Southwest Papua is a new Indonesian province that was formally acknowledged in December 2022. Through the Southwest Papua Environment, Forestry and Agrarian Service (DLHKP), non-timber forest products (NTFPs) that are produced by the community under the auspices of the Social Forestry programme will continue to be supported in order to increase community income. In this province, several types of products are produced by community groups. Some of these products are modified in accordance with market demand, while others take the form of semi-finished raw materials. Examples include noken (traditional Papuan bags), bark paintings, ointments (star anise, eucalyptus), original Wamena honey, sago stick cakes in various flavours (cheese, palm sugar, tuna floss) and other non-timber forest products.

In order to propose and promote further NTFPs, the DLHKP of Southwest Papua and the Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership Agency (BPSKL) of the Maluku Papua Region, supported by FORCLIME, led a study visit to the NTFP gallery known as the Creative Forestry Gallery, which is located in Jayapura, Papua Province from 25 - 27 September 2024. In addition to the DLHKP, a total of 11 representatives from six forest management units (KPH) located in Southwest Papua [Protection KPH (KPHL) Sorong City, KPHL Tambrauw, Production KPH (KPHP) Sorong, KPHP Raja Ampat, KPHP Maybrat and KPHP South Sorong], as well as from the BPSKL for the Maluku Papua Region participated in the study visit and were welcomed by the Head of the Forestry and Environmental Service of Papua Province, Mr. Ariest Ap, S.H., S.Hut., M.Sc. The purpose of this visit was to increase insights and enhance perspectives, as well as to learn how to build galleries in order to promote non-timber forest products.

Papua Province was chosen as the location for the study visit because it already has a gallery that markets NTFPs that are produced by farmers groups/forest community groups assisted by KPH and the Forestry Service Branch (CDK) within the province. Around 91 products are displayed in the Creative Forestry Gallery and comprise processed foods and beverages, medicines, accessories and eco-print fabrics. In addition, the study location was also selected due to the similarities between the cultures and socioeconomic statuses of the people of the two provinces. The Creative Forestry Gallery is managed in collaboration with the Forestry and Environment Service (DKLH) of Papua Province.

During the visit, the Papua Forestry Service (DKLH) shared its experience of building and managing the Forestry Creative Gallery. “At first it was difficult to find assistance and we tried to establish cooperation with other government institutions. Finally, we decided to establish a cooperative in order to accommodate all of the community’s non-timber forest products,” explained Mr. Ariest Ap.
Mr. Ariest Ap went on to clarify that each KPH is required to demonstrate its level of performance by producing at least one NTFP from the assisted community group. Meanwhile, the DKLH monitors and evaluates the performance of the KPH during its involvement in the production of the NTFPs that will ultimately be displayed in the Forestry Creative Gallery. At present, around 200 types of products have been successfully marketed through the Forestry Creative Gallery in Jayapura.

For more information, please contact:
Laurensia Mapandin, Junior Adviser for Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Tanah Papua

Created: 01 October 2024

The Southwest Papua Social Forestry Working Group (Pokja PPS) was established last year through Decree of the Governor of Southwest Papua and subsequently prepared the 2024 Pokja work plan. As the end of 2024 is rapidly approaching, the Pokja PPS, led by the Provincial Environment, Forestry and Land Service (DLHKP) and supported by FORCLIME, held a coordination meeting in Sorong, the capital of Southwest Papua Province on 27 September 2024. The meeting was attended by the Pokja PPS membership, the Head of the DLHKP, Mr. Julian Kelly Kambu ST., M.Sc., the Head of the Center for Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (BPSKL) for Maluku and Papua, Mrs. Lilian Komaling, S.Hut., M.Sc., the Director of Social Forestry Business Development at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Mrs. Catur Endah Catur Endah Prasetiani and by Expert Staff Member of the Governor of Southwest Papua for Economics and Development, Mr. George Yarangga.

The purpose of this meeting was the preparation of the 2025 Pokja PPS Work Plan and the synchronization of this work plan with programmes organized by development partners and FORCLIME, the implementer of the bilateral programme between Indonesia and Germany currently operating within the Province of West Papua. During the meeting, Mrs. Catur Endah Prasetiani launched the Social Forestry programme of the Province of West Papua.

Following the meeting, each Pokja PPS work unit, specifically: Acceleration of Social Forestry Access; Business Development and Partnership; Mentoring; and Advocacy, Communication, Monitoring and Reporting, will hold a series of meetings with the DLHKP and BPSKL in order to complete the 2025 Pokja PPS Work Plan matrix.

For more information, please contact:
Otniel Effruan, Adviser for Forest Management and Conservation Southwest Papua Barat
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Tanah Papua

Created: 30 September 2024

Forest Park or Tahura is a conservation area that is managed by the local regional government. According to Law No. 50 of 1990, Tahura comprises a nature conservation area, one of the purposes of which is the collection of natural and non-natural plants and animals of both native and non-native species. These are subsequently utilized for research, scientific, educational, supporting cultivation, cultural, tourism and recreational purposes.

The Central Sulawesi Grand Forest Park (Tahura Sulteng) is located in Sigi Regency and Palu City, while its management is the responsibility of the provincial government, in this case the Regional Technical Implementation Unit (UTPD) of Tahura Sulteng. The purpose of managing Tahura Sulteng is to develop the area into a center for plant and animal collections so that it becomes a zone that the people of Central Sulawesi can be proud of. Tahura boasts a diversity of flora and fauna, including 159 types of vegetation (that include 100 types of trees, 13 types of grasses, 22 types of lianas, stranglers, epiphytes, saprophytes and parasites, and five types of palms). The dominant species that can be found in this area are sandalwood (Santalun album) and biti (Vitex cofassus). Meanwhile, the Tahura Sulteng fauna comprises mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. In 2021, Tahura Sulteng experienced a 1,933 Ha reduction in its total area, based on Decree of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number SK.6624/MENLHK-PKTL/KUH/PLA.2/10/2021. The park’s current size is 5,195 Ha.

In an effort to improve the Long-Term Management Plan (RPJP) of Tahura Sulteng 2025-2034, the Forestry Service of Central Sulawesi Province, represented by the Head of Forest Planning and Utilization, Mrs. Zulfiany, S.Hut., M.Sc., held a public review on 12 September 2024 at Ngatabaru Village in Sigi Regency. This activity was supported by FORCLIME and was attended by residents and officials from Mantikulore sub-district in Palu City and Sigi Biromaru sub-district in Sigi Regency, as well as a number of officers responsible for order and security in rural areas, specifically Village Guidance Officers (Babinsa) and Community Security and Order Officers (Bhayang Bhabinkamtibmas).

During the meeting, the Ngatabaru Village community voiced its ambition for UPTD Tahura Sulteng, in its role as manager, to maintain the current area of the park. Another proposal, this one submitted by FORCLIME, related to the inclusion of gender mainstreaming in the RPJP document in line with Presidential Instruction Number 9 of 2000 on Gender Mainstreaming During National Development, which was ultimately realized as P.31 of 2017 on Guidelines for the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming Within the Environmental and Forestry Sector. This proposal is aiming to optimize gender mainstreaming efforts across all program and activity planning, preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluations within the environmental and forestry sector. The hope is that the RPJP Tahura Sulteng document will incorporate gender-responsive planning and budgeting.

As a follow up to the input received during this public review activity, UPTD Tahura Sulteng will incorporate the various suggestions and input received from participants during the meeting into the Tahura Sulteng Long-Term Management Plan Document, as well as consult with related parties, including the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

For more information, please contact:
Muhammad Yusuf, Adviser for Social Forestry and Sustainable Forest Management
Ismet Khaeruddin, Senior Adviser for Biodiversity Conservation and Provincial Coordinator for Central Sulawesi

Created: 16 September 2024