5.6 SAFEGUARDS MONITORING AND REPORTING
Table 10 Summary of relevant E&S indicators to monitor/track during over the ER Program implementation.
E&S Indicators Summary of Issues Data Sources Timeline for Reporting Access to land and
natural resources
Previous and existing rights or usage of local
communities and indigenous people
Village administration;
FMU;
Semester
Conflicts and disputes in forest areas
Overlapping allocation and concessions for oil palm and forestry plantations
Unclear border of FMUs
Accumulation of unresolved problems
Conflicting licenses
FMU;
FGRM mechanism through SIS-REDD+
Semester
Conflicts and disputes in non-forest areas (e.g.
plantation conflicts, revocation of mining permits)
Tenurial conflicts between communities and oil palm
plantations/mining concessions
Accumulation of unresolved problems
Conflicting license;
Capacity building of smallholder in implementing
sustainable estate crop will reduce the potential for land disputes.
Plantation agency;
FGRM mechanism through SIS-REDD+
Semester
Access restriction is managed guided by proper framework
Forest and plantation concessions are restricting access to livelihood/cultural activities
FGRM mechanism through SIS- REDD+;
Concession holders;
Semester. Yet, the monitoring process might be more frequent if the scale of on going restriction esclate.
Biodiversity Overlapping with key biodiversity areas, and presence of endangered species
Community- based monitoring efforts are not optimized
Lack of clear
conservation guidelines
FMU;
BKSDA
Annually
Political actions Lack of Cross sectoral conflict resolution mechanisms (e.g., plantation, forestry sectors and environmental disturbances)
Lack of Agreement on
FGRM mechanism through SIS- REDD+;
DGCC
FCPF (P3SEKPI)
Semester
E&S Indicators Summary of Issues Data Sources Timeline for Reporting benefit sharing
mechanism Institutional capacity to
manage environment
& social potential risk
Capacity building for KHP Officers is needed, especially to implement
& monitoring the process of RIL-C, capacity to manage HCV, implement ISPO among local
government officers.
Lack of the ability of for environmental conflicts mediation
Lack of capacity to implement sustainable palm oil plantation
FMU;
Forestry agencies;
Plantation agencies;
Concession holders
Semester
Accessible FGRM Lack of cross sectoral conflict resolution mechanisms (e.g., plantation, forestry sectors and environmental disturbances)
Lack of formal designation for FGRM institution
Implementing agencies
FGRM mechanism through SIS- REDD+;
Plantation agencies
Environmental agency
Forestry agency / FMU
Quarterly
Access to
economic/livelihood
Limited capacity of government staffs for accessing alternative livelihoods options for local people.
Lack of accessibility to all social strata of the community to be involved in the plantation process
Lack of incentives in sustainable forest management is expected to facilitate social inclusion
District government (BPMPD), Bappeda;
Provincial agencies (plantation, forestry/FMU)
Quarterly
Gender and social inclusions
Sub-optimal Involvement of women to contribute in forest management will help reduce encroachment, and deforestation
District agencies:
Bappeda, Women Empowerment
Semester
5.6.3 Safeguards Reporting through SIS REDD+
SIS-REDD+ requires REDD+ implementers to independently assess and report on safeguards implementation. The system is intended to promote transparency and accountability from the site
level. For this purpose, the MoEF has formulated APPS, a Safeguards Implementation Assessment Tool. The tool was developed on the principles of simplicity, transparency, accountability, completeness, and comparability. APPS provides a checklist of supporting documents required as evidence of REDD+ safeguards implementation. It is provided along with the complete PCI under SIS- REDD+ in the Appendix and can be downloaded on the SIS- REDD+ website (http://ditjenppi.menlhk.go.id/sisredd/ ). The followings items constitute the main content of the SIS REDD+, of which details are provided in each of this key content:
SIS-REDD+ aims to gather, process, analyze, and present the necessary information on how safeguards are managed and respected in REDD+ activities, ranging from the project sites to district, provincial and national SIS management units. To ensure efficiency, an institutional structure and distribution of tasks and responsibilities for the information system from the site to national level have been established. Further refinement is currently underway to achieve a well-established Safeguard system. The responsibility to further develop, implement, and manage SIS-REDD+ is currently under the REDD+ Division of MoEF.11 Two components were created to promote transparency and ease access to safeguards information provided in SIS-REDD+:
a. A database, to manage data and information on safeguards implementation; and b. A website, tracking progress on safeguards implementation
The SIS-REDD+ website provides a public access to REDD+ implementers or users to report their activities by filling in the checklists and uploading necessary documents as required by the APPS.
Stakeholders can find a summary of both general REDD+ activities data and specific information on REDD+ safeguards. The REDD+ Division at MoEF is also considering several options to link the web- platforms to other forestry instruments with REDD+ relevant safeguards elements.
The SIS-REDD+ website is designed to provide comprehensive and up to date information on safeguards implementation under REDD+, as well as other details of REDD+ (project names, locations, implementers, partners, duration, scope of activities, key achievements as well as challenges and supporting factors). As more data arrives, the website will eventually be able to provide a summary of REDD+ activities in Indonesia in a more precise manner, for both general and detailed information. Further user-friendly and more integrated data and information presentation, such as maps and graphics can be generated.
The National SIS Management Agency (PSIS-Nas) placed under the MoEF‟s REDD+ Division is assigned as the administrator and manager and is mandated to maintain and further refine the system as well as providing guidance to PSIS at sub-national levels. Including in PSIS-Nas roles and generating analytical information (such as maps and graphics) on safeguards implementation. PSIS Nas, serving as the national information focal point, is responsible in preparing information for the MoEF, to be integrated into the National Communication and/or Biennial Update Report for submission to the UNFCCC.
PSIS Province and PSIS District act as clearing houses that collect, verify, consolidate, process, manage data from PDIS Tapak, the smallest institutional unit, and provide consolidated periodical reports to national level that will be made public. In this regard, PSIS Sub-Nas is tasked to provide
11 The responsibilities were previously under Pustanling of the former Ministry of Forestry, which changed to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF).
guidance and facilitation for the development of information systems and databases at provincial and district levels. Included in the guidance are standards, operational procedures, reporting mechanisms and other technical guidelines for SIS implementation. The administrator of data and information at PDIS Tapak is the REDD+ activity implementer, who will be responsible for conducting a periodical self-assessment on project implementation. Upon completion of the self-assessment, the PDIS Tapak data and information administrator will fill in the aforementioned checklist prepared by the REDD+
Division, under the DG for Climate Change of MoEF, and submit it to the SIS management at district or province (District/Provincial PSIS, also called sub-national SIS) together with the required supporting documents. PDIS Tapak, or „users‟, is also in charge of preparing user-friendly information on safeguards implementation to the public about their respective site, establishment of a grievance mechanism, as well as opening communication channels with stakeholders and disseminating information.