Presented by Sera Noviany, Head of Sustainability Compliance from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Sinarmas, at Webinar "A Synthesis and Way Forward", 17 December 2020. This presentation shared the experience and lesson learned of APP Sinarmas in conducting a community program named Desa Makmur Peduli Api (Fire Care Prosperous Village) including criteria and indicators used in monitoring and evaluating the program such as environmental protection, sustainable livelihood, and strategic partnership. Speaker also underlined the importance of community involvement and multi-stakeholder collaboration can support protection and restoration efforts.

1. ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR
IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY INITIATIVE TOWARDS
PEATLAND PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
Webinar 4: Workshop Series Exploring Criteria and Indicators for Tropical Peatland Restoration
Sera Noviany
Head of Sustainability Compliance
December 17th 2020

2. DESA MAKMUR PEDULI API (DMPA)

3. 3
MULTISTAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION –
COMMUNITY BUSINESS MODEL DEVELOPMENT
• Objectives of the collaboration is to develop business model
that balance community livelihood and forest protection, as
well as the indicators for success.
• In the first stage, CIFOR and ICRAF has identified and
determined 20 village typologies as well as stages to
develop business models. This is done for villages located on
peat as well as those on mineral soil.
• YKAN is also engaged with the purpose of providing
different approach to the business model development.
• CIFOR ICRAF YKAN have also developed KPIs for evaluating
the business model performance.
• Piloting program is on-going in 6 villages in Riau, South
Sumatra and West Kalimantan.

4. 4
COLLABORATION WITH IDH AND
G-CINDE ON COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
• Collaboration between APP and G-Cinde (Gerakan Cinta
Desa) on community-based forest restoration and
protection in Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra.
• This collaboration is under the bigger program umbrella
funded by IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative on the same
topic.
• As the first step, the project focus to develop community
nursery in Muara Merang village in MUBA. This includes
conducting FGDs, establishing the local cooperatives,
training the local community of nursery practices.
• The seedlings from this community nurseries will be used
for peat rehabilitation project

5. How to measure
performance of DMPA program
in peatland?

6. CRITERIA AND INDICATOR
Criteria Indicator Activity
Measurement
(Scoring 1-5)
Environmental
protection
Awareness raising Socialization, campaign 4
Reducing use of fire in land
preparation
• Reduce use of fire/ no fire use in land
preparation for agriculture practices
• Support for equipments and infrastructure
4
Reducing fire incident Fire prevention and quick response 4
Securing protection area Conservation Collaboration 5
Sustainable
Livelihood
Diversity livelihood
alternative
Program implementation 5
Increasing income Program implementation 4

7. CRITERIA AND INDICATOR
Criteria Indicator Activity
Measurement
(Scoring 1-5)
Sustainable
Livelihood
Good Agriculture Practices (GAP)
• Training, technical assistant,
infrastructure/facilities support
• Community practicing GAP
3
Market access
• Support value added product
• Connecting to supply chain/off-taker
• Improve packaging
3
Strategic
Partnership
Increase number of community
involved in partnership
Implementation of partnership 3
Community involvement in fire
prevention
• Socialization, capacity building
• Masyarakat Peduli Api (MPA)
• Incentive for village which no fire incident
4
Strengthening community
organization
• Capacity building
• Partnership program
3
Good relationships
• Communication
• Collaboration
4

8. CHALLENGES
• Sustainability impact of the program couldn’t
be measured in early stage even though the
program has been implemented for 5 years.
• Shifting community mindset to non timber
forest product. Instead of relying on land
expansion, community needs to focus on
increasing land productivity.
• Peatland management is high cost,
particularly the equipment and infrastructure
for water management. It will impact to cost
and access to market.
• Acceleration of the program really depends
on community capacity, including managing
the organization/farmer groups.

9. THANK YOU