A good Forest management plan is essential for a forest management unit (KPH) to successfully manage its forest operations. Therefore, it needs to be well prepared. With the purpose of preparing for the long-term forest management plan (RPHJP) of the KPH Malinau, the North Kalimantan Province Forestry Service and the technical unit of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (BPKH IV Samarinda), supported by FORCLIME, conducted a coaching session for the KPH Malinau on 29 May 2020 using the MS Teams application. “Despite the coronovirus pandemic , we hope that the RPHJP of KPH Malinau can be completed this year”, said Syafarudin, the Head of KPH Malinau.

During the coaching sesion, discussions were held on the socio-economic and biogeophysics data collected during two surveys in 2019. This data will be further analyzed to obtain KPH Malinau’s forest resource potential, which will be presented by KPH Malinau in its draft RPHJP. However, to finalize the document plan, the stakeholders need to physicaly meet at the BPKH IV office in Samarinda, East Kalimantan.

For further information, please contact:
Novita Andes Nurdiana, Coordinator Malinau district and Technical Adviser for Social Forestry
Mohammad Sidiq, Coordinator North Kalimantan Province

Created: 09 June 2020

Land tenure and legality are key issues to achieve jurisdictional sustainability within the biosphere reserve area. Therefore, the Indonesia-German bilateral programme, Forests and Climate Change (FORCLIME) and Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains (SASCI) conducted studies on the current status of land certification in the biosphere reserve, to identify existing bottlenecks, and potential ways for improvement. The studies were carried out in the Biosphere Reserves of Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum (Kapuas Hulu-West Kalimantan) and Lore Lindu (Central Sulawesi) in 2019. For the purpose of sharing knowledge, FORCLIME organized a webinar to present the study results on 3 June 2020 via MS Teams application. Resource persons of the event were Rikardo Simarmata (natural resources law expert) who conducted the study in Kapuas Hulu, and Dahniar Andriani (customary law expert) who conducted the study in Central Sulawesi. 80 participants joined the webinar representing the Ministry of Environment and Forestry; local governments, NGOs, academics from West Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, North Kalimantan, Papua, also, other Indonesia-German bilateral programmes operating in East Kalimantan. Additionally, farmer groups from North Kalimantan were also invited to join the webinar. From the discussion session, participants gained knowledge and information on the current status and challenges related to land certification.

For more information, please contact:
Ismet Khaeruddin, Coordinator Central Sulawesi Province
Jumtani, Coordinator West Kalimantan Province
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic area manager for human capacity development

Created: 05 June 2020

With the purpose of accelerating the proposal development for the forestry partnership of the Malinau Forest Management Unit (KPH Malinau), FORCLIME coordinated a virtual meeting with KPH Malinau on 19 Mei 2020, using the MS Teams application. The meeting aimed to discuss participatory mapping preparation, including data collection and coordination. The forestry partnership proposal will involve KPH Malinau and the coffee farmer groups at Gong Solok and Punan Setarap Villages in North Malinau. “We appreciate the initiative to have discussions during the covid-19 pandemic, so that we can continue our activities for this year with FORCLIME despite the circumstances, and thank you for this facilitation”, said Syafarudin, the Head of KPH Malinau.

The Forestry Partnership is one of the Social Forestry schemes, which constitutes a forest management system in which the local community actively participate to improve their own welfare as well as protect forests which support their livelihoods. Through the Social Forestry programme, the community will be involved in forest management processes: planning, utilizing and marketing.

For more information, please contact:
Mohammad Sidiq, Coordinator North Kalimantan Province
Novita Andes Nurdiana, District Coordinator and Technical Adviser for Social Forestry
Daniel Maertz, Adviser for agroforestry

Created: 28 May 2020