Description:
Conservation International (CI) has been working in the Mamberamo Basin for several years and has been moving rapidly to capitalize on this opportunity to conserve and sustainably manage forests for the mitigation of climate change and co-benefits for local communities and biodiversity. CI would like to explore the feasibility of partnering with PT Mamberamo Alas Mandiri (PT MAM), a concessionaire managing 670,000 ha of biologically and socially important forest.

The Mamberamo Basin, located in Papua province, Indonesia, encompasses 8 million ha of lowland and lower montane forest. Some 2 million ha have been designated as formal protected areas. Carbon‐offset projects could potentially compensate forgone losses or provide for additional incentive mechanisms for improved management within the Reducing Emission from Degradation and Deforestation (REDD) framework.