ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION CONCESSIONFOR ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION

Tokyo - JAPAN, 15 June 2017

KJ7 forest - RHOI

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who is RHOI

Established (21 April 2009) one of the first Ecosystem Restoration Concessions in Indonesia (18 August 2010)

RHOI provides a permanent place of safety for wild, semi-wild, as well as rehabilitated orangutans where they can live in freedom, eventually creating new, viable wild populations to safeguard the species survival.

Leaders in orangutan reintroduction and habitat protection

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ERC & RHOI

Obligations for ERC holders:• Management plan (annual & 10-years plan) and reporting,• Active in ER (restoration, monev: patrol, forest fire, encroachment),• Boundary demarcation, • Community empowerment,• Land taxes,• Rerearch & Development,• Income sustainability (environmental services, non timber forest

product) vs no timber extraction before ‘ecosytem balance’ wasreached,

• Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) assesment (every 5 years).

Other obligation for RHOI:• Orangutan Conservation (phenology, release, post release

monitoring)

RHOI Unit II is in process (to facilitate orangutan release area)

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GOALS

To protect an orangutan release site that currently has 68 orangutans but the carrying capacity is lower than the number of orangutan in the rehabilitation center of BOSF

To protect 86,450 ha of threatened Borneo lowland and montane forests in the Sundaland hotspot (WWF and CI) and its associated biodiversity.

To implement sustainable livelihood interventions for the communities in Muara Wahau and for itinerant agar and gold miners.

To produce around 12 million tonnes of CO2e emission reductions

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HISTORY & STATUS

EX-logging forest and suitable for orangutan release area

80% classified as Primary Forest with a good natural regeneration and low access.

Surrounded by: Production & Protected Forest

Forest function: Limited Production Forest

Topography: Montane (200 – 2,100 m asl)

Slope: above 15% (71% from areal)

Water catchment: Telen river

Local community: 100 km away (Dayak Wehea)

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LOCATION

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• Need Assessment,

• Capacity building,

• Strengthening the Dayak

Wehea tribe,

• Sustainable economic

development:

o Agricultural intensification

o Small enterprises

• Community social benefits,

• Health care,

• Environmental education,

• Forest protection – doing

daily monitoring.

Agriculture

Community Engagement

Conservation Protection

Health Care

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

10 Released...

ORANGUTAN RELEASE

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SURVEY KELINJAU

POST-RELEASE MONITORING

ORANGUTAN JOURNEY @ RHOI(OCT 2015 – SEPT 2016)

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BORN @ HOME…

SpeciesTotal

Species

IUCN CITES

CriticallyEndangered

Endangered Vulnerable Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III

Mammals 45 sp. 2 sp. 1 sp. 10 sp. 6 sp. 7 sp. 3 sp.

Birds 221 sp. 2 sp. 4 sp. 1 sp. 10 sp.

Reptiles 41 sp. 1 sp. 2 sp.

Helmeted Hornbill (Critically Endangered, Appendix I)

Sunda Pangolin(Critically endangered, Appendix I)

Sun Bear(Vulnerable, Appendix I)

White-fronted Langur(Vulnerable, Appendix II)

Masked Palm Civet(Least concern, Appendix III)

Blue-headed Pitta (Vulnerable)

Muller’s Bornean Gibbon(Endangered, Appendix I)

Slow Loris(Vulnerable, Appendix I)

Rhinoceros Hornbill (Near threatened, Appendix II)

Asian Water Monitor (Least concern, Appendix II)

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CHALLANGES

The number of Orangutan in our rehabilitation centre in East Kalimantan (177 individual) is bigger than the carrying capacity of RHOI (82 orangutan more), so RHOI is now preparing to apply a new ERC (60.094 ha, that can support 216 orangutan).

Cost effective monitoring of orangutans and forest (vs low access)

Stable funding and support

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REPUTATION

BOSF, the majority shares holders of RHOI, has a 25 years experiences in orangutanconservation

RHOI shows a 7 years reputation in managing the forest restoration and released 68 orangutan (since 2012)

Some collaborations were and are ongoing

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OPPORTUNITY

Research & Development (biodiversity, carbon, climate changes etc)

Eco-friendly technology (solar panel, micro-hydro)

Monitoring equipment (satellite images, drone, GPS, camera, radio HT, laptop, binocular etc)

Eco-tourism (orangutan/fauna, forest)

Capacity building

Local community empowerment (health, education and alternative income)

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OUR CAMP:ECO-FRIENDLY

SOLAR PANEL

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Support from Adat Dayak Wehea

Volunteer program: PRM

Development income (such as BMP consultancy, eco-tourism, HA-square Project)

Rehabilitation: More-Trees Japan (at BOSF project)

Carbon project (Research & Development): MRI-NEC Japan, Wildlife Friend

Pelangsiran

OUR SUPPORTER

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ACCESS

Balikpapan can be reached from Singapore or Jakarta

To Muara Wahau by plane and/or overland

RHOI forest just next to Muara Wahau

Interesting places:

• Orangutanrehabilitation (Samboja & RHOI)

• Diving at Derawan(turtle, manta, etc)

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LOCATION

Thank you

especially to IGES