This presentation by Iwan Wibisono from BP REDD+ given during the Forests Asia Summit in the discussion forum "Equitable development: What is the fairest of them all? Assessing aspects of equity in incentive mechanisms for natural resource conservation and management" focused on the REDD+ Benefit Sharing Program BP REDD+ is conducting, the difference of benefit and beneficiaries and the options for channelling the benefits.

1. Iwan Wibisono – BP REDD+
Options andWay Forward
in Designing Benefit
Sharing In Indonesia

2. Benefit Sharing Paradigm
Community as “disturbed
neighbors” of an “REDD+
Project” that needs to be
“bribed” through cash-
distribution
Community as a part of,
and “co-owners” of the
project, being inside the
project boundary,
sharing responsibility as
well as benefits
Benefits being defined
almost entirely as cash
distribution.
Benefits being defined as
well-being, happiness,
sustainability, with
fulfilled social needs.
Benefits being defined
almost entirely as
derived from carbon.
Benefits being defined as
carbon and other social
and ecological services.
Paradigm shift that guides the principles for benefit-sharing and incentive
mechanisms :

3. Defining the Benefit and Beneficiaries
• Carbon Benefit : Bonus, long way to go,
difficults. But this is one of the basic why we
working with REDD+
• Non Carbon Benefit : it can be anything,
strengthen community rights, based on
existing activities
• Improvement on forest governance
• Beneficiaries : government, community,
private, civil society

4. Develop The Process
• Open, participatory transparent, inclusive
process -> safeguards PRISAI
• Defining benefit not at the end, but from
beginning at all stages of REDD+
• Develop program with community based
activity as key element

5. We are on track to properly recognize &
protect adat communities rights
Progress of follow-up on MK35
Constitutional Court Decision No. 35/PUU-X/2012
• Amended Art 1 (6) of Forestry Law No. 41/1999
• ‘Customary Forest [Hutan Adat] is State Forest located inside custom
based society (MHA) areas’
Impacts:
• Enable MHA to claim their tenurial rights in forest area
• Enable MHA to protect the forest by implementing their customary
knowledge
• Reducing Tenure Conflicts
Further Actions:
• Long term: Law on MHA Recognition and Protection which administers
the MHA Rights
• Short term: support for Menkokesra in monitoring “MK35” Action Plan
and template for Regional Regulation (Perda) on the recognition of
MHA.

6. Options for Channelling the Benefits
• National benefit sharing : transfer to local govt or
directly to local communities, tax incentives
• Sub national : jurisdictional based and project
based;
• Performance based : based on emission
reduction and others verified performances
• Input based : i.e. govt provide enabling condition,
policy on addressing drivers of deforestation
• Existing Mechanism i.e. : PNPM, Credit Union
• PRISAI/ Safegards and FPIC as key tools

7. Way Forward
• Creating Strong policy and regulation for REDD+
benefit sharing
• Clarity on tenurial and defining ownership over carbon
and other services
• Implementing safeguards and FPIC to identify and
defining beneficiaries, identify benefit from REDD+;
• Increase institutional capacity on managing REDD+
benefit;
• Benefit contribute in Addressing drivers of
deforestation
• Creating positive incentives