Plan of operations: Indonesia Component of Forestry Programme for early rehabilitation in Asian tsunami affected countries, OSRO/GLO/502/FIN

Coastal forest conservation, rehabilitation and reforestation can enhance protection against erosion and storm events and improve livelihoods by increasing the productivity of agricultural and fisheries production systems as well as through the production of wood and non-wood forest products. Given that coastal forests, and particularly mangrove forests, were already heavily degraded prior to the tsunami, a key feature of the proposed work is to provide a foundation upon which the livelihoods of communities in affected areas may be improved above pre-tsunami levels through forest restoration, reforestation, green belt development and planting of trees in home gardens.