NATURE BASED TOURISM AND WILDLIFE MICROENTERPRISES    LORE LINDU NATIONAL PARK, CENTRAL SULAWESI, INDONESIA

PARTNERS The Nature Conservancy-Indonesia Indonesian Government's Ministry of Forestry CARE - Indonesia Sobek Expeditions University of Guelph BCN GRANT $584,892 1 August 1995 through 31 December 1998
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & INCOME GENERATION TNC-I and its partners are working with communities to develop 4 small-scale, income-generating activities at 3 sites along the border of Lore Lindu national Park (LLNP): Beekeeping, Honey Hunting, Butterfly Farming; and Rafting. Community members have participated in training programs -- led by TNC-I, CARE and partners and experts -- for butterfly ranching, beekeeping, honeypackaging, and whitewater rafting/guiding. TNC-I and partner staff have devoted substantial attention to identifying markets for the honey (mostly local, Central Sulawesi), live butterfly pupae (Indonesia, Europe, North America) and rafting (North America, Europe, foreign tourists in-country). The beekeeping, butterfly and honey-hunting enterprises are gradually being connected to a small-scale credit mechanism for interested community members. Projected Income 1998 # Direct Beneficiaries 1998 Honey-hunting (Palolo): Bee-keeping (Napu): Butterflies (Palolo): Rafting (Bada): MONITORING Biological and socioeconomic monitoring programs are being led by TNC-I and CARE staff, with assistance from other consultants close to the project. Biological monitoring focuses on habitat-level measurements (e.g., satellite mapping), forest transects (i.e., to measure use of non-timber forest products) and butterfly population counts. Rattan extraction and regeneration is also being monitored closely in the Bada Valley, where illegal, unprocessed rattan collection is a lucrative business. Site Total Area Managed Area Population Napu Valley 7,283 Palolo Valley 11,307 Bada Valley 5,084	BIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF LLNP The 230,000ha LLNP contains some of the largest unbroken tracts of forest on Sulawesi. These forests are home to 73% of the island's bird species (194 in all, 66 endemic and several endangered). It provide habitat to almost all of Sulawesi's endemic mammals, including the babirusa, anoa and several macaque species. LLNP is the main watershed for the provincial capital, Palu Because of its high rates of endemism, Lore Lindu was declared a National Park in 1982, and in 1993 LLNP was nominated as a World Heritage Site by the Government of Indonesia. LLNP's montane and lowland forests are rich in oaks, laurels, chesnuts and commercially valuable rattan. THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY Small-holder, commercial agricultural encroachment, particularly coffee. Infrastructure development (i.e., a large dam and new road have been planned for Lake Lindu for several years). Illegal logging and harvesting of rattan and other non-timber forest resources within the Park. CURRENT & POTENTIAL POLICY IMPACTS In November 1996, TNC-I and WWF-IP successfully overturned a ban on the export of live butterfly pupae by demonstrating to policy-makers that, for both economic and biological reasons, there was no threat of Indonesia losing its genetic property rights and biological "heritage." In early 1995, a road planned for the southwestern border of the Park was diverted as a result of the project's presence and concerns of siltation (the Lariang River makes up the border of LLNP in that area; it is also where the rafing enterprise will run). OTHER PROJECT FEATURES TNC-I was recently given additional funding from other sources to continue and expand its activites beyond the BCN funding timeframe. TNC-I's work will include close interaction with local Forestry offices and a possible, larger management and regional plan being developed with ADB. In the Napu and Bada Valleys stand impressive stone megaliths. These, coupled with LLNP's ecological value and the unique cultures of the area's inhabitants, led UNESCO to declare the Park a Man and Biosphere Reserve.
CONTACT INFORMATION TNC (Jakarta Office): Jl. Radio IV No. 5, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12001, Indonesia; Fax: 62-21-724-5092 TNC (Palu, Central Sulawesi Office): Phone/Fax: 62-451-25280; E-Mail: tncpl@palu.wasantara.net.id BCN (Jakarta Office): Jl. Madium No. 3, Menteng, Jakarta 10320, Indonesia; Phone/Fax: 62-21-392-6584; E-Mail bcordes@cbn.net.id

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