In 2022, FORCLIME recruited nine village facilitators in order to facilitate the implementation of community empowerment activities in the following supported villages: Bikar and Emmaus in Tambrauw Regency; Haha and Wendi in South Sorong Regency; Babrongko, Dosai and Tablasupa in Jayapura Regency; and Wasur and Yanggandur in Merauke Regency.

This year, FORCLIME is continuing to implement its community empowerment programme in these villages. However, some of the village facilitators involved in the programme are newcomers who need need to gain an adequate understanding of FORCLIME targets, policies and working mechanisms, particularly in relation to the empowerment of village communities. The recent training sessions were held online from 26 - 27 June 2023 with FORCLIME advisors acting as resource personnel. The training sessions also involved input from village facilitators who first joined the programme in 2022 and who were thus able to share their experiences with the newcomers, as well as refresh their knowledge with new information.

Through these training sessions, participants gained knowledge of the following subjects: (1) The various concepts that underlie Forest Management Units (KPH) and Social Forestry (PS); (2) An introduction to the implementation of basic data surveys through the application of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method; and (3) Facilitation techniques for forest farmer groups, particularly the three pillars of Social Forestry: Institutional Management, Area Management and Business Management.

Next month, the training participants will receive additional materials relating to the following topics: (1) Knowledge Management (KM); (2) Introduction to Risk Management; (3) Administration standards at GIZ; (4) Development of a work plan for the July - December 2023 period.

For more information, please contact:

Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 13 July 2023

Consultation and coordination with related parties regarding the development of the climate funding pro-posals of the Provincial Government of West Kalimantan, which is working in conjunction with GIZ as an Accreditation Body, and regarding funding originating from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), are being car-ried out at the national, provincial and district levels. In this regard, public consultation activities related to the proposals were carried out across five districts in May 2023, specifically the districts of Ketapang, Kubu Raya, Sintang, Sanggau and Kapuas Hulu.

In terms of the completeness of the proposals, various documents that relate to traditional communities living across the five districts will need to be prepared. As a result, information on community involvement has been collected and involved the conducting of interviews with village heads, local village representa-tives, community leaders, traditional leaders, traditional women’s leaders and local youth leaders. Inter-views across the five districts were held from 23 May to 16 June 2023 and were assisted by consultants funded by SFF (a bilateral source of funding that can be utilized to examine and prepare activities/technical cooperation projects such as the West Kalimantan GCF). The results of these interviews will be compiled into an Indigenous Peoples Plan document which will become part of the overall climate funding proposal made for the GCF. This document will set out the roles and the involvement of traditional communities regarding the project implementation plan, as well as any positive and negative impacts that may ultimate-ly emerge and be felt by communities during the project implementation period.

For more information, please contact:
Dwi Wahyu Asti, SP, M.Si., Provincial Environment and Forestry Service
Jumtani, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and GCF Focal Point
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Change

Created: 10 July 2023

Through Regional Regulation No. 3 of 2022, the Regional Government of West Papua Province has designated around 69% of its land as protected areas. In addition, the regulation also designates the Provincial Strategic Area (KSP) and the Crown Jewel Land Corridor of Papua (MPTP), which cover a combined area of 2.3 million hectares. To prepare for the integrated management of MPTP, the Regional Research and Innovation Agency (BRIDA) has drafted a Regional Regulation on the Management of the Crown Jewel of Tanah Papua (MPTP). Given that the success of MPTP management depends on the provision of support and assistance by various parties, BRIDA held a public consultation on the Draft Regional Regulation on Integrated Management of MPTP in Manokwari on 27 June 2023. The event was opened by the Head of BRIDA West Papua Province, Prof. Dr. Charlie. D. Heatubun, S.Hut., M.Sc. and was attended by related offices from West Papua Province, including the Provincial Services of Forestry, Mining and Energy, Public Works, Culture and Tourism. In addition, the consultation was also attended by technical implementing units from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), specifically the Center for the Conservation of Natural Resources (BBKSDA) West Papua Region II, the Maluku-Papua Climate Change Center and the Manokwari Sustainable Forest Management Center. Also present were the district administrations of the areas covered by the Crown Jewel of Tanah Papua (specifically the districts of Manokwari and Pegunungan Arfak), as well as official West Papua Provincial Development Partners.

The Public Consultation on the Draft Regional Regulation on the Integrated Management of the Crown Jewels of Tanah Papua aimed to gather input from participants representing the government, academics and development partners in order to ultimately improve the Draft Regional Regulation. The public consultation also discussed various options for the roles and participation of contributors in relation to the integrated management of the Crown Jewel of Tanah Papua.

For more information, please contact:
Nita Yohana, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for West Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 04 July 2023