Descriptions
Deforestation and degradation in Indonesia are affecting 50-60 million Indonesians that rely on forest ecosystems for their livelihood and food security. In addition, projected climate change will affect agricultural productivity, severely impacting smallholder farmers who rely on both subsistence and cash crops.
The project increases economic and climate resilience, livelihoods, and food security for poor and vulnerable farmers and small businesses, with particular attention on women, and directly targets harmful land-use changes by working with farmers to reduce and reverse deforestation and reclaim peatlands while reducing climate vulnerability and improving livelihoods. The Project promotes nature-based solutions through climate-smart agriculture and food systems, as well as a comprehensive land and water management. It also focuses on the intersection between women's rights and climate adaptation to better support sustainable resource management and access to markets.
CIFOR contributes to the achievement of: i) Improved landscape-level management by land managers and land users for better ecosystem health and services that meet different needs of women and men in priority landscapes within the selected provinces, and ii) Enhanced climate-resilient livelihoods and food security for poor and vulnerable communities, particularly women in selected villages.
The project targets three provinces (South Sumatra, South Sulawesi, and East Nusa Tenggara) where environmental degradation is particularly acute and farmers are severely impacted by climate change.
