Feasibility of a parcipatory MRV system for carbon measurement in Papua

33 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013

19. Feasibility of a parcipatory MRV system for carbon measurement in Papua

Tujuan Penelitian : Memahami organisasi sosial pedesaan dan hubungannya dengan hutan dan mengidentiikasi cara-cara penduduk setempat memantau faktor-faktor pendorong pengrusakan dan degradasi hutan Bidang Penelitian : Antropologi Lingkungan Daerah Penelitian : Papua Mamberamo Raya dan Jabar CIFOR Bogor Lama Penelitian : 5 lima bulan, mulai 3 Juli 2013 Mitra Kerja : Fakultas Kehutanan UGM Dr. Ir. Lies Rahayu Wijayanti Faida, MP.; Much Tauik Tri Hermawan, S.Hut., Msi. dan Dr. Muhammad Ali Imron, S.Hut., MSc. Abstrak Implementation of REDD+ at national scale requires coherence with sub--‐ national level and accuracy of the local level to monitor carbon stock and forest degradation or deforestation; especially in Indonesia where the forest covered territories are very width and extremely diverse. The MRV system Measurement, Reporting, and Veriication could be a powerful tool to support REDD+. However, to diminish cost of expensive and repetitive carbon measurement campaign, participatory MRV system by involving local people could be an asset. They have the best knowledge of their forest and territory and their reliability could be useful at measuring and reporting. In order, to develop this participatory MRV system, we need to have a close look at the local scale, and how local people are actually monitoring their forest. This research aims to identify the possible participation of local people in the MRV system and evaluate their monitoring accuracy and usefulness for measurement of carbon stock and drivers of forest changes, and degradation. This research will irst try to understand the local communities’ relations to and dependency on forest, through village surveys. This knowledge on how they monitor forest changes will support discussions on carbon measurement and on the kind of incentive necessary to ensure local participation to the implementation of participatory MRV system. 34 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 This study at local level is the basis to build accurate, efective and equitable MRV system. Extensive amount of data have been collected through social survey, interviews, group discussions as well as map building of forest cover through two ield works in August and October 2013, in two communities of the Mamberamo--‐ Raya regency in Papua. At this stage, data are still being entered in the project Database and other instruments for analysis within CIFOR. As a result, this report only present a limited overview of the methodology employed, the diferent tools used for data gathering, and some preliminary results

19.1 Mr. Guillaume Beaudoin