FORCLIME is committed to increasing the capacity of forestry assistants and forest farmers groups in order to encourage effective and sustainable forestry business management practices. With this goal in mind, a series of training and business development assistance for assisted forest farmer groups (KTH) was successfully implemented between 2022 and the end of 2023 across the three provinces that comprise FORCLIME's working area, specifically Papua, Central Sulawesi and Southwest Papua.

In order to facilitate exchanges of knowledge and experience between KTHs and forestry facilitators who have been participating in business development training sessions, FORCLIME, working in conjunction with its PT SIMS and RIWANI GLOBE training partners, held an online learning sharing session on 20 October 2023. This activity was opened and guided by FORCLIME Manager for HR Capacity Development, Mr. Edy Marbyanto, while participants included KTHs and forestry facilitators from the above-mentioned three provinces. It should also be noted that 50% of the participants were women (a total of 22 participants).

"We hope that this assistance will continue, as we still require support in order to develop our business," explained Muhammad Azis, Assistant to the Social Forestry Business Group (KUPS) of Central Sulawesi Province.

FORCLIME is currently drawing up plans for further assistance activities that will be implemented until the end of FORCLIME 4.0 in 2024.

For further information, please contact:
Wira Nastainul Hakim, Junior Adviser for Human Capacity Development
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 20 October 2023

FORCLIME inaugurated its internship programme for students in Tanah Papua back in 2019, which initially involved 14 students from the University of Papua (UNIPA) and the University of Cenderawasih (UNCEN). FORCLIME subsequently extended this programme through 2020, 2021 and 2022. As of 2022, a total of 40 students had participated in the programme.

This year, FORCLIME organized an internship programme for seven students from four universities located in Tanah Papua, specifically the University of Papua, Cenderawasih University, the University of Ottow Geissler Papua and Musamus University.

As in previous years, all interns first participated in an introductory workshop which was aimed at improving their knowledge and skills, specifically in relation to the organization of programmes that are implemented by GIZ, including FORCLIME and its various activities, priority issues that relate to forestry development and various other issues that encompass SDGs and gender mainstreaming. The introduction workshop was conducted in hybrid form and was held over five-hour days from 12 – 18 October 2023. In the wake of the completion of this workshop, the interns will be integrated into ongoing project activities and will be assigned specific tasks that include field activities that relate to forest inventories, socio-economic surveys and various extension activities. Through these activities the interns will hopefully gain practical experience working within the forestry sector. As a final assignment, interns will present their internship results as part of their work reports.

For more information, please contact:
Anna Manyakori, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua Province
Nita Yohana, Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for West Papua Province
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Tanah Papua

Created: 20 October 2023

Following up on the results of the recent FDG that specifically addressed the preparation of a Periodic Review document for the biosphere reserve, an activity that is undertaken on a regular basis, the Coordination and Communication Forum of Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve recently held a workshop in order to solicit inputs aimed at the improvement of the Periodic Review document prior to its submission to the Man and the Biosphere - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (MAB-UNESCO). The workshop was held in Palu City, Central Sulawesi on 19 October 2023 and was opened by the Head of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Mr. Subhan Basir, ST.,

In the wake of the workshop, a final document containing the Periodic Review of the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve will be drawn up and sent to MAB-UNESCO, which will then assess the overall sustainability of the biosphere reserve. During the workshop, a CB Lore Lindu roadmap was also prepared and this will now be used as a reference by stakeholders whenever they carry out activities within the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve area aimed at achieving sustainable development across Central Sulawesi.

For more information, please contact:
Arif Hidayat, Junior Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor
Ismet Khaeruddin, Senior Adviser for Biodiversity Focal Point for the KFW Forest Program 3 and Provincial Coordinator for Central Sulawesi

Created: 20 October 2023