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ANNUAL REPORT ID 2015 THE FUTURE OF OUR NATURE together possible TM WWF is one of the largest and most experienced independent conservation organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in more than 100 countries. WWF’s mission is to stop degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. CONTRIBUTORS WWF-Indonesia staff SUPERVISORY BOARD Arief T. Surowidjojo (Chair), Martha Tilaar (Vice Chair), John A. Prasetio ADVISORY BOARD Pia Alisjahbana (Chair), Arifin M. Siregar (Vice Chair), Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo, A.R Ramly, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto EXECUTIVE BOARD Kemal Stamboel (Chair), Rizal Malik, Shinta Widjaja Kamdani (Vice Chair), Tati Darsoyo, Jerry Ng, Alexander Rusli LAYOUT, DESIGN AND EDITING BY Catalyze Communications and BrightWater COVER PHOTO CREDIT © Ihwan Rafina/WWF-Indonesia Published in May 2016 CONTENTS A MeSSAge fRoM The ChAiRMAN & Ceo .....................................................2 1. PReServiNg natuRAl CAPital ..................................................................4 2. equitable ReSouRCe goVeRNANCe ....................................................14 3. PRoDuCe beTTeR .........................................................................................19 4. CoNSuMe MoRe wiSely .............................................................................26 5. MARkeTiNg .....................................................................................................34 6. PartneRS iN CoNServatioN ....................................................................38 7. fiNANCiAl stateMeNT ................................................................................48 Kantung Semar. A tropical pitcher plant. The Indonesian archipelago is home to one in ten of all plant species on Earth. © WWF-Indonesia WWF-Indonesia Annual Report 2015 1 A Message from WWF Chairman Kemal Stamboel & WWF CEO Efransjah hat is the future of natural heritage? How do we protect our environment in an enduring way? Earth’s population, climate W change, our lifestyles, and our wasteful consumption habits are big challenges. But these aren’t our only environmental problems. Our environment is constantly changing. Wildlife is still in decline. There is no denying that. The answer lies in building collaborative partnerships—these are key to finding real solutions to the big challenges. Collaboration is vital to effective conservation. Moreover, to respond to new challenges, we need to be more creative to secure the future of our natural heritage. For over 50 years, WWF-Indonesia has been working to promote sustainability to protect the future of our natural heritage. WWF is doing so for the welfare of the people—and not just the current generation. It would be irresponsible of us to damage this richness and waste it for quick, short-sighted benefits. We have choices to make. In the pages of this fiscal year’s Annual Report you will learn about how WWF’s collaborations work. In this year, Indonesia’s new President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has unveiled his Cabinet that will help him lead the world’s fourth most populous 2 WWF-Indonesia Annual Report 2015 nation for the next five years. The President made a surprise decision when he announced the combining of the Ministries of Environment and Forestry into “This report one ministry named Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF). The National demonstrates Council for Climate Change and REDD+ Agency were dissolved to become a unit in the new MEF. The President repeatedly reminded the Indonesian people the power of that we have been neglecting our marine affairs. Fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become one of the top priorities of the Ministry of partnerships” Marine Affairs and Fisheries. A number of strong sustainability commitments have been made by the Government of Indonesia and WWF-Indonesia is fully committed to helping to achieve these. WWF remains committed to work with local communities, businesses, and both local and national government bodies by building strong links between nature, communities, and the economy. Many successful collaborations were made this year. We have been instrumental in the establishment of a 276,693-hectare marine protected area in Pantar Strait, in the Coral Triangle. The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OKJ) has recognized WWF-Indonesia as a Civil Society Organization (CSO) strategic partner, by endorsing the newly translated WWF Environmental, Sustainability and Governance Guide. WWF is developing strategic direction for the provincial government of Papua in developing its future alternative energy scenarios to protect its pristine forests and make a shift towards renewable energy sources. In this year, continuous engagement with pulp and paper giant APRIL has led the company to announce a moratorium on clearing in concessions where there has not been an independent assessment of conservation values. Two Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) participants received the first FSC certification for 28,220 hectares of mangrove forests. For the first time, WWF is part of PARARA—the ‘Big Harvest of the Archipelago’—a collaboration of 22 organizations active in conservation, indigenous peoples’ rights, organic food, community development, and natural resource management, to promote sustainable and local products. The aim is to show the general public the importance and richness of sustainable practices and traditional livelihoods that local communities have built across the forests and seas of Indonesia. This report demonstrates the power of partnerships. We are proud of what has been achieved so far, but there remain many tough challenges. We would like to sincerely thank all of our partners and supporters, with whom we work to achieve real conservation. Together we can protect the future of Indonesia’s precious natural heritage. Kemal A. Stamboel Dr Efransjah Chairperson of the Executive Board CEO of WWF-Indonesia WWF-Indonesia Annual Report 2015 3 Although it only extends across he archipelago’s more than 17,000 islands form an immense little more than one per cent storehouse of biodiversity that is both a treasure of the world of the Earth’s land surface, T and the natural capital upon which its more than 500 ethnic groups, speaking around 700 languages, rely for sustainable economic Indonesia is home to ten per development. It is paramount that Indonesia’s natural capital is not cent of the world’s flowering squandered for short-term gain. Instead, we should pursue new and plants, 12 per cent of the better ways of generating prosperity and equity. WWF works not just to world’s mammals, 16 per cent protect the natural world, but also to empower the local protectors of of all reptiles and amphibians, wildlife, and to advocate for truly long-term solutions to inequity. 17 per cent of the world’s bird species, and more than 25 per 1A. PRESERVING natural Capital, THE CORAL TRIANGLE cent of marine fishes. Growing the network of protection for Indonesia’s seas WWF is taking a lead role in helping to strengthen Indonesia’s growing network of marine protected areas (MPAs)—safeguarding the ecosystems that underpin the nation’s seafood, tourism, and the innumerable communities that depend on them. The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) sees the lesser Sunda Seascape as a model of marine protection, MPA network design, and conservation management. With 36 individual MPAs and stretching over nearly five million hectares, the regional 4 WWF-Indonesia Annual Report 2015 “Thanks to the introduction of best management practices (BMPs) for gillnets, sea turtle deaths have dropped by 95 per cent.” network is designed to conserve critical habitat, areas of high marine biodiversity, and areas crucial to the sustainability of coastal and pelagic fisheries. Within the Seascape, the Pantar Strait and the waters surrounding Alor regency—together amounting to more than 275,000 hectares—have seen several MPAs established, the core purpose of which is to protect sea mammals, turtles, and manta rays. Reducing turtle deaths in Indonesia’s tuna fishery Sea turtles are often the innocent victims of long-line tuna fishing in the waters of the Indonesian archipelago, ending up entangled in nets as by-catch. In an effort to reduce turtle deaths, WWF, together with the United States Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tested new turtle-exclusion technology: green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on gillnets. Paloh in Kalimantan is vital nesting and feeding habitat for green turtles, and it was here that experiments with LEDs showed a 50 per cent decline in turtles caught. Importantly, around 25 per cent of Indonesia’s long-line tuna fishers already have the capacity to cut turtle by-catch significantly. Thanks to the introduction of best management practices (BMPs) for gillnets, at the fishing ports of Cilacap and Padang in Paloh sub-district, sea turtle deaths from by- catch have fallen by 95 per cent. 16% world’s reptiles 12% & amphibians 17% world’s mammals world’s bird species 10% >25% world’s flowering plants world’s fish WWF-Indonesia Annual Report 2015 5 “The plan, implemented in 15 villages, has already reduced encroachment into the Rinjani landscape by 40 per cent in just 12 months.” Building a rapid response to whale strandings