This report describes results of a landscape High Conservation Value (HCV) mapping project commissioned by The Nature Conservancy for East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The project was designed to support development and strategic planning for the TNC-initiated Berau Forest Carbon Program (BFCP). The report will be made available as a public domain resource to support private sector certification, land use planning and other sustainability initiatives in East Kalimantan that incorporate HCV principles and practices.

The Project Mapping Area covers four Physiographic Regions of eastern Kalimantan, modified slightly from RePPProT (1990), totalling c. 18,000,000 ha, or 91% of East Kalimantan province. Rare or Endangered Ecosystems (HCV3) were identified and mapped throughout this area. Within a smaller area of interest for Berau and Kutai Timur Regencies (c. 6,000,000 ha), Large Landscapes with Capacity to Maintain Natural Ecological Processes (HCV 2.1 and 2.2) were also mapped. Definitions and methods employed in the study follow the revised HCV Toolkit for Indonesia (2008), except where modified as noted in the text. Within Berau and East Kutai Regencies, a more detailed examination of threats to landscape HCVs is carried out, and management recommendations are provided aimed at maintaining these values.

The HCV Toolkit for Indonesia (2008) provides a detailed and objective approach to identify HCVs, but only limited and general guidance on management. In this report, we have developed refined management guidance considered suitable to maintain the HCVs identified (HCV 2 & 3). We believe this management guidance is applicable more generally for other landscapes in Indonesia and abroad, but it should be seen as work in progress intended to stimulate discussion.