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QUARTERLY REPORT
SECOND QUARTER OF YEAR 1 WORK PLAN
START-UP & MOBILIZATION PERIOD
JULY 23 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
January 1 – March 31, 2016
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared
by Tetra Tech ARD.
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared
by Tetra Tech ARD.
This publication was prepared for review by the United States Agency for International
Development under Contract # AID-497-TO-15-00005.
The period of this contract is from July 2015 to July 2020.
Implemented by:
Tetra Tech
P.O. Box 1397
Burlington, VT 05402
Tetra Tech Contacts:
Reed Merrill, Chief of Party
[email protected]
Matthew Edwardsen, Project Manager
[email protected]
Cover Photograph: Clockwise from left to right: LESTARI Leuser landscape, Orangutan protection
and Forest Conservation in Kalimantan, LESTARI Lorentz Lowland landscape
QUARTERLY REPORT
START-UP & MOBILIZATION PERIOD
JULY 23 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
DISCLAIMER
This document is made possible by the support of the American People through the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document are
the sole responsibility of Tetra Tech ARD and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID
or the United States Government
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 3
Ringkasan Eksekutif .......................................................................................... 6
Mobilization of Staff ........................................................................................... 9
Key Deliverables .............................................................................................. 12
Strategy Development Meetings ..................................................................... 13
Challenges and Opportunities ........................................................................ 14
Staffing Plan ..................................................................................................... 15
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
USAID LESTARI Overview
USAID LESTARI supports the Government of Indonesia (GoI) to reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and conserve biodiversity in carbon rich and biologically significant forest
and mangrove ecosystems. Built on the strong foundation of USAID’s IFACS project,
LESTARI applies a landscape approach to reduce GHG emissions, integrating forest and
peatland conservation with low emissions development (LEDS) on other, already degraded
land. This is achieved through improved land use governance, enhanced protected areas
management and protection of key species, sustainable private sector and industry
practices, and expanded constituencies for conservation among various stakeholders.
LESTARI is implemented under the leadership of Tetra Tech and a consortium of partners
including WWF-Indonesia, Winrock International, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Blue
Forests, Yayasan Sahabat Cipta, PT Hydro South Pole Carbon, Sustainable Travel
International (STI), Michigan State University, and the FIELD Foundation. LESTARI runs
from August 2015 through July 2020.
LESTARI activities are targeted in six strategic landscapes on three of Indonesia’s largest
islands, where primary forest cover remains most intact and carbon stocks are greatest. In
northern Sumatra, the Leuser Landscape comprises significant portions of Aceh Selatan,
Gayo Lues, Aceh Tenggara, and Aceh Barat Daya districts, and includes the Aceh portion of
Leuser National Park and Singkil Wildlife Sanctuary. In Central Kalimantan, LESTARI works
in the Katingan-Kahayan Landscape, comprising Pulang Pisau, Katingan, and Gunung Mas
districts; Palangkaraya municipality; and Sebangau and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National
Parks. LESTARI also works in four landscapes in Papua. Sarmi and Cyclops Landscapes
are located along the northern coast and comprise Sarmi district as well as Jayapura district
and municipality. The Lorentz Lowlands Landscape, comprising Mimika and Asmat districts
plus a large portion of Lorentz National Park, and the Mappi-Bouven Digoel Landscape are
located along Papua’s southern coast. LESTARI is managed from its headquarters in
Jakarta, with offices in each landscape as well as the provincial capitals of Aceh, Central
Kalimantan, and Papua.
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Overall Results of LESTARI are:
1. At least 41% of total CO2-equivalent emissions reduced from land use, land use
change and deforestation averaged across all landscapes within the project scope;
2. At least 8.42 Million hectares of primary or secondary forest, including orangutan
habitat, under improved management;
3. Management of at least six conservation areas improved, resulting in the
conservation of valuable orangutan and other key species habitat, and the reduction
in poaching of threatened and endemic species;
4. At least ten public-private partnerships (PPPs) promoting low-emissions conservation
oriented development established;
5. Funding leveraged from public and private sources, representing co-investment
in project outcomes;
6. Increased commitment of key private sector, government, and community
stakeholders regarding the positive benefits of conservation and sustainable use of
forests and the species they encompass;
7. Policies, laws, regulations, and procedures in support of low emission development
and forest conservation and management increased, promulgated, and enforced at
all levels; and
8. Models for successful integration of district, provincial, and national low emissions
development and forest conservation strategies developed and shared at all levels of
government and with other key stakeholders.
Quarterly Highlights
This quarterly report provides a summary of USAID LESTARI program activities for July 23 –
September 30, 2015: the bridging phase between IFACS closedown and LESTARI start-up.
We have focused on key mobilization activities as outlined in the LESTARI Mobilization and
Quick Start Plan. The COP, DCOP, and Operations Manager have led this process, in
conjunction with LESTARI staff and the Tetra Tech ARD home office start-up team, to
ensure that LESTARI starts up both operationally and technically in an efficient, costeffective, and contract compliant manner. As of October 1, 2015, LESTARI activities are
under robust implementation.
A key activity during the bridging phase has been the mobilization of LESTARI staff and
subcontractors. We have mobilized of all 5 key LESTARI personnel – COP, DCOP,
Operations Manager, Biodiversity Conservation Specialist, and Forest Governance Advisor.
Other long-term staff previously working on IFACS have successfully transitioned to
LESTARI. Any remaining TBD positions will be filled in accordance with the LESTARI
Compensation Plan. Moreover, we have prepared Letter Contracts for the 9 LESTARI
partner organizations so that they were able to participate in the initial work plan and team
building activities. LESTARI Scopes of Work have been written and extended for all 9
organizations. We are targeting October 2015 for having fully-executed subcontracts. All
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LESTARI offices at the landscape and provincial levels, as well as in Jakarta, are staffed and
fully functional.
This quarter, we completed and submitted four key deliverables: the Landscape Baseline
Analysis, the Grants Management Plan, the First Annual Work Plan, and the Activity
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. These deliverables serve as foundational documents to be
utilized for guiding, measuring, and supporting LESTARI activities throughout the life of the
project.
Also in this quarter, we facilitated a range of strategy development meetings with partners
both in Jakarta and in the landscapes. Key meetings included a three-day Theory of Change
workshop with USAID, LESTARI strategic planning meetings with landscape partners, and
meetings with BAPPENAS to discuss program management and administrative issues.
These meetings provided valuable guidance for monitoring and evaluation and Work Plan
design, ensured insights and opinions from the landscapes are integrated into planning
activities, and aimed to foster a strong, positive relationship between LESTARI and GoI.
Moving forward, we are facing challenges from land fires in Central Kalimantan, as the focus
there has been on health and well being rather than project start up. We are also facing a
slowdown in activity due to local elections in December. However, we anticipate that in the
long-term, the fire situation will serve as a catalyst for LESTARI to make progress, while the
elections provide the opportunity for LESTARI to build strong relations with new
governments from early on in the project’s lifespan.
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RINGKASAN EKSEKUTIF
Sekilas Pandang USAID LESTARI
Proyek USAID LESTARI mendukung upaya Pemerintah Republik Indonesia (RI)
menurunkan emisi gas rumah kaca (GRK), melestarikan keanekaragaman hayati di
ekosistem hutan dan mangrove yang bernilai secara biologis serta kaya akan simpanan
karbon. Dibangun di atas fondasi proyek USAID IFACS, LESTARI menerapkan pendekatan
lanskap untuk menurunkan emisi GRK, dengan mengintegrasikan aksi konservasi hutan dan
lahan gambut dan strategi pembangunan rendah emisi (LEDS) di lahan lain yang sudah
terdegradasi. Upaya ini bisa dicapai melalui perbaikan tata guna lahan, tata kelola hutan
lindung, perlindungan spesies kunci, praktik sektor swasta dan industri yang berkelanjutan,
serta peningkatan keterlibatan berbagai pemangku kepentingan dalam kegiatan konservasi.
Proyek LESTARI diimplementasikan oleh Tetra Tech bersama mitra konsorsium yang terdiri
dari WWF-Indonesia, Winrock International, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Blue
Forests, Yayasan Sahabat Cipta, PT Hydro South Pole Carbon, Sustainable Travel
International (STI), Michigan State University, dan FIELD Foundation. Proyek LESTARI
berlangsung dari Agustus 2015 hingga Juli 2020.
Kegiatan LESTARI dilaksanakan di enam lanskap strategis di tiga pulau terbesar Indonesia,
yang memiliki sebagian tutupan hutan primer yang masih utuh dan memiliki simpanan
karbon terbesar. Di Sumatra bagian utara, Lanskap Leuser mencakup Kabupaten Aceh
Selatan, Gayo Lues, Aceh Tenggara dan Aceh Barat Daya, termasuk Taman Nasional
Leuser dan Suaka Margasatwa Rawa Singkil. Di Kalimantan Tengah, LESTARI bekerja di
Lanskap Katingan-Kahayan, yang mencakup Kabupaten Pulang Pisau, Katingan dan
Gunung Mas, Kotamadya Palangkaraya, dan Taman Nasional Sebangau dan Taman
Nasional Bukit Baka Bukit Raya. LESTARI juga bekerja di empat lanskap di Papua. Lanskap
Sarmi dan Cyclops terletak sepanjang pesisir utara. Lanskap Lorentz Lowlands, mencakup
Kabupaten Mimika dan Asmat ditambah sebagian dari Taman Nasional Lorentz, dan
Lanskap Mappi-Bouven Digoel yang terletak di pesisir selatan Papua. LESTARI memiliki
kantor pusat di Jakarta, dengan kantor cabang di setiap lansekap dan di ibukota provinsi
Aceh, Kalimantan Tengah dan Papua.
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Hasil yang ingin dicapai LESTARI adalah:
1. Penurunan total emisi CO2 ekuivalen sebesar 41 % dari kegiatan pemanfaatan
lahan, perubahan pemanfaatan lahan dan deforestasi di seluruh wilayah lanskap
proyek;
2. Perbaikan pengelolaan 8,42 juta hektar hutan primer atau sekunder, termasuk
wilayah yang menjadi habitat orangutan;
3. Perbaikan manajemen paling tidak, di enam wilayah konservasi, sehingga mampu
melestarikan habitat orangutan dan spesies kunci lainnya, dan mengurangi
perburuan spesies hewan endemik;
4. Paling tidak terwujud sepuluh Kemitraan Pemerintah dan Swasta (KPS) yang
memromosikan pembangunan rendah emisi dan pembangunan berbasis konservasi;
5. Penggalangan dana dari sumber pemerintah dan swasta, dalam bentuk investasi
bersama guna menunjang keberhasilan proyek;
6. Meningkatnya komitmen para pemangku kepentingan dari sektor swasta, pemerintah
dan masyarakat dalam mendukung upaya konservasi dan pemanfaatan hutan
secara berkelanjutan berikut perlindungan spesies yang hidup di dalamnya;
7. Terciptanya kebijakan, undang-undang, peraturan, dan prosedur - yang mendukung
pembangunan rendah emisi, perbaikan pengelolaan dan konservasi hutan – yang
disahkan dan diterapkan di semua jenjang; dan
8. Terdapat model untuk integrasi strategi pembangunan rendah emisi dan konservasi
hutan di tingkat kabupaten, provinsi dan nasional yang didistribusikan ke semua level
pemerintahan dan pemangku kepentingan kunci lainnya.
Sorotan Triwulan
Laporan Triwulan ini menyajikan ringkasan kegiatan program USAID LESTARI mulai tanggal
23 Juli hingga 30 September 2015: masa peralihan antara penyelesaian IFACS dan
sebagai awal dari LESTARI. Kami memusatkan pada kegiatan mobilisasi sebagaimana
dijabarkan dalam Rencana Awal yang cepat untuk Mobilisasi LESTARI. The COP, DCOP,
dan Operations Manager telah memimpin proses ini bersama dengan staff LESTARI dan tim
awal pembuka kantor pusat Tetra Tech ARD, guna memastikan LESTARI memulai dengan
cara yang efisien, hemat, mematuhi kontrak baik secara operasional maupun secara teknis.
Mulai 1 Oktober 2015, kegiatan LESTARI dilaksanakan secara kuat.
Kegiatan utama selama fase transisi adalah mobilisasi staff LESTARI dan para subkontraktor. Kami telah memobilisasi seluruh lima personil LESTARI – COP, DCOP,
Operations Manager, Tenaga Ahli Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati, dan Penasehat
Pengelolaan Hutan. Staff lain yang sudah bekerja lama di bawah IFACS telah berhasil
melakukan transisi ke proyek LESTARI. Apabila terdapat posisi yang belum diisi maka akan
diisi sesuai Rencana Kompensasi LESTARI. Selain itu, kami telah menyiapkan ikatan
Kontrak dengan 9 mitra kerja LESTARI agar mereka dapat dilibatkan dalam rencana kerja
awal dan kegiatan membangun kerjasama tim. Lingkup Kerja LESTARI telah ditulis dan
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diberikan kepada seluruh 9 organisasi tersebut. Kami menetapkan target October 2015
untuk melaksanakan sepenuhnya sub-kontrak. Semua kantor LESTARI pada lanskap dan
tingkat provinsi maupun di Jakarta sudah memenuhi kebutuhan staff karyawan dan sudah
berfungsi secara peuh pula.
Pada triwulan ini, kami telah menyelesaikan dan menyerahkan empat dokumen penting:
Analisis Data Dasar Lanskap, Rencana Pengelolaan Hibah, Rencana Kerja Tahunan yang
pertama, dan Rencana Kegiatan Monitoring dan Evaluasi. Dokumen ini merupakan
dokumen dasar yang digunakan dalam membimbing, menilai dan mendukung kegiatan
LESTARI selama masa proyek
Juga pada Triwulan ini, kami telah memfasilitasi berbagai pertemuan membahas strategi
pembangunan dengan mitra kerja, baik di Jakarta maupun di lanskap ybs. Pertemuan kunci
termasuk lokakarya Theory of Change selama tiga hari bersama USAID, pertemuan
membahas rencana strategis LESTARI dengan mitra kerja, dan pertemuan dengan
BAPPENAS untuk membahas masalah pegelolaan program dan administrasi. Rapat
pertemuan ni memberikan arahan yang berharga dalam merancang desain rencana kerja
monitoring dan evaluasi, memastikan saran dan opini dari lanskap dimasukkan dalam
kegiatan perencanaan, dan dimaksudkan untuk memperkuat hubungan yang positif antara
LESTARI dan GOI.
Ke depan, kami akan menghadapi berbagai tantangan dari kebakaran di Kalimantan
Tengah, sedangka penekanan utaa selama in adalag pada sektor kesehatan dan
kesejahteraan dan bukan pada mulainya proyek. Kami juga menghadapi perlambatan
kegiatan akibat dari PILKADA pada bulan Desember. Namun demikian, kami
mengharapkan dalam jangka panjang, kebakaran hutan akan menjadi katalist bagi LESTARI
untuk segera melakukan langkah maju, sementara itu dengan adanya PILKADA dapat
memberi kesempatan bagi LESTARI untuk membangun hubungan yang lebih erat dengan
pemerintah daerah sejak awal proyek dari masa awal hingga akhir proyek.
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MOBILIZATION OF STAFF
The mobilization of LESTARI staff and subcontractors was a key activity during the bridge
period. Due to the synergy between IFACS closedown and LESTARI startup, we were able
to ensure that this proceeded in a cost-effective, efficient, and contract compliant manner.
All five key personnel are in Jakarta and fully mobilized. COP, Reed Merrill; DCOP, Nev
Kemp, and Operations Manager, Kusno Dermawan, transitioned from IFACS to LESTARI in
July and led LESTARI start up activities. Dr. Abidah Setyowati (Biodiversity Conservation
Specialist) was mobilized in mid-September and Chris Bennett (Forest Governance Advisor)
in early October.
Long-term staff previously working on IFACS have received new Scopes of Work and
contracts, and successfully transitioned to LESTARI. For IFACS staff on permanent
contracts, these contracts will were legally terminated by mutual agreement and new fixedterm contracts were provided for LESTARI. For IFACS staff on fixed-term contracts, staff
were given the opportunity to either resign from IFACS and then sign new fixed-term
contracts with LESTARI, or see their contracts through the end of September and join
LESTARI at the end of October. We will recruit and fill any TBD positions by the end of
October 2015 in accordance with the LESTARI Compensation Plan. The LESTARI Staffing
Plan is included on pages 15-18 of this report.
Tetra Tech ARD home office staff have also played an important role during this transition
phase. The home office team (Matthew Edwardsen, Project Manager; Ed Harvey, Deputy
Project Manager; and Pam Doran, Contracts Specialist) has worked closely with the COP,
DCOP and Operations Manager through implementation and closeout of IFACS and,
immediately upon signing the contract, LESTARI start-up. Given the significant demands of
the transition, we have mobilized STTA support over the past quarter, including both
operational and technical support for the First Annual Work Plan, M&E Plan, Subcontract
SOWs, LESTARI Procurement Plan, and Landscape Baseline Analysis. This is summarized
in the table below:
Name
Responsibility
Indonesia Dates
Geofrey Katushabe
IFACS Closeout Specialist – provide operational support
for IFACS closeout and LESTARI startup
08/06-09/08/2015
Ufroz Ayyub
LESTARI Bridge Technical Writer (local hire) – Prepare
initial LESTARI communication products and support
Work Plan preparation
08/01-9/30/2015
Robynne Locke
Tetra Tech M&E Specialist – Prepare LESTARI M&E Plan
with LESTARI M&E Coordinator
09/08-09/19/2015
Rob Merritt
LESTARI Climate Change and Biodiversity Technical
Writer and Procurement Specialist – Draft Subcontract
SOWs & LESTARI Procurement Plan
09/08-10/17/2015
Ben Caldwell
Tetra Tech Sustainable Landscapes Technical Specialist
– Technical support for Landscape Baseline Analysis and
Annual Work Plan
09/13-9/22/2015
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Name
Responsibility
Indonesia Dates
Trish Caffrey
Tetra Tech Gender and Institutional Capacity Building
Specialist – Prepare LESTARI Gender Strategy
10/10-10/24/2015
Amy Kirk
Tetra Tech Grants Management Specialist – Prepare
LESTARI Grants Management Plan
10/17-10/31/2015
Pam Doran
Tetra Tech Contract Specialist – Training and support to
LESTARI staff & subcontractors
10/17-10/31/2015
In order to efficiently mobilize LESTARI partners, Tetra Tech ARD’s Contract Specialist
prepared Letter Contracts for the 9 LESTARI partner organizations. This enabled them to
participate in the initial work plan and team building activities. LESTARI Scopes of Work
have now been written and extended for all 9 organizations. We are targeting October 2015
for having fully-executed subcontracts. Order of priority includes Winrock International, given
their responsibilities for the Landscape Baseline Analysis, WWF-Indonesia and WCS due to
their important on-the-ground protected areas and species conservation roles, and FIELD
Foundation for design and implementation of LESTARI boot camp. The table below lists
LESTARI subcontract partners and their roles:
Partner Name
LESTARI Role
Winrock International
Provide Private Sector Engagement Coordinator and Component 3
Lead; Develop provincial and district sustainability tools; Implement
Sustainability Reporting Toolkit for private sector companies; and
Develop baseline and reference emission levels for landscapes
WWF-Indonesia
Manage Mimika, Asmat and Sarmi landscapes and Cyclops
Mountain Nature Reserve activities; Improve management of Lorenz
and Sebangau NPs, including co-management of surrounding
areas; and Leverage financial resources to improve Conservation
Area (CA) management
World Conservation Society
Improve management of Luesur and Singkil CAs; Provide
leadership on anti-poaching and wildlife enforcement; Leverage
financial resources to improve CA management
Blue Forests
Expand mangrove management activities from Mimika to Asmat;
Develop REDD+ or PES package for mangrove conservation; and
Leverage financial resources to improve CA management
FIELD Foundation
Lead village constituency and advocacy activities; Develop Lestari
Boot Camp training; Provide field staff to Aceh Tenggara, Aceh
Selatan, and Central Kalimantan landscapes
Yayasan Sahabat Cipta
Foster livelihood expansion and co-management in the Aceh
landscapes; Develop PPPs to foster value chain consolidation in
cocoa, nutmeg, and NTFPs
Sustainable Travel International
Identify and lead development of community-based tourism
activities in Components 2 and 3, mentor local organizations related
to ecotourism, and create PPPs with international businesses
PT Hydro South Pole Carbon
Provide national climate finance experts; Lead support to provincial
and district governments in REDD+-related activities
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Partner Name
LESTARI Role
Provide national level policy support
Michigan State University
Establish university linkages and build capacity of key provincial
universities to play more practical, applied role in support of local
government in reduced GHG emissions & expansion of LEDS
Finally, all LESTARI offices are staffed and fully functional. This includes LESTARI offices in
Jakarta, each landscape, and the provincial capitals of Aceh, Central Kalimantan, and
Papua.
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KEY DELIVERABLES
During this quarter, we have completed and submitted 4 key contract deliverables: the
Landscape Baseline Analysis, the Grants Management Plan, the First Annual Work Plan,
and the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. They will serve as foundational documents
to be utilized for guiding, measuring, and supporting LESTARI activities throughout the life of
the project.
The Landscape Baseline Analysis was submitted to USAID on September 9. This is a key
foundational document that serves to clearly describe where opportunities and challenges lie
in LESTARI’s landscapes, and provides input on how to structure initiatives to meet
LESTARI’s targets. Its calculation of historical and projected GHG emissions in the
landscapes will serve as a key input to the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation plan. The
USAID COR has provided comments, and a final, revised report will be sent to USAID by
early October.
The Grants Management Plan was submitted to USAID on September 16. Revisions were
requested on September 28, and final approval of this document was received on October 1.
This document provides clear guidance for the LESTARI Team to implement a robust and
effective grants program. This will contribute to achieving LESTARI contract requirements
while building capacity of local organizations to implement and sustain LESTARI’s important
work in sustainable landscapes management and biodiversity conservation.
The First Annual Work Plan was submitted to USAID on September 25. This document
was developed by the LESTARI Team and partners through a series of meetings and
workshops. Initial island-based (Aceh, Kalimantan, and Papua) meetings with staff and
subcontractors were held in Jakarta in late August. This was followed by a series of
LESTARI partner consultation meetings held in early September in Aceh and Medan;
Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan; Jayapura, Papua; and Jakarta. A two-day national
LESTARI workshop meeting was held in Jakarta on September 17-18; and a small technical
team finalized the work plan on September 25. The purpose of this document is to support
USAID and LESTARI to clearly program its activities for the upcoming year and monitor their
implementation.
The Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan was submitted to USAID on October 9. This
document will be utilized throughout the project to assess achievements against established
annual targets. Originally scheduled for delivery on September 25, the USAID COR
provided an extension until October 9 in order to allow time to adequately incorporate inputs
from the Measuring Impact Theory of Change Workshop.
Initial LESTARI communication materials, including a series of 6 project factsheets was
prepared, submitted to, and approved by USAID. Available in both English and Bahasa
Indonesia, these factsheets will be used to share information regarding LESTARI’s tools and
approaches with various stakeholder groups.
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STRATEGY
DEVELOPMENT
MEETINGS
We conducted a wide range LESTARI launching activities during this quarter in order to build
a solid foundation from which to launch a robust and ambitious LESTARI project. This
includes:

Three-day Theory of Change Workshop with USAID/WDC, USAID/Indonesia,
Measuring Impact, and LESTARI senior staff and STTA to develop TOC models to
guide LESTARI Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Work Planning. This proved to
be an incredibly valuable workshop for tightening-up a strategic vision for LESTARI
by ensuring greater integration among technical themes and strategic approaches.

LESTARI Staff and Subcontractor Strategic Vision, Landscape Baseline Assessment
and Work Plan meetings, including national-level overview as well as detailed
landscape coordination sessions, held individually for Aceh, Kalimantan, and Aceh.

LESTARI Landscape Partner strategic planning meetings were held in Aceh,
Kalimantan and Papua in order to explain LESTARI and to align the project to
government and CSO priorities in each landscape.

MSF Regular Meetings were held in most landscapes to discuss the transition to
LESTARI and the greater focus on landscape approach

LESTARI concluded its initial National Park Stakeholder Analysis and Threats
Assessment – in collaboration with PHKA, National Park offices, local government
and NGO partners

Meeting with partners in Central Kalimantan to discuss a Peat Land Fire
Management strategy. This included developing a procurement plan for tools and
equipment and longer-term framework for integrated fire management with capacity
building

ICCTF Project Pipeline Support – provision of 5 PCNs for ICCTF funding through
IFACS and now LESTARI STTA.

LESTARI and USAID held two meetings with BAPPENAS to discuss program
management and administrative issues, prepare for Tim Teknis, and plan LESTARI
launching activities including letters from BAPPENAS to provincial partners (Dinas
Kehutanan) with cc’s to other relevant provincial and district agencies, and launching
events for Papua, Aceh and Kalimantan to commence in November.
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CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES
Moving forward, we are facing both challenges and opportunities as we enter full-scale
implementation of LESTARI activities. In particular, the current land fires in Central
Kalimantan and, increasingly in southern Papua, are making work difficult and travel virtually
impossible. With air quality in the hazardous range, staff and partners are understandably
more concerned with health and welfare issues rather than project start-up. In the long run,
however, this will provide an important catalyst for LESTARI to make progress on Integrated
Fire Management.
December local elections are starting to slow-down opportunity for progress. While this is
currently a constraint, we anticipate that working with new governments early in the project
will be beneficial in the long run.
Finally, the recently executed USAID-GoI Assistance Agreement with BAPPENAS is a
tremendous opportunity for more efficient coordination. It will make LESTARI’s work with the
Ministry of Environment & Forestry as well as provincial and district level governments much
easier than the previous IFACs experience. We are very excited about this opportunity, and
are working hard to ensure a positive relationship with BAPPENAS.
The following outlines the major upcoming LESTARI launch activities in the next month:

October 1 - Launching of LESTARI field activities in all landscapes

October 5-6 - Multi-stakeholder meeting in Sarmi to reaffirm MSF commitment
working under LESTARI

October 6 – Leuser NP management meeting involving COP, Biodiversity
Conservation Advisor, WCS, and Yayasan Sahabat Cipta
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October 9 – Monitoring & Evaluation Plan to be submitted to USAID
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October 18-31 – Tetra Tech Home Office Subcontracts and Grants Support STTA
visit
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October 20 – Procurement Plan to be submitted
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October 23 – Submission of 4-5 project proposals to ICCTF
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October 31 – Design and operationalize LESTARI MIS
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October – SMART patrol launch involving 4 teams in Leuser Landscape
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October – Stakeholder mapping and assessment on village conservation potential in
Leuser Landscape
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October – Stakeholder mapping in Lorentz Lowlands Landscape
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November – LESTARI Launch events
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LESTARI
Wisma GKBI, 12th Floor, #1210
Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 28, Jakarta 10210, Indonesia.
Phone: +62-21 574 0565
Fax: +62-21 574 0566
Email: [email protected]