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Central Sulawesi

Pilot province is needed as a demonstration location to model and monitor progress towards national REDD+ readiness.  Central Sulawesi is selected as UN-REDD Programme Indonesia’s pilot province in May 2010. The selection was based on the facts that:

  • deforestation process is on-going but a significant forest cover has remained;
  • carbon density is relatively high;
  • local political support is strong;
  • local capacity is reasonably strong in order to generate rapid results;
  • drivers can be addressed relatively easily;
  • REDD+ can result in significant co-benefits within the project site;
  • it is a GoI preference and lastly;
  • no other REDD+ initiatives in the location.

The selection was made official with the launching event for UN-REDD Programme Indonesia in Central Sulawesi on the 13th and 14th of October 2010.  The selection of Central Sulawesi is also in alignment with the national government preferences and locations for other initiatives (based on agreements reached in International Forest Carbon Association  on criteria for demonstration site selection and the national policy on REDD+ demonstrations and UN-REDD objectives).  The pilot province in Central Sulawesi is only one of a number of undertakings in the progress towards REDD+ readiness in Indonesia.