Land tenure and legality are key issues to achieve jurisdictional sustainability within the biosphere reserve area. Therefore, the Indonesia-German bilateral programme, Forests and Climate Change (FORCLIME) and Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains (SASCI) conducted studies on the current status of land certification in the biosphere reserve, to identify existing bottlenecks, and potential ways for improvement. The studies were carried out in the Biosphere Reserves of Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum (Kapuas Hulu-West Kalimantan) and Lore Lindu (Central Sulawesi) in 2019. For the purpose of sharing knowledge, FORCLIME organized a webinar to present the study results on 3 June 2020 via MS Teams application. Resource persons of the event were Rikardo Simarmata (natural resources law expert) who conducted the study in Kapuas Hulu, and Dahniar Andriani (customary law expert) who conducted the study in Central Sulawesi. 80 participants joined the webinar representing the Ministry of Environment and Forestry; local governments, NGOs, academics from West Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, North Kalimantan, Papua, also, other Indonesia-German bilateral programmes operating in East Kalimantan. Additionally, farmer groups from North Kalimantan were also invited to join the webinar. From the discussion session, participants gained knowledge and information on the current status and challenges related to land certification.

For more information, please contact:
Ismet Khaeruddin, Coordinator Central Sulawesi Province
Jumtani, Coordinator West Kalimantan Province
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic area manager for human capacity development

Created: 05 June 2020

With the purpose of accelerating the proposal development for the forestry partnership of the Malinau Forest Management Unit (KPH Malinau), FORCLIME coordinated a virtual meeting with KPH Malinau on 19 Mei 2020, using the MS Teams application. The meeting aimed to discuss participatory mapping preparation, including data collection and coordination. The forestry partnership proposal will involve KPH Malinau and the coffee farmer groups at Gong Solok and Punan Setarap Villages in North Malinau. “We appreciate the initiative to have discussions during the covid-19 pandemic, so that we can continue our activities for this year with FORCLIME despite the circumstances, and thank you for this facilitation”, said Syafarudin, the Head of KPH Malinau.

The Forestry Partnership is one of the Social Forestry schemes, which constitutes a forest management system in which the local community actively participate to improve their own welfare as well as protect forests which support their livelihoods. Through the Social Forestry programme, the community will be involved in forest management processes: planning, utilizing and marketing.

For more information, please contact:
Mohammad Sidiq, Coordinator North Kalimantan Province
Novita Andes Nurdiana, District Coordinator and Technical Adviser for Social Forestry
Daniel Maertz, Adviser for agroforestry

Created: 28 May 2020

In preperation for selecting a suitable mechanism and communication strategy for cocoa business, cacao farmers in Malinau North Kalimantan and the association of agroforestry extension workers (IPAMA), supported by FORCLIME, conducted a virtual meeting on the 17th of April 2020 using MS Teams.

The meeting discussed the readiness of IPAMA to undertake a business project on fermented cocoa, including initial funds required , which it plans to collect from its members or they will invite a local NGO for a joint capital investment. Also discussed was a communication system between cacao farmers, IPAMA and the fermented cocoa buyers.

IPAMA with the support of FORCLIME will prepare a business feasibility analysis, which will be discussed at the next meeting and will also include Greenline, a local NGO in Malinau.

During the covid-19 pandemic, FORCLIME maintains good communication and coordination with its partners through virtual meetings using MS Teams. “Join virtual meeting through MS Teams is not as difficult as I first imagined, it’s quite easy, audio is clear, and the application is good.” said Asriani, one of participants from IPAMA.

For further information, please contact:
Mohammad Sidiq, Coordinator North Kalimantan Province
Novita Andes Nurdiana, District Coordinator and Technical Adviser for Social Forestry
Daniel Maertz, Adviser for agroforestry

Created: 26 May 2020