As a follow-up to the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 28/2023 on Integrated Planning for the Acceleration of Social Forestry Management, the Directorate of Planning, Use and Establishment of Forest Management Areas (RPPWPH) at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry held a meeting in order to prepare a Social Forestry Macro Plan (RMPS) from 1 - 2 August 2023 in Bogor, West Java. The meeting took the form of a focus group discussion (FGD) and was attended by the Director-General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (PSKL), as well as 35 participants who were representing the Directorate-General of Forestry Planning and Environmental Management (PKTL), a number of academics from IPB and Gajah Mada Universities, the Peat and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM), Inhutani V, Perhutani, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry Planning Bureau and FORCLIME. The meeting aimed to gather inputs from participants and experts who will become key components during the implementation of the Social Forestry programme throughout Indonesia.

The meeting was opened by the Director of Planning and Use of Forest Areas and Establishment of Forest Management Areas, Ir. Roosi Tjandrakirana, M. SE., who confirmed that up until the present time, no long-term plan for social forestry management had been made available, meaning that the preparation of the RMPS was vital.

During his speech, the Director-General of PSKL explained that the Social Forestry Macro Plan represented a set of guidelines that will be used during planning for the implementation of social forestry during the next 20 years in line with Presidential Decree No. 28/2023, which sets out a roadmap for the accelerated distribution of social forestry access and medium- to long-term planning up until 2030. To date, social forestry realization data covers around 5.6 million hectares of the overall target of 12.7 million hectares. The remaining 7.1 million hectares of this target will be achieved by 2030 through various strategies and regulations, including the Macro Social Forestry Plan.

After this meeting, a series of follow-up meetings will be held with the aim of finalizing the macro plan before the end of the year. In this case, FORCLIME will contribute to the process of completion of the Social Forestry Macro Plan, including the provision of experts and expertise.

For further information, please contact:
Mohamad Rayan, Technical Adviser, Crosscutting Issues and Conflict Management
Wandojo Siswanto, Senior Adviser, Forest & Climate Change Policy