| Country: |
Indonesia |
| Partner
Organization: |
Volunteers Alliance for Saving Nature (Lembaga ARUPA) |
| Timeframe: |
Phase I: 1 May-31 December 2002Phase II: 1 January-30 June 2003 |
| Contact
Person (s): |
Mr. Ronald Ferdaus |
| Address:
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Lembaga ARUPAKarangwuni H-5AJL,Kaliurang Km.5Yogyakarta 55281 Indonesia |
| Telephone: |
62-274-518-589 |
| Fax: |
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| Email: |
arupa@indosat.net.id |
PROJECT PROPOSAL PHASE I
ARUPA, as part of the ad hoc committee that is developing technical guidelines, sees that the villages of Bogoran and Gunung Tugel could provide insights as to what the guidelines should cover to support implementation of community based forest management on state land. This is to be done by facilitating a dialogue process to establish community management planning in the two villages that could be presented by the community for confirmation as an acceptable pilot area for community-based forest management. The dialogue process will include a series of meetings with communities, using appropriate methods that will draw out present community management practices in both state forests and private forests. These practices will become the basis for identifying concerns and gaps, managing conflicts, and developing a community management plan for forestlands presently used by the communities. ARUPA will involve other stakeholders (Wonosobo District Government, District Forest Office, Perum Perhutani's local office, Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Internal Affairs) in the dialogue process by apprising them of developments and coordinating with them on related concerns arising out of discussions during community management planning.
PROJECT OUTPUTS PHASE I
a) Community Management Plans from Bogoran and Gunung Tugel Villages
According to the District Regulation No. 22/2001 on CBFM, Community Management Plan is required when a group of farmers proposed for CBFM Certificate/CBFM Concession to the District Government. Because of that reasons, Gunung Tugel and Bogoran Farmers who occupy and manage the forestland need to develop their management plan to get the official permission and legal statute from the government to manage that forest.
The management plan development process can be used as a tool for internal conflict resolution and basis for community organizing. In order to develop strong people organization, management plan development is of important strategy.
b) A final report on the dialogue process with all stakeholders
CBFM policy in Wonosobo is developed through a multi-stakeholder process. In terms of implementation, the multi-stakeholders process is also an important process to keep the policy support the CBFM initiative.
PROJECT PROPOSAL PHASE II
Co-operation between AURPA, a local NGO, and district authorities has resulted in a new local regulation for Wonosobo (Perda 22/2001) for Community-Based Forest Resource Management. The agreement is the culmination of several years of consultations and negotiations between various stakeholders, the later part co-financed by AFN. Local government officials in Wonosobo support this effort as a genuine attempt to implement more democratic, equitable resource use and not simply a means of increasing revenues for a hard-pressed local government in a very poor part of Java. The Yogya-based NGO, ARuPA, (an acronym roughly translating as the Volunteers' Alliance for Saving Nature) was founded in 1998 as an action committee to promote reform of policy and practice in natural resource management and tenure. Many of its members are students from the forestry faculty of Gajah Mada University who gained some understanding of conflicts over local resources through the practical work in Perhutani forests and plantations as part of their courses. Consequently conflict resolution and sustainable, fair, democratic resource management are high on their agenda.
With AFN/CFI support, throughout 2002, the ARUPA staff worked with communities and local government representatives to map community forest areas and develop forest management plans for reforestation and sustainable use. On October
24th, 2002, however, the National Department of Home Affairs notified the heat of the Wonosobo District Council that the Perda regulation needed cancelled. While the rejection of the Wonosobo community forest management regulation is a significant set-back for the project, ARUPA is committed to seeking a modified agreement with the Central government and documenting the achievements made to date by local villages. In 2003, ARUPA proposes the following activities to continue to facilitate the development of management agreements in the Wonosobo Watershed.
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Several forest user groups that have already developed village forest management plans, including Gunungtugel and Bogoran villages, will act as models for neighboring communities. ARUPA will work with local government officials to find ways to seek formal approval of these management plans.
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Training activities will be held for an additional 20 villages in the Wonsobo area who will be involved in developing management plans for local forest areas.
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ARUPA will document community forest management planning procedures to provide training materials for other NGOs working in the sector
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ARUPA will develop documentation of community forestry experience from Wonosobo to educate national planners regarding the viability of the PERDA and similar regulations that enable communities to manage state forest lands on Java.
PROJECT OUTPUTS PHASE II
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A manual on the procedures for training communities in forest management planning.
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A training program for community organizers from 20 villages in
Wonosobo.
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A final evaluation report on the Wonosobo village assistance process in support of forest management planning. The review will be facilitated by community organizers from ARUPA together with Yayasan Koling.
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