The KPH Kapuas Hulu Utara together with FORCLIME conducted a training on Forest Inventory on 08-10. November in Mataso, West Kalimantan. The training aims to provide hands-on knowledge and practical skills regarding to the recent forest inventory regulations. This event was attended by 7 participants representing the Forest Management Units (KPH), the District Programme Management Unit (DPMU) and the Institution for Village Forest Management (LPHD). The three-day training was facilitated by trainers from BPKH (Province Technical Unit for Forest Planning), the Directorate of Inventory and Forest Resources Monitoring (Ministry of Environmental and Forestry) and PUSDIKLAT (Training Centre for Environment and Forestry) in cooperation with FORCLIME.

As main results of the training the participants were familiarized with forest inventory tools and techniques as well as implemented 2 inventory clusters with 10 plots in the community forest of Banua Ujung, District Kapuas Hulu.

For more information, please contact:
Moritz Zetzmann, Adviser for Forest Management Unit, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan
Klothilde Sikun, Adviser for GIS, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan
Lutz Hofheinz, Strategic area manager for Forest Management Unit