With the goal of finalizing West Kalimantan's proposal for climate funding through the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the West Kalimantan Provincial government, working in conjunction with GIZ as an accreditation agency (AE), held consultations with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) and the Fiscal Policy Agency as a National Designated Authority (NDA) on 14 May 2024 at the Manggala Wanabakti Building in Jakarta. The MoEF representatives who attended the meeting were from the Directorate of Climate Change Mitigation, the Foreign Cooperation Bureau and the Planning Bureau. In addition, representatives from the Environmental Fund Management Agency (BPDLH) and the Environmental and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province were also present. The meeting was chaired by the Directorate of Climate Change Mitigation, Mr. Franky L. Zamzani, who provided input regarding the adjustment of the proposal, particularly in relation to the policies of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as well as project governance. This coordination meeting between the parties represents a further step in the submission of improvements to the proposal based on input before it is ultimately approved and a Non-Objection Letter (NOL) is issued.

Preparations for the drafting of a climate funding proposal through the GCF have been underway since 2020. FORCLIME has been supporting the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group during preparations of this proposal. At the same time, various meetings, discussions and consultations have been held, including a coordination meeting with the GCF mission, which was held in November of last year.

After this meeting, a follow-up FGD will be held to discuss improvements to the proposal based on inputs provided during the consultations. In addition, increased coordination will be initiated with the Directorate of Climate Change Mitigation at the Directorate-General of Climate Change Control at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as the project’s focal point.

For more information, please contact:
Dwi Wahyu Asti, SP, M.Si., West Kalimantan Environment and Forestry Service
Jumtani, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and GCF Focal Point
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Change

Created: 15 May 2024

The strengthening of community capacity, particularly in relation to social forestry groups, is one of the empowerment activities that is currently being facilitated by FORCLIME through various activities. These activities include training sessions that are being organized in order to increase community capacity as regards forest management, thereby improving the living standards of village populations.

One such social forestry scheme is the Customary Forest scheme. The To Lindu Customary Law Community (MHA) in Central Sulawesi, facilitated by the Customary Area Registration Agency (BRWA), has obtained a designation for its customary forest through the issuance of Decree of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number 5677/MENLHK-PSKL/PKTHA/PSL.1/9/2021 on the Establishment of the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Forest Reserve. This reserve covers an area of 6,473 hectares and is located in Sigi Regency.

In the process of proposing customary forests, BRWA Central Sulawesi has identified a number of key activities, specifically: (1) Village meetings on the internalizing of customary forests; and (2) Strengthening of traditional institutions. After the establishment of customary forests, these activities were elaborated upon so that MHA To Lindu will now be able to manage and utilize the potential of its customary forest sustainably in accordance with customary legal norms and local wisdom.

in assisting MHA To Lindu in the management of its customary forest on 14 May 2024. Through this collaboration, the hope is that the following goals will be achieved:

 Development of a joint action plan at the village level involving relevant parties in line with principles of sustainable forest management,
 Revitalization of traditional institutions, particularly in terms of the management of the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Forest Reserve;
 Ensuring that the management of the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Forest Reserve is implemented in accordance with local customs;
 Increasing the capacities of the traditional council and traditional village institutions in line with customary forest governance;
 Preparation of an agreement on the management model for the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Forest Reserve.

Activities that will be implemented include:

• Assistance with the strengthening of customary forest management institutions. This activity will be carried out over a four-month period and will involve the assignment of one staff member in the field who will live on-site at the work location for 15 days per month in order to provide technical assistance and facilitate discussions, FGDs and village meetings in Ngata Lindu.
• Identification and spatial marking of the boundaries of the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Reserve Forest through the surveying of locations for customary forest use and the marking of boundaries.
• Monitoring and evaluation activities that will be implemented to gauge overall progress.
• Drawing up of reports in both Indonesian and English, which should be completed within two weeks of the conclusion of the entire series of activities. In addition, reports will also be presented during joint discussions with stakeholders.

Furthermore, several types of activities will be organized and will specifically address preparations for the governance of MHA To Lindu, including:

• Workshop on synergy between the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Forest Management and stakeholders, which will be aimed towards the formulation of various sustainable customary forest management scenarios with relevant stakeholders.
• Workshop on the preparation of a Medium-Term Management Plan (RPJM) for the Katuvua To Lindu Customary Forest Reserve.

To date, MHA To Lindu has managed to maintain its various traditions from generation to generation. In this regard, various territorial division regulations are implemented by the Lindu Traditional Council, as follows:

• Wanangkiki Forest, namely forest areas that cannot be managed by the community at all, such as upstream river areas.
• Ntodea Protected Forest, which can be used by the community in order to meet limited needs, such as use of the fruit and leaves of palm trees in order to make palm fiber.
• Pangale Forest, which comprise community cultivation areas that implement five-year gaps in relation to farming.
• Pobondea Forest, which can be used to cultivate productive plants such as coffee.
• Popampa, which can be planted with secondary crops.
• Polida, which comprise rice field areas.

For more information, please contact:
Arif Hidayat, Junior Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor
Ismet Khaeruddin, Senior Adviser for Biodiversity and Provincial Coordinator for Central Sulawesi

Created: 14 May 2024

The Environment and Forestry Human Resources Training Center (EF HR Training Center) at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) held a workshop that aimed to evaluate the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). This workshop was held both offline and online from 19 – 22 March 2024 at the office of the Environment and Forestry Education and Training Center in the city of Bogor and also involved a visit to the office of the Bogor Environment and Forestry Training Center (BPLHK) in Rumpin, West Java. The activity was opened and closed by the Head of the EF HR Training Center, Dr. Kusdamayanti, M.Sc., and was attended by lecturers and managers from the EF Education and Training Center, the BPLHK, the eLearning team, representatives from the Directorate of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (PSKL), representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry's Personnel Bureau and representatives from the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), an international non-profit organization that focuses on the development of community forestry capacity within the Asia-Pacific region. This workshop was a follow-up to the MOOC development kick-off, which was held in January 2024.

The workshop aimed to assess the readiness of the EF HR Training Center to initiate and develop a MOOC programme. In this regard, the activities that were organized were varied in nature and encompassed literary studies, observations and semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders, particularly those under the administration of the EF HR Education and Training Center.

These activities resulted in a report that addressed several areas, specifically: (a) An overview of current conditions at the EF HR Training Center regarding eLearning development, (b) Gap analysis regarding MOOC development at the LHK HR Training Center (including technological aspects, human resource capacity and teaching/training materials), and (c) Recommendations for MOOC development at the EF HR Training Center.

“As Head of the EF HR Training Center, I would like to express my thanks to various parties, including GIZ, which has offered its continuing support for the development of distance learning through eLearning. I would also like to thank the RECOFTC, which has been supporting Gender Mainstreaming training activities through MOOC; the Directorate General of PSKL, which has been collaborating in order to develop companion training in social forestry; and the Planning Bureau and Personnel Bureau," announced Dr. Kusdamayanti during her closing speech.

For more information, please contact:
Danan P. Hadi, Adviser for Remote Sensing/GIS and eLearning
Naufal Abdillah, Junior Adviser for Human Capacity Development
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 25 March 2024