forest, protect the threatened biodiversity and the livelihood of the local community (Bathin Sembilan) and to prevent the millions of CO2 from being emitted into atmosphere is comprehensive, but possible.
Through Danida¿s support continuing progress is secured, an inclusion of new innovative elements and a safeguard of the viability of the projects after the donors have withdrawn.
The development objective for DSHRF is to support a significant reduction of the CO2 emissions from the area, in consideration biodiversity, and that the livelihood of the local community is stabilized. DSHRF will achieve these objectives through four elements:
1)Preservation and re-establishment of fore
2)Development and strengthening of the local community, focusing on increased local ownership.
3)Policy-support, capacity building and knowledge sharing
4)Research and supervision