A baseline that shows what is worth keeping
Southwest Papua is the least converted landscape in the programme. The first job is to record what is there, species by species.
Southwest Papua is the least converted landscape in the programme. Deforestation here averages 882 hectares a year, among the lowest in the programme. The work is about keeping options open, not repairing damage.
That makes a baseline the first priority. Survey teams work on fixed transects, recording birds, mammals and forest structure, and repeat the survey every year. The survey data is published.
Forest kept standing now never has to be rebuilt later.
What the transects show
24 transects are established, and 168 bird species have been recorded on them.
Cumulative Deforestation Emissions
Management agreements follow the survey, not the other way round. A baseline recorded now shows what is worth keeping, and gives every later figure something honest to be compared against.
