• Improvement of Research Facilities for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization (Phase 1/3) (2004)
• Improvement of Research Facilities for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization (Phase 2/3) (2005)
• Improvement of Research Facilities for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization (2006)

Period (Date of Exchange of Notes (E/N)):
    July 26, 2004

Place:
    Jakarta Area

Amount Provided: 2,172 million yen (± US$ 20.09 million / Rp 180.3 billion)

• Improvement of Research Facilities for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization (Phase 1/3) (214 million yen)
• Improvement of Research Facilities for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization (Phase 2/3) (1,755 million yen)
• Improvement of Research Facilities for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization (203 million yen)

Outline:
Indonesia has the world's richest biodiversity. However, its rich biodiversity is threatened by rapid economic development, poor law enforcement and governance, and rare animals and plants are on the verge of extinction. Research Center for Biology (RCB), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), one of the key institutions in biodiversity conservation, has the largest number of specimens in South East Asia, but is facing the aging of facilities and degradation of the condition of academically valuable specimens.

The Government of Japan has provided comprehensive support to the Government of Indonesia for biodiversity conservation. In 1995 and 1996, through the Grant Aid project, "Biodiversity Conservation Project", the Government of Japan established the Center for Zoology of RCB in Cibinong, Nature Conservation Information Center (NCIC) in Bogor, and management facilities of Gunung Halimun National Park. And then JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) provided technical cooperation projects, such as "Biodiversity Conservation Project Phase 1 & 2 (1995-2003)" and "The Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park Management Project (2004-2009)".

This new Grant Aid project is to establish research facilities for Botany and Microbiology Division of RCB in Cibinong and to complete the complex of biodiversity center (Zoology, Botany and Microbiology). The complex is expected to serve as the core institution both domestically and regionally.