The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve REDD Project

Figure 35. Planned components of the Rimba Raya Fire PlanRisks to climate benefits. Illegal logging poses a threat to theexpected climate benefits of the project. The first step inremoving this threat is to understand it by mapping the actorsinvolved. This includes identifying who they are, who fundsthem, and where the logs go. If the actors are from Project Zonecommunities, then the solution will involve engaging them indiscussion and developing alternative activities to guaranteetheir livelihoods. Many project activities are already aimed atreducing this threat. If the actors are from outside the ProjectZone, however, then the solution will be more complex, requiringthe involvement of outside parties such as law enforcementpersonnel. Project proponents have designed a managementand monitoring system designed to identify and address thisthreat (see Section G3.2).Encroachment by palm oil poses a second threat to expectedclimate benefits. While the Project Area is protected on threesides by the Seruyan River, the Java Sea, and Tanjung PutingNational Park, palm oil plantation development in the north hasalready expanded beyond authorized boundaries and threatensto encroach farther into the Project Area. The continuedadvancement of this plantation, with its network of drainagecanals, threatens to undermine all contiguous forest. WhileREDD methodology necessarily requires an adversarial161