The West Kalimantan REDD+ working group, supported by FORCLIME, developed a Concept Note for funding from the Global Climate Funding (GCF), which was submitted on December 2020 with title “To strengthen the provincial mitigation action to support national climate change target and a jurisdictional approach in REDD+”.
Aiming to response the feedback from the GCF Secretariat related to submitted Concept Note, the West Kalimantan Forestry Service conducted a meeting on 23 February 2021 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The meeting that attended by representatives from academics, local NGOs and provincial government officials discussed about issues related to peatland and mangrove management, as well as climate change adaptation, to be added on the Concept Note revision. Results from this meeting will be discussed during the meeting with the Secretariat of GCF on 26 February 2021.

For more information, please contact:
Jumtani, Technical Adviser for GCF in West Kalimantan

Created: 24 February 2021

Following the signing of the Implementation Agreement for Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME) Technical Cooperation module, a kick-off meeting for FORCLIME 4.0 was conducted on 29 – 30 January 2021 through blended online and offline meeting. The meeting was led by the Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) as the project executing agency of the Programme. FORCLIME 4.0 will have similar strategic areas as previously, namely: forest policy, sustainable forest management, human capacity development and supporting biosphere reserve in Central Sulawesi. However, for this FORCLIME 4.0, the location is shifting from Kalimantan to Papua and West Papua provinces in addition to Central Sulawesi. Participants of more than 50 people consist of representatives from the relevant MoEF directorates, local partners in Central Sulawesi, Papua and West Papua provinces, as well as FORCLIME staff. After the kick-off, that formalized by the Planning Bureau of MoEF, participants actively provided inputs for the Strategic Plan of FORCLIME 4.0. The discussion continued until the second day to harmonize the strategic workplan with partners’ strategic plan. The final document will be sent to the Head of Planning Bureau for signing and later will be used as a basis for preparing annual work plan of FORCLIME 4.0.

"I really appreciate the process of preparing the FORCLIME 4.0 strategic plan, aspect of forest conservation, especially related to Lore Lindu, is the main activity of this programme", said Mr Jusman, the Head of Lore Lindu National Park before the session is closed by the official from the Planning Bureau of MoEF.

For more information, please contact:
Mohammad Sidiq, Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua provinces
Pipin Permadi, Senior adviser and Liaison officer

Created: 04 February 2021

After more than 10 years of implementation, there are a lot of lessons from the implementation of FORCLIME. Therefore, a book contains of experiences of FORCLIME’s staff as well as acknowledgement from FORCLIME’s partners at local level was developed with title Kisah dari Tepi. Catatan tentang Penerapan Program Hutan dan Perubahan Iklim (FORCLIME) di Kalimantan dan Sulawesi (Story from the edge of the forest. Notes from the implementation of FORCLIME in Kalimantan and Sulawesi). The prepared book aims for sharing knowledge and experiences as well as to understand how FORCLIME facilitated and enpowered its partners for sustainable forest management, nature conservation and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The book, which is currently available in Indonesian, can be downloaded here.

For more information, please contact:
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development
Ratu Wina Widyawati, Programme Officer for Knowledge Management

Created: 04 February 2021