Bioclime was invited to a LIVE Interactive Dialog at Sriwijaya TV on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 from 19:00–20:00 Western Indonesian Time. The program, named NGOPI 45, is a primetime session for discussing important issues in South Sumatra relating to education, environment, politics and culture. The dialog, led by moderator Adlia Nazila, invited three key speakers: the Deputy Governor of South Sumatra, Ishak Mekki; the Governor’s member of staff for climate change, Dr. Najib Asmani; and GIZ Bioclime Team Leader, Berthold Haasler.
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Planting on burnt over peat land in the Kepayang Village Forest was a follow up activity to the training on planting and establishing nurseries carried out on Februari 2017. Activities carried out in 13-26 march fell under the direct guidance of Ir. Bastoni M. Si. and Teten Rahman, researchers from the Palembang Environment and Forestry Research and Development Center (BP2LHK). The training involved 11 participants from Dusun II in Kepayang village and Talang Nuaran. Agroforestry system-based planting was planned for 5 ha in addition to the already available 1-ha training demonstration plot, making a total area of 6 ha. The agroforesty system used local species : jelutung, pulai, tembesu, and kayu labu.
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In a framework of discouraging FMUs in South Sumatra from being dependent on funds from APBN state and APBD regional budgets, they are being directed towards being able to develop and run business plans through partnerships with communities living in and around forests in Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) schemes. FMUs in South Sumatra will be encouraged to produce goods and services from the potential in their work regions.
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Indonesia’s Peatland Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut (BRG) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea held a one-day seminar in Jakarta on 8 November 2016, which was followed up with a field visit to South Kalimantan on 9 – 10 November.
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