1. The Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 Global Initiative on Forests and Climate (GIFC) Penny Davis 3 September 2007

2. Structure GIFC Background GIFC: Indonesia activities Forest Monitoring and Assessment Fire Monitoring under Forest Monitoring Today’s workshop

3. GIFC - Background A$200 million over 5 years (2007-2012) Aim: To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding deforestation, improving sustainable forest management and reforestation Indonesia a key partner country: initial A$10m announced

4. GIFC: Indonesia Activities Avoided deforestation (or REDD) pilot projects Forest Monitoring and Assessment Peatland management and rehabilitation Community forestry Reforestation

5. Forest Monitoring and Assessment Broad system to monitor forest cover, carbon stocks, illegal logging New radar based remote sensing Information accessible to a wide range of agencies Improve decision making on land use in Indonesia Can incorporate fire monitoring systems

6. Fire monitoring in forest monitoring and assessment Important to integrate into a broader monitoring and assessment system Information can be used by many agencies at all levels Consistent systems for easy use Improved decision making on land use Interagency collaboration will be required

7. Today’s workshop Vital in creating interagency collaboration on fire monitoring Early step in broader interagency collaboration in all systems Please keep it up!

8. Questions?