Unilever

Initiative paysagère de Tapanuli Selatan

Konservasi indonesia

Forest Positive Coalition

Aceh Tamiang

Musimas

NISCOPS

PepsiCo

Local indicators

LandScale

Palm oil

Tropical Timber

Coffee

Coconut

Rubber

Leuser Ecosystem

Kuala-Paret

test

Farmer in palm oil field

Agricultural household income compared to national average

HCV/HCS production area is protected based on policy framework

Number of community members involved in the agroforestry system

Deforestation rate

Number of ICT platform established

Number of investment portfolio created based on sustainable palm oil development

Number of monitoring systems at the provincial level established

Number of government staffs trained

Number of center of excellences established and operationalized

Total area of legal and compliant land

Productivity rate of sustainable palm oil and it's derivates 

Area converted to other land uses

Number of hectares of protected areas

Training of community households on biogas energy

Number of households trained on access to clean energy

Indicator #0

Number of hectares of conserved

Cocoa

Indicator #1

Indicator #2

The Tapanuli Selatan District, located in North Sumatra, Indonesia, is critical to people and nature. Over 70% of the district &nbsp;is covered by forest areas, including part of the Batang Toru Forest Ecosystem &ndash; a key source of fresh water and home to the endangered Tapanuli orangutan and Sumatran tiger. These forests are part of an important biodiversity corridor in North Sumatra, connecting forests of western Sumatra to the Leuser Ecosystem.
The district is also a key agricultural production area for commodities such as palm oil, coffee, cocoa, timber, and otherscontributing around 85% of local income. However, growing challenges such as forest loss, floods, and landslides, along with a rising demand for more sustainable commodities, led the local government to develop a District Action Plan for Sustainable Palm Oil, with support from UNDP and Konservasi Indonesia.
The Tapanuli Selatan District Initiative was established to support the implementation of this Action Plan and other government strategies for improving the sustainability of palm oil and other commodities. This includes prioritizing the protection of forests through restoration, conservation, and improved natural resource management.
This initiative has 3 main objectives:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Improve Livelihoods&nbsp;by strengthening the capacity of farmers and local communities to adopt sustainable production practices for increased agricultural yields while also establishing business models for improved income and&nbsp;greater access to markets.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Increase Sustainable Production of ISPO, RSPO certified, and regenerative palm oil through farmer training, technical supportand by strengthening the Tapanuli Selatan&rsquo;s Sustainable Palm Oil Forum (FoKSBI), which plays a key role in coordinating the implementation of the District Action Plan.&nbsp;</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Protect and Restore Critical Ecosystems through improved forest management planning, collaborative monitoring and response systems, as well as by implementing direct interventions, such as forest patrols and social forestry programs.</li>
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Multiple stakeholders are working towards these goals in the district &ndash; through government programs, private sector investments, and civil society initiatives. &nbsp;We are already seeing positive impacts of the collective action to date. In 2023, the national government of Indonesia recognized these collective efforts by awarding&nbsp;Tapanuli Selatan first place among 103 regencies in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Action Awards, a testament to the district&rsquo;s leadership in advancing sustainable development goals.
Tapanuli Selatan is also playing a key role beyond its borders. Through the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.conservation.org/projects/coalition-for-sustainable-livelihoods">Coalition for Sustainable Livelihoods</a> (CSL), the district is actively sharing knowledge, models, and tools for sustainable development with other jurisdictional initiatives across North Sumatra and Aceh. Through this spirit of collective action, CSL is helping to ensure these initiatives are coordinated, aligned, and anchored in government support &mdash; achieving greater and longer-lasting impacts for people and nature.

Tapanuli Selatan Landscape Initiative

VSA pilot building block II

VSA pilot building block I

This project serves as a pilot project contributing to the targets of Aceh Tamiang Compact. Focusing in a sub-district of Semadam, the project will contribute to the reduction of deforestation, improvement of sustainable palm oil production and land legality/conflict resolution in Aceh Tamiang through following interventions:
Protection:
1. Developing forest monitoring and improving traceability in the direct surroundings of PT Semadam, PT BSG and PT Pati Sari concessions, all of which will contribute to monitoring system at Compact level in Aceh Tamiang.
2. Establishing agroforestry-based livelihood models with good supply chain linkage to reduce forest encroachment"

SourceUp Pilot II with PT Semadam

The project aims to develop buffer zone management model of Leuser ecosystem for ensuring forest protection and regeneration in supporting the sustainable sourcing of palm oil within Aceh Timur jurisdiction. The project will also contribute to overall goals of Sustainable palm oil initiatives at the Provincial level Ac including the Unilever smallholder hub program to achieve regenerating nature and improving community living income.&nbsp;

Unilever FC to  Sustainable Landscape Program in Eastern Leuser

The Unilever Smallholders Hub is an initiative to develop and manage the implementation of&nbsp;locally appropriate smallholder program. Unilever seeks to expand the locus and number of&nbsp;
smallholders included in programs and to coordinate across project sites, with an overarching and&nbsp;long-term goal to include up to 80,000 palm smallholders by 2030.
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Unilever Smallholder Hub Aceh & NS

This project serves as a pilot project contributing to the targets of Aceh Tamiang Compact. Focusing in a sub-district of Semadam, the project will contribute to the reduction of deforestation, improvement of sustainable palm oil production and land legality/conflict resolution in Aceh Tamiang through following interventions: Protection: 1. Developing forest monitoring and improving traceability in the direct surroundings of PT Semadam and PT Socfindo concessions, all of which will contribute to monitoring system at Compact level in Aceh Tamiang. 2. Establishing agroforestry-based livelihood models with good supply chain linkage to reduce forest encroachment.
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SourceUp Pilot II with PT Socfindo

It is the umbrella partnership between IDH and Unilever for Aceh landscape. The umbrella partnership translated into several agreements between IDH, Mills and implementing organization.&nbsp;
There are set of field projects that consist of smallholder/plantation mapping, HCV/HCS assessment &amp; management, forest restoration, GAP &amp; certification preparedness training for smallholders and land conflict resolution. The FLP serves as the VSA Pilots for palm oil Aceh Tamiang, engaging Unilever, PT Semadam &amp;; PT Socfin (local grower) and Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL/implementing partner).

Supported Initiatives

Aceh Tamiang

Tapanuli Selatan Landscape Initiative