Ecological Threat :
1. Threat toward biodiversity in Agriculture and Foodstuff: The increase of population has change the agriculture system from conventional to intensive agriculture system. Climate change could contribute an impact in terms of the growth of crops and it production including harvest failling, due to the growing of plant disease.
2. Threat for Wetland Ecosystem: Wetland is the largest carbon storage mechanism in the world. Especially peatland located in Taiga forest as well as marsh and tropical petland in Central Borneo,coastal area in South Sumatera, and major part of Papua. The drainange and destruction happened in the biggest water catchment area could release carbon dioxide and methane gas, which will increase the amount of greenhouse gas.
3. Water Ecosystem can be considered as susceptible to climate change since this ecosystem is facing various threats, such as over-fishing, habitate destruction due to comercial fishing, the development of coastal areas, and polluntans.



Project Development Goal:

A challange to linkage cilmate change response within sustainable conservation and utilization of biodiversity.

Project Development Objectives :

1. Impoved the ability of community to read and response towards climate change in the region which has potential of biodiversity;
2. Encouraged the community to response climate change through the utilization of potential local biodiversity;
3. Existed understanding regarding the impact of climate change toward fisherman lived at coastal area and other small islands;
4. Influenced climate change policy related to biodiversity at national and global level, including influencing the position of Indonesia for UNFCCC and intervention preparation of COP CBD 10.

Expected Outputs :

1. Existed documentation of community learning circle in form of book or other media related to community initiative in how in responding the impact of climate change.
2. Existed community activity in responding climate change through the utilization of local biodiversity potentials in Yogyakarta and East Nusa Tenggara, such as working with network of RACA and KEHATI in Yogjakarta, PIKUL and indigenous people organization SOE (OAT).
3. Existed peatland conservation activity in Central Boreno with Petak Danum Foundation and ARPAG (Commnity Alliance of Peatland)
4. Existed Participative study conducted by fisherman lived in coastal area and small islands.


Activities to be Conducted:

1. Increasing community ability in reading and responding climate change issue in the area which has potential of biodiversity.
a) Organizing learning circle in community to help them understand about climate change and its relation to biodiversity in aggricultural, coastal and small islands, and peatland ecosystem. For agricultural ecosystem, the learning circle will be conducted in Yogyakarta and East Nusa Tenggara (especially for arid agructultural). For coastal and small islands ecosystem, the learning circle will be conducted in Bali and Alor island community.
b) Organzing learning circle in community that could encourge the utilization of of renewable energy, such as biogas in Wonogiri and West Nusa Tenggara.

2. Encouraging community initiative in responding climate change through the utilization of local biodiversity potentials.
a) Supporting community initiative that utilized local food resources, such as root vegetables, beans, or other food resources wich has forgotten and can be a threat for food resource due to the impact of climate change
b) Organizing Field School of Climate for for farmer community.
c) Supporting community initiative in peatland conservation in Central Borneo, including rehabilitation of spots that are part of A Million Hectares of Peatland project.

3. Undestanding the impact of climate change toward fisherman lived in coastal and small islands.

4. Influencing climate change policy related to biodiversity at national and global level, including to maintain the position of Indonesia for UNFCCC and intervention preparation of COP CBD 10.
a) Conducting policy study regarding climate change and its relation to biodiversity to be used in policy at national as well as global level.
b) Attending the UNFCCC 15 at copenhagen.
c) CSF will conduct a study regarding results from UNFCCC at Copenhagen, especially related to biodiversity substancies that can be used as an input for Indonesia position at COP 10 CBD, October 2010.


Project Participants and/or beneficiaries:
Indonesia Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice (CSF)