EbA-ENHANCED CLIMATE FIELD SCHOOLS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE (EECCLiRe)
Country : Indonesia
Organisation: SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute) & su-re.co (Sustainability &
Resilience)
Funded by: Global EbA Fund
Support area: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Funding: USD 249,991
Project start: 01/11/2022
Project end: 31/10/2024
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INITIAL SITUATION
Many farmers in Indonesia rely on the coffee production for their livelihoods, particularly in the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara (ENT) and Bali. According to recent vulnerability assessments, these provinces will feel the effects of global warming. Coffee, especially Arabica (Coffea arabica), will be negatively impacted by climate change because it is a crop with unique environmental requirements. These crops are vulnerable to climate change impacts such as higher temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, more frequent drought, and strong winds. Unchecked climate change impacts and excessive variability will cause cropping and harvest failure, lowering farmers' revenue and negatively impacting the well-being of their families.
TARGET GROUP
The direct beneficiaries of EECCLiRe are the smallholder coffee producers of Bali and Flores (ENT). To enhance their adaptive capacities, EECCLiRe will work actively with the following target groups:
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The farmers or producer organizations in Bali and Bajawa in Flores;
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Government agencies critical in the promotion of EBA-enhanced CFS (i.e. Badan Meterologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG, The Met Bureau) and Dinas Kehutanan dan Lingkungan Hidup (Ministry of Forestry and Environment, DKLH));
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Stakeholders in sustainability standards in Bali and Indonesia.
APPROACH AND ACTIVITIES
This project applies ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) principles to conduct climate field schools among coffee farmers in Indonesia. The project involves integrating EbA principles, agroforestry techniques, local and traditional knowledge, and climate-smart technologies into climate field schools run by the BMKG (Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika), the Indonesian Met Bureau, and civil society actors like LAPMAS and BUMDESA.
To ensure project uptake and deepen its impact, EECCLiRe incorporates alternative technologies to assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their farms through the use of biogas digesters, the exploration of ecolabelling mechanisms to promote sustainable coffee production, and assisting BMKG in developing proactive policies that improve their climate field schools and expand them into other commodities. The project aims to improve rural coffee communities' social, environmental, and economic resilience through ecosystem-based adaptation over time.
LATEST PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND IMPACTS
Proceedings of the Inception Workshop.
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