On 26 November 2019 the Kubu Raya Regent and plantation and forestry companies in Kubu Raya Regency signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on forest and land fire prevention programme (karhutla). The MoU describes that related to the prevention and control of forest and land fire, the plantation and forestry companies will provide facilities and infrastructure, establish a task force and a regular awareness raising, provide social and environmental responsibility (corporate social responsibility-CSR) funds. The signing was carried out in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, during an evaluation meeting of the implementation of forest and land fire management in 2019, additionally, the meeting also discussed about synergizing fire prevention planning in Kubu Raya Regency for 2020.

At the end of the meeting, the Head of the Kubu Raya Forest Management Unit (KPH), Amung Hidayat, handed an indicative map of the wells in KPH Kubu Raya area to the Regent. The developed map presents the locations that frequently occur fires, hotspot distribution, and peat depth. The preparation of the map is supported by FORCLIME, a bilateral cooperation programme between the Indonesian and the German governments on forests and climate change.

For more information, please contact:
Amung Hidayat, SP, MM, The Head of KPH Kubu Raya
Jumtani Syolihin, FORCLIME, Province Coordinator West Kalimantan
Ronny Christianto, Expert, Fire prevention management, West Kalimantan

Created: 05 December 2019

Aiming to align the long-term forest management plan of the Forest Management Unit (RPHJP KPH) with the West Kalimantan Regional Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMD), the Forest Service conducted a meeting and invited various parties at the provincial level, namely Bappeda, the Office of Community and Village Empowerment, technical units of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) in West Kalimantan (BPKH, BPHP, BPDAS and BKSDA), representatives of local NGOs and conducted a discussion on nine documents of the Forest Management Unit Long-Term Forest Management Plan (RPHJP KPH) for 2020-2029. The discussion was carried out on 18-22 November 2019 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The planning document is a guide for the implementation of the FMU programmes and forestry activities at the field level. The meeting was led by the West Kalimantan Provincial Forestry Service with the support from the technical units of the MoEF and GIZ.

For further information, please contact:
Triadi Andrianto, Head of department of forest management, the Forestry Service of West Kalimantan
Welli Azwar, S.Hut, KPH Desk at the Forestry Service of West Kalimantan
Jumtani Syolihin, FORCLIME, Province Coordinator West Kalimantan

Created: 03 December 2019

With the intention of preparing criteria and indicators for gender responsive education institutions, the Human Resources Planning and Development Agency (BP2SDM) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) conducted a workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in the Environmental and Forestry Education and Training Programme on 27-29 November 2019 in Bogor, West Java. Additionally, a strategy was developed to integrate gender equality in the education and training programme at the KLHK. The workshop, which was attended by 45 participants was carried out in collaboration with the KLHK Gender Working Group and GIZ.

During the opening remarks, the Secretary of BP2SDM stated that gender mainstreaming is one of the important points in budget planning and performance evaluation of work units.

The results of the workshop are the draft criteria and indicators of gender responsive training institutions and the draft curriculum on gender responsive education and training. Both drafts will be improved and will be implemented in 2020.

For further information, please contact:
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager, Human Capacity Development
M. Rayan, Adviser, cross-cutting issues

Created: 03 December 2019