Following series of discussions and interviews with relevant parties, the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province (Dinas LHK) conducted a focus group discussion on delegating authority related to forestry affairs to the forest management unit (KPH) on 11 December 2020 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The discussion aimed to separate, and delegate tasks and functions related to KPH’s role as forest management operator at the site level. The document will become a guideline for FMU operational implementation. The meeting, supported by FORCLIME and IDH West Kalimantan, was attended by officials from the Dinas LHK and Heads of KPH in West Kalimantan.

The result of the focus group discussion will be formulated into a document on organizing and delegating forestry affairs to KPH, which afterwards will be formalized through a decree from the Head of the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province.

For more information, please contact:
Jumtani, Coordinator West Kalimantan Province
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic area manager for forest and climate change policy

Created: 14 December 2020

On the 3rd of December 2020, FORCLIME organized the soft launching of the English summary of the Seka Sengketa book at the Manggala Wanabakti in Jakarta. Seka Sengketa is a book which documents experience and learning of multi-party mediation in efforts to manage and resolve agrarian conflicts in Indonesia. The book is not about conflict resolution tips, nor success stories, but rather about lessons learned from the conflict resolution process. As the book was written in Bahasa Indonesia, thus a summary in English was needed. FORCLIME and the Conflict Resolution Unit of the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) decided on a process to distribute the lessons learned from the Seka Sengketa to the international audience, with a title: “SUPPORTING CONFLICT SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. Insights from Mediation Practitioners in Indonesia”.

During the opening ceremony, Dr Apik Karyana, the Secretary of Directorate General of Social Forestry and Sustainable Environment Partnership (PSKL) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, representing the Director General of PSKL said “One of the programmes at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Social Forestry, aims to provide more access to local communities with the intention of managing tenurial conflicts”. Moreover, he said, “At the ministry, currently, tenurial conflict is handled at the Echelon 2, Directorate for Conflict Management on Tenurial and Customary Forest“.

For more information, please contact:
Georg Buchholz, Programme Director FORCLIME
Arief Wicaksono, Director Conflict Resolution Unit

Created: 07 December 2020

With an aim to apply best practices for the agroforestry demonstration plot at the forest management unit in Kapuas Hulu, the forest management unit KPH Kapuas Hulu Timur, supported by FORCLIME, conducted a training on coffee cultivation from the 24th to 26th November 2020 in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. This coffee training is in line with the establishment of a nursery at the resort of the KPH Kapuas Hulu Timur. Twenty-one Participants joined the training, attended by field facilitators of local organizations and some farmers. Participants received information on coffee cultivation from the ASF, a research centre based in Jember, East Java.

The Head of Bahenap village said, “Training with practice like this is effective, so that participants understand how to apply the gained knowledge instead of only theory in the seminar”.

After the training the KPH Kapuas Hulu Timur gave out seeds to participants. So there is not only knowledge taken home but also high quality coffee seeds.

For more information, please contact:
Petrus Derani, Adviser for community-based forest management
Reinhard Hilliger, Adviser for forest management unit in Putussibau

Created: 30 November 2020