The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) held the Environment, Climate, Forestry and New Renewable Energy (LIKE) Festival at the Indonesia Arena, Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta on 16 - 18 September 2023. This activity was part of the Road to COP 28 UNFCCC series, which will continue in Dubai, UAE at the end of November 2023. Various activities enlivened the LIKE Festival 2023, including exhibitions, demonstrations of innovations, meetings between sellers and buyers, coaching clinics and competitions, as well as various cultural, artistic and musical performances. The LIKE Festival climaxed on 18 September 2023 when President Joko Widodo paid a visit.

FORCLIME, working in conjunction with several GIZ Indonesia and ASEAN projects, specifically: PROPEAT, CASE, CLARITY, SASCI+ and Climate Biodiversity Hub (CLARITY), participated in the exhibition, organizing activities and project achievements that related to the themes of environment, forestry and energy. Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry, Mr. Alue Dohong, PhD., had the opportunity to visit the GIZ Indonesia and ASEAN booths, accompanied by the Director General for the Conservation of Natural Resources and Ecosystems, the Functional Official Policy Analyst Senior Adviser and the Director of Conservation Forest Environmental Services Utilization. During his visit, Mr. Dohong made a statement affirming that the activities being carried out by GIZ are supporting the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN), particularly the achievement of KLHK targets, and it is hoped that GIZ will continue to support the Indonesian Government, especially within the fields of environment, climate, forestry and energy.

The website of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry features information on the LIKE Festival and explains that the goal of the festival is to introduce various work actualization and policy corrective steps, as well as to address their implementation within the forestry and environmental sectors in line with the following principles: (1) Community support and encouraging people to become productive through management access to social forests; (2) Increasing environmental restoration efforts through indicators that address deforestation controls, tree-planting efforts and management, and the replication of ecosystems, as well as the protection of conservation areas and wildlife and their ecosystems; (3) Increasing the productivity of the business world in line with national and regional economic growth, developing villages as centers of growth by partnering with the business world and communities in order to balance productivity; (4) Exploring resources in line with the development of New Renewable Energy (EBT); and (5) Utilizing technology in line with productivity, and economic and environmental sustainability efforts through planning, implementation and monitoring via reliable systems.

For further information, please contact:
Pipin Permadi, Senior Adviser for Forest Policy and Strategic Planning and Liaison Officer

Created: 22 September 2023

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In an effort to support the implementation of the national programme on Social Forestry within the province of Southwest Papua, the Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership Agency (BPSKL) of Maluku-Papua Section II Region, working in conjunction with FORCLIME, has been providing facilitation for forest farmer groups (KTH) in FORCLIME supported villages in the regency of Tambrauw, specifically the villages of Emmaus and Bikar. Recent activities in these areas included the dissemination of information relating to the Social Forestry schemes, which took place from 27 – 30 August 2023. This activity was attended by the BPSKL Maluku Papua Section II Region and the Tambrauw Production Forest Management Unit (KPHP), as well as by the relevant village governments, traditional leaders, community leaders and owners of customary land rights from the two villages. During the meeting, the Head of BPKSL Maluku Papua Region II, Mrs. Lilian Komaling S.Hut., M.Sc., gave a presentation on the Social Forestry schemes that addressed the benefits, advantages, weaknesses and challenges of the five existing schemes.

The Social Forestry Programme will open up opportunities for communities around forests to apply for forest management rights from the government. The overall aim in this regard is to improve community welfare while protecting forests. Since 2021, FORCLIME has been supporting KTH within the two villages in question. The activities that are being carried out within the two villages are aimed at increasing the capacities of the relevant KTH in an attempt to improve the local economy through alternative livelihoods that involve non-timber forest products.

As a follow-up to this activity, KTH in both villages will be assisted during efforts to determine suitable social forestry schemes that match up with the conditions and potentials of their respective areas. Moreover, relevant agencies other than BPSKL Maluku Papua Section II Region and KPHP Tambrauw are also set to become involved in this initiative.

For more information, please contact:
Nita Yohana, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for West Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Tanah Papua

Created: 14 September 2023

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Following its launch by the Minister of Environment and Forestry last August, the Lore Lindu National Park Management (BBTN Lore Lindu), supported by FORCLIME, organized a training session for the
Green Youth Movement in Palu, Central Sulawesi from 25 – 26 August 2023. The Green Youth Movement comprises a basic education programme for the environmental movement and is also a forum through which young people can exchange knowledge regarding the protection and management of the environment.

The Green Youth Movement training session in Central Sulawesi was attended by 20 students from nine senior and vocational schools (SMA/SMK) located in Palu City, from which one male and one female student with the highest achievements were ultimately selected. During the training, the participants gained knowledge of the Lore Lindu National Park and the establishment of the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve and learned that the Lore Lindu National Park is the core zone of the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve.

“Awareness regarding the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve needs to be raised among all community groups, including through this activity, so that the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve will be recognized by all of these groups,” explained the Head of the BBTN Lore Lindu, Dr. Titik Wurdiningsih, during the opening of the event.

The Green Youth Movement is implemented through 100 technical implementing units of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and 15 Forest Management Units (KPH) of Perhutani, which have been designated as so-called “learning knots”. The Lore Lindu National Park Hall is one of the learning knots responsible for implementing 2023 Green Youth Movement activities within the province of Central Sulawesi.

In October, this Green Youth Movement activity will designate 10 male and 10 female students drawn from all over Indonesia as Green Ambassadors and these ambassadors will meet directly with the Minister of Environment and Forestry.

For more information, please contact:
Arif Hidayat, Junior Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor
Ismet Khaeruddin, Senior Adviser for Biodiversity Focal Point for the KFW Forest Program 3 and Provincial Coordinator for Central Sulawesi

Created: 08 September 2023

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