Activity Name:    Strengthening the Framework for Decentralized Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Management in Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia

Country of Implementation: Indonesia      

Implementing Institutions:  Conservation International

Host Country Counterpart Institutions:  Conservation International Indonesia (CII)

	Estimated Expenditure by Fiscal Year of Implementation
Fiscal Year	2000
Amount	$300,000

Operating Unit: Funding:  ANE/SPOTS                     Managing: G/ENV/DAA

Objective Number:  498-015 FLU-01

Brief Activity Description:  Conservation International–Indonesia’s (CII) long-term goal for the Papua region of Indonesia is to help maintain its current status as a world-class biodiversity asset as it experiences escalating economic, social, and political development pressures. The intermediate goal is the creation of an integrated protected areas system in Papua sufficient in size and scope to protect a representative segment of the region’s ecosystems and biodiversity. The project’s purpose is twofold: First, the project seeks to upgrade key enabling conditions (knowledge base, decision-making processes, etc.) to ensure that central government devolution of environmental management to the Papua province and its districts will impact favorably on regional conservation. Second, the project seeks to assist in the establishment of a coordination mechanism that engages key regional stakeholders in natural resources management (NRM) decision-making and strengthens the use of conservation management skills resident in Papua.  

CI’s Irian Jaya Priority Setting Workshop verified that Papua’s forests constitute a critical portion of the earth’s remaining tropical wilderness areas and its coastal marine ecosystems are among the planet’s most extensive and productive. Both ecoregions serve as a major storehouse for globally significant biodiversity. CI trends assessments conclude that over the next two decades, industrial investment, infrastructure development, demographic pressure, and provincial income requirements will seriously degrade Papua’s intact terrestrial and marine habitats, absent effective spatial planning and resource policy implementation. This project is designed to concretize a long-term process where CII and partner organizations will work towards ensuring the environmentally and economically balanced development of Papua province.

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Conservation International

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EAPEI Proposal:  Forestry and Coastal Resource Management: Strengthening the Framework for Decentralized Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Management in Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia Submitted by Conservation International – Indonesia Program February 15, 2000 Revised July 18, 2000

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