To support the institutional strengthening of the Village Forest Management Institution (LPHD), the Kulawi Forest Management Unit (KPH Kulawi) recently held a series of meetings to offer support for forest management and the implementation of social forestry activities in the village of Doda in conjunction with the Social Forestry Business Group (KUPS). The meeting was held on 30 May 2023 in Dusun 1, Doda Village, Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi. In addition to participants from the village government office, LPHD management, KUPS in Doda Village and KPH Kulawi, the meeting was also attended by FORCLIME Programme Director, Mr. Georg Buchholz, as a part of his agenda during his three-day visit to Palu.

During the meeting, several matters were agreed and will subsequently be followed up on, including:
- KUPS Sintuwu Singgani will test the candlenut crushing tool that has been provided by KPH Kulawi, the results of which will become the group's initial capital as it looks to go into business.
- KUPS Namoni Singgani will calculate the total number of harvested pineapples before formulating a plan for said results.
- As the facilitator, KPH Kulawi will accompany the two KUPS (Sintuwu Singgani and Namoni Singgani) as they carry out the activities agreed upon during the meeting.

As the meeting concluded, Mr. Buchholz encouraged the LPHD and KUPS to continue to engage in sound operations. In this regard, the quality of operations is often a consideration that is taken into account by central government and regional governments down to the level of village governments and other institutions, as they look to offer support for capacity building in order to ensure the progress of such groups.

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

Created: 08 June 2023

FORCLIME and the Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership Center for Maluku and Papua (Sekwil III BPSKL) held a meeting on 25th May 2023 in order to build synergy in the wake of the opening of the Sekwill III BPSKL office in Jayapura. The meeting was opened by the Head of Sekwill III BPSKL, Mr. Nelson Kainama, S.Hut., M.Sc. and was attended by the FORCLIME technical team in Jayapura. The purpose of the meeting was to support the Environment and Forestry Service of Papua Province (DKLH Papua) in relation to the formation of the Working Group for the Acceleration of Social Forestry (PPS) during the 2023 – 2025 period, as well as to address plans and preparations for a Social Forestry road map for Papua Province in line with Presidential Regulation No. 28 of 2023 on Integrated Planning for Social Forestry Management.

The meeting also discussed planned cooperation and support relating to the preparation of 27 Social Forestry Work Plan documents for Jayapura City (one Social Forestry Business Group - KUPS), Jayapura Regency (16 KUPS) and Sarmi Regency (6 KUPS). It is hoped that through this collaboration, FORCLIME-supported villages, in conjunction with the Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency, Wasur National Park and DKLH, will ultimately become models for the cross-directorate Social Forestry programme organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

For more information, please contact:
Rut M Ohoiwutun, Junior Advisor for Community Forestry and Customary Forest, Papua
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager, Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 01 June 2023

From 15 - 17 May 2023, the Makassar Forestry Vocational High School, working in conjunction with the Makassar Environment and Forestry Training Center, held a technical guidance session on forest inventories for teachers at the Forestry Vocational School of Makassar. This activity was held as a follow-up to the trilateral cooperation plan for the Makassar Vocational Forestry School, the Makassar Environment and Forestry Training Center and FORCLIME, as had previously been discussed back in early 2023. The technical guidance session was organized in an effort to increase the knowledge and skills of teachers within the forest inventory field so that teachers will ultimately be able to teach up-to-date and practical forest inventory-related materials to their students. The training was facilitated by lecturers (widyaiswara) from the Makassar Environment and Forestry Training Center and was attended by 30 participants.

On the first day of training, technical guidance was offered in class through materials that specifically addressed the Periodic Comprehensive Forest Inventory Sampling Technique (IHMB) and the Pre-Logging Stand Inventory Plan (ITSP). On the second day, technical assistance was carried out in the form of forest inventory field practice that was undertaken in the KHDTK Tabo-Tabo Training Forest. Moving on to the third day of the training, technical guidance was offered through a class that taught materials on the drawing up of a tree distribution map based on the results of an inventory in the field.

Generally speaking, the participants offered positive responses in their evaluations of the benefits of the technical guidance that was offered during the training. However, some participants felt that the timeframe that had been allotted for the technical guidance sessions was too short to adequately cover the complex materials that were being used. The participants therefore suggested that the timeframe set for any technical assistance could be extended in the future.

For more information, please contact:
Daniel Maertz, Adviser for Adult Education and Training
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 30 May 2023