Synchronization of the 2022 work plan with the conservation center (BBKSDA) of West Papua

In an effort to harmonize its 2022 work plan, FORCLIME, working in conjunction with the West Papua Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA), held a coordination meeting on 19 January 2022. The online meeting was opened by the Head of BBKSDA, Mr. Budi Mulyanto, S.Pd., M .Pd. and featured discussions of five priority activities that will be implemented on a joint basis throughout 2022, including: long-term management plans, inventory of potential carbon and priority wildlife, capacity building of BBKSDA staff and Forest Farmers Groups (KTH), inventory and verification of high conservation value areas lying outside conservation areas, and the publication and promotion of activities within the working area. FORCLIME will be supporting activities in the designated pilot districts of South Sorong and Tambrauw.

For more information, please contact:
Melanesia Brigite Boseren, Junior Adviser for Rural Livelihood, Forest Management and Conservation
Nita Yohana, Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for West Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Coordination meeting prepares work programme for Social Forestry Working Group in West Papua

In order to follow up on the results of the performance evaluation of the Social Forestry Working Group (Pokja PPS) that was recently conducted, the West Papua Provincial Forestry Service held a coordination meeting with members of the West Papua PPS on 12 January 2022 at the office of the Protection Forest Management Unit (KPHL), Unit XII Manokwari, West Papua. The meeting, which was opened by the Head of Forest Development and Social Forestry for the West Papua Provincial Forestry Service, Yunus Krey, S.Hut., M.Sc., discussed the 2022 Pokja PPS programme plan and the financing scheme for its implementation. During the meeting, FORCLIME facilitated the preparation process for the Pokja PPS West Papua work programme through the provision of a programme matrix, and also took on the role of facilitator.

The Pokja PPS work programme refers to Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. 09/2021 on the Implementation of Social Forestry. The Pokja PPS comprises five main outputs, specifically:
1. Capacity building.
2. Preparation of Social Forestry working areas.
3. Social Forestry business facilities after the securing of licenses.
4. Management of the PESONA MART Social Forestry product gallery.
5. The secretariat.

The work programme will be finalized online on Thursday, 20 January 2022 during a meeting that will be facilitated by FORCLIME.

For more information, please contact:
Melanesia Brigite Boseren, Junior Adviser for Rural Livelihood, Forest Management and Conservation
Nita Yohana, Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for West Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Central Sulawesi Social Forestry Working Group to optimize its role in effort to accelerate its programme achievements

After almost two years of inactivity, the Central Sulawesi Social Forestry Working Group (Pokja PS) held a coordinating Workshop on the Evaluation and Optimization of the Role of the Social Forestry Working Group on 13 - 14 January 2022 in Palu, Central Sulawesi. The meeting, which was initiated by the Central Sulawesi Forestry Service and supported by FORCLIME, aimed to evaluate and optimize the role of Pokja PS in an effort to accelerate the achievements of various social forestry programmes that are being implemented across Central Sulawesi. The meeting, which was opened by the Head of the Forestry Service, Dr Ir. H. Nahardi, MM, IPU, also discussed the work programme of the Social Forestry Working Group (PS) and its implementation.

The meeting proved to be surprisingly dynamic after almost two years without any coordination and various topics were discussed including the following:
1. The importance of the role of social forestry (PS) in relation to the handling of tenure conflicts.
2. Pokja PS’s Business Development Division and a Mentoring Division, which are important bodies that require knowledge of the physical conditions of locations in order to facilitate communities.
3. Pokja PS is not only used as a means of access but also as a communication tool.
4. The need to create an information system and report or evaluate PS Pokja through various applications.
5. Mutual understanding between social forestry groups will be required in order to accelerate the development of social forestry group (KPS) businesses.
6. In the future, Pokja will address the implementation of empowerment and is expected to contribute to reducing poverty rates within the community in line with a directive issued by the Governor of Central Sulawesi.
7. The Center for Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership (BPSKL) is expected to be able to communicate with forest management units (KPH) in relation to mentoring programmes, as well as provide assistance in relation to tools/materials so that they are both appropriate and on target.

The follow-up to this workshop will address the Pokja PS membership for the 2022 - 2023 period; as well as the formulation of an Expert Team that will help to finalize an action plan document that will subsequently be submitted to the Governor; and finally, stakeholder mapping aimed at helping the Social Forestry Working Group achieve its work programmes.

“Synergy, communication, coordination and a clear delineation of roles between the central and local governments and community institutions as regards the management of Social Forestry are very much needed, especially for independent communities working through Pokja PS,” affirmed the Head of Extension for Community Empowerment and Customary Forests at the Forestry Service of Central Sulawesi, Ir. Mohammad Rizal Budjang, MM.

For more information, please contact:
Fikty Aprilinayati, Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management and Biosphere Reserve Management
Ismet Khaeruddin, Senior Advisor for the Biodiversity Focal Point for the KFW Forest Program 3 and Provincial Coordinator for Central Sulawesi