A training on production and application of compost as a means of soil improvement was conducted by GIZ on the 23rd of January as a follow-up to the tree nursery workshop conducted in December last year in Putussibau, Kapuas Hulu. Besides seeds, polybags, mineral soil and water high-quality compost is a key resource for the production of seedlings. The workshop was implemented in order to support the efforts of the Forest Management Unit (FMU) Kapuas Hulu Timur to establish a forest nursery, hence the participants were mainly FMU representatives. As a resource person the local compost producer from Putussibau, Lita Ernawati, shared her expertise and experiences with the participants.

Besides the main topic the participants also learned about agroforestry as Lita’s garden is a well-designed agroforestry system and about the cultivation of bacteria as a natural fertilizer. This was very inspiring and gave new impulses for further activities.

For further information, please contact:
Petrus Derani, Technical Adviser for Non-Timber Forest Products and Social Forestry
Reinhard Hilliger, Development Advisor on Forest Management Units

Created: 04 February 2020

Supported by GIZ, the Biosphere Reserve Management Coordination Forum was officially established through the Kapuas Hulu Regency and Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum National Park on 20 January 2020 in Putussibau, West Kalimantan. The event followed up on the issuance of the Regent’s decree No. 39/EKBANG/2020 concerning the Establishment of a Biosphere Reserve Management Coordination Forum for the period of 2020-2025. Next to government officials, the event was attended by representatives from local communities, civil society organisations and the private sector. In his remarks, the Regent of Kapuas Hulu, Mr. AM Nasir, invited all parties to engage in the cooperation and work together towards sustainable development in Kapuas Hulu.

Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum Kapuas Hulu was approved as a biosphere reserve in the 30th Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme UNESCO on 23 to 28 July in Palembang, South Sumatra.

For more information, please contact:
Jumtani, Coordinator West Kalimantan Province

Created: 29 January 2020

In May 2019, the Directorate of Ecosystem Services and Non-Timber Forest Products of the Indonesian Ministry for the Environment and Forestry (MoEF) and PT Shopee International Indonesia have signed an MoU aiming to collaboratively promote the trading of NTFP derived in Indonesia’s production forests through Shopee’s online market. Based on this a workshop was conducted in Makassar on 22-24 January 2020 in order to explore the potential as well as associated challenges that need to be resolved for successfully implementing the MoU. Next to staff from GIZ and MoEF, representatives from the Provincial Industry Service (Dinas Perindustrian) and Balai Besar Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (Center for Food and Drug Control) in Makassar, as well as outreach staff from Shopee attended the workshop. The officials of 28 Forest Management Units (KPH) from Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Sumbawa, Sulawesi and Papua listened to the presentations and actively discussed their experiences during the workshop.

The main discussion points were the development of regulations and organizational arrangements to facilitate the KPHs engagement in online marketing as well as the most effective strategies for successful sales on the Shopee-Platform.

Further, Directorate of Ecosystem Services and Non-Timber Forest Products made use of the occasion to disseminate a newly established regulation and system for reporting of business activities related to NTFP in the KPHs.

For more information, please contact:
Dominik Schwab, EZ-Trainee
Mohamad Rayan, Adviser for Crosscutting Issues and Conflict Management

Created: 29 January 2020