The Wasur National Park, working in conjunction with FORCLIME, recently conducted a field survey in order to identify the potential and socio-cultural conditions of the community as the basis for selecting target villages for the implementation of programmes relating to sustainable forest management, including the use of non-timber forest products by traditional communities. The survey involved field visits to five villages located in and around the Wasur National Park and was completed last November. In order to discuss the results of the field survey and to determine the target villages, the management of the Wasur National Park (TN Wasur) held a coordination meeting with its various development partners, including FORCLIME, on 7 December in Merauke, Papua.

The selected villages will subsequently become locations in which joint activities of the Wasur National Park and FORCLIME will take place. Moreover, the villages in question are expected to become models regarding the sustainable use of natural resources by traditional communities.

“We are grateful for the programme that has been implemented so far with FORCLIME and hopefully through this support, our community development activities will be more optimally implemented,” explains the Head of the Wasur National Park Office, Mr. Yarman, S.Hut, MP

The minutes from this meeting will be submitted to FORCLIME’s head office and will subsequently be reported to the Planning Bureau at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry as the project executing agency of FORCLIME.

The next step will be to formulate a programme of activities in the supported villages and to determine a suitable assistance model.

For more information, please contact:
Theodora F. Resubun, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 07 December 2021

In an effort to support capacity building and the development of conservation partnerships in the KPHK Cycloop – Youtefa area, it will be necessary to determine a number of pilot villages as the target of joint program interventions implemented by FORCLIME and the Center for Conservation and Natural Resources (BBKSDA) Papua. In order to achieve this goal, FORCLIME carried out a survey in order to identify potential villages suitable to receive support in conjunction with KPHK Cycloop – Youtefa managers from 3 - 6 November 2021. Among the villages surveyed were Dosay, Tablasupa, Doyobaru, Maribu, Buper Waena and Bayangkara, all of which are located in the district of Jayapura.

The data and information collected during these field visits related to the location and accessibility of the relevant areas, potential non-timber forest products, environmental services, local community wisdom and traditions relating to forest management, demographics and community institutions, and the presence of Forest Farmers Groups in each village.

Much interesting knowledge relating to local wisdom was discovered during the survey. For example, the people of the village of Tablasupa recognize 15 types of landscapes as a part of their daily lives, specifically: morewai (rivers), sero (mountains), meko (hills), yoo sena (old villages), yoo (villages), burou (springs), dukuru (bays), buman (estuaries), pau (valleys), nau (seas), sensori (lakes), boru (stone beaches), yemo (capes), yepa (sand beaches) and sekere (coral). Moreover, in Tablasupa, people are not allowed to build houses on the sea, beaches or headlands, while all fishing catches must be divided up among the local clans by the Ondoafi (the highest leader in the village).

Based on the results of this identification activity, FORCLIME will consult with BBKSDA Papua. The results of these discussions will then become the basis for the determination of joint pilot villages and the formulation of activities within said villages.

For more information, please contact:
Rut M Ohoiwutun, Junior Adviser for Community Forestry and Hutan Adat, Papua
Theodora Florida Resubun, Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 30 November 2021

As a part of efforts aimed at supporting business development among Forest Management Units (KPH) and Forest Farmers Groups (KTH), FORCLIME, working in collaboration with the Centre for Forest Education and Training (Pusdiklat) at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), held a training session on the online marketing of forestry products in Makassar back in 2019. At a subsequent post-training evaluation held in 2021, participants affirmed that during the session they had acquired basic knowledge and training in the marketing of forest products produced by KPHs and KTHs.

As a follow-up to this training in online marketing, Pusdiklat and FORCLIME organized a Training in Digital Marketing course from 17 - 18 November 2021. Around 510 participants attended the first day’s session, while 195 were present on the second day. The material delivered during the first day encompassed basic knowledge of this topic, as well as architecture and the selection of digital marketing platforms. The second day’s session focused on digital marketing strategies, product strategies (from products to customers) and marketing strategies (from customers to products). Prior to the end of the two-day session, participants were tasked with creating an account on a given platform and with the marketing of products produced by each KPH and KTH.

“This training proved very useful, even though the training schedule was very tight, as only two days had been allotted for this course. I hope similar training will continue to be offered in the future, as the material presented has been very useful,” explained Dullah Adi, one of the participants from the Pekanbaru Forest Farmers Group.

Given that setting up and expanding a KTH business is a highly dynamic process, the Pusdiklat is now planning to develop a training package on the online marketing of forestry products. Moreover, the previous training curriculum on online marketing, as well as the post-training evaluation results, will be used as a reference during the development of this new training curriculum in online marketing.

As a follow-up to this training in digital marketing, the Pusdiklat will continue to undertake field visits to eight pilot FMUs spread across Indonesia.

For more information, please contact:
Wira Hakim, Junior Adviser for Human Capacity Development
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 30 November 2021