Mandatory Forest Certification in the Natural Production Forest in Indonesia Listya Kusumawardhani Director, Natural Forest Production, Ministry of Forestry Indonesia listya@dephut.go.id

Indonesia’s state forest Indonesia’s state forest can be categorized in two function, i.e. for protection/conservation forest and production forest that consists of 66% of some 120 million hectares Total area of Indonesia forest is some 120 million hectares

Definition Conservation forest Protected forest Production forest Production forest is a forest area that still able to fulfill a main role to produce forest products The production forest itself is defined as forest area that still able to fulfill a main role to produce forest products

Existing conditions 28 mil ha 10 mil ha

Area utilization business (Usaha pemanfaatan kawasan): Business licenses within production forests according to Indonesia Government Regulation No 6/2007, No 3/2008 on Forest Arrangement and Preparation of Forest Management Plan, and Forest Utilization Area utilization business (Usaha pemanfaatan kawasan): sustainable use of area; for medicinal plants, to use the understorey, bee, wildlife captive breeding, bird nest Sustainable use of environmental services (Usaha Pemanfaatan jasa Lingkungan) Sustainable use of wood within natural forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHK-HA) Sustainable use of wood within plantation forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHK-HT)

Business licenses within production forests (cont’d) Sustainable use of NTFP within natural production forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHBK-HA) Sustainable use of NTFP within plantation forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHBK-HT) Sustainable use of wood within natural production forest for non commercial uses (Pemungutan HHK-HA) Sustainable use of wood within plantation forest for non commercial uses (Pemungutan HHBK-HA) Sustainable use of wood within plantation forest for non commercial uses (Pemungutan HHBK-HT)

History of Certification ITTO recognized that certification is potentially a powerful tool for achieving sustainable forest management since 1994

History of Certification in Indonesia Government Regulation of the Republic Indonesia No. 34 Yr 2002 on Forest Arrangement and Preparation of Forest Management Plan, and Forest Utilization No. 6 Yr 2007 No. 3 Yr 2008 Performance evaluation every 5 yrs Accessor accredited by the Minister (LPI) Cerification, a must for licence renewal, not for terminated the liscence, could be lead to sanction/s C & I (24) followed ITTO Guidelines

Comparison of voluntary & mandatory Certification Scheme Source of Funding FMU Govt Operational Bodies Private Certification Bodies LPI (independent accessor) Certificate 5 yrs 3 yrs

About LPI (independent accessors) LPI (consultants, universities), at present there are 13 consultants, 4 universities LPI being evaluated every 2 yrs LPI has been accredited by the Minister MoF and LEI (Ind. Ecolabeling Institute) provides capacity building for LPI Budget for evaluation been standardized by the MoF

Funding Funding (Govt. Source) For example: 10,000 hectares - 180 millions Rp 350,000 hectares – 750 millions Rp

Certificate Certification in 3 categories; “Very Good”, “Good” & “Average” No certificate for unsatifactory performance Rewards in the form of liscence for heavy machinery, annual cutting limits, FMU failed get certificate, have to submit an action plan to the MoF

Results of Evaluation Natural Concession Performance Yr 2002-2007 No Year FMU (unit) FMU certified (unit) Area certified (Ha) 1. 2002 3 2. 2003 8 6 1.141.000 3. 2004 28 20 1.803.529 4. 2005 43 16 1.833.980 5. 2006 21 13 914.370 6. 2007 40 19 1.774.820 Total 143 74 7.467.699 1. In 2007, 25 FMU evaluated (Ph I) & 15 FMU (Ph II). 2. Ph II; 15 FMU: 5 FMU improved, 4 FMU stable & 6 FMU worsened 3. In 2008, 31 FMU Ph I & 35 FMU Ph II

MANDATORY CERTIFIED NATURAL CONCESSIONS PHASE II

Comparison Certified Forest in Indonesia & Other Countries No. Country FMU Ownership Natural/ Planted Area (Ha) 1 Canada 37 State Forest & Com. F N & P 18,110,429 2 Russia 30 SF & CF 9,855,696 3 US 103 7,668,193 4 Indonesia (Voluntary) 5 739,368 (Mandatory) 68 SF N 6,046,699 Brazil 69 CF 3,542,166 6 Bolivia 16 1,986,517

Comparison ......... No. Country FMU Ownership Natural/ Planted Area (Ha) 7 Mexico 47 CF N 824,842 8 New Zealand 18 N & P 672,751 9 China 4 SF & CF 439,630 10 Germany 87 588,154 11 Malaysia 3 CF & SF 71,664 Total 856 FMU, 74 countries 3,336,409 Source: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Min. Of Forestry

MANDATORY CERTIFIED NATURAL CONCESSIONS To FEBRUARI 2008 No Province Area (ha) CERTIFICATION (Unit) Total Very Good Good Average 1. Riau 50,620 1 - 2. West Sumatera 28,840 3. Jambi 122,239 2 4. West Kalimantan 139,850 3 5. Central Kalimantan 1,484,287 16 4 12 6. South Kalimantan 87,241 7. East Kalimantan 2,199,632 26 23 8. Central Sulawesi 98, 000 9. West Sulawesi 48,640 10. Maluku 252,890 11. North Maluku 430,310 6 12. Papua 897,150 13. West Papua 305,000 6,046,699 68 11 57 Certificate valid for three years.

Development FMU prepares voluntarily in the assessment by involving experts to improve the performances before/after assessment by LPI. ITTO “ Project PD 42/00 Rev. 1 (F), TOT for The Aplication of The ITTO and The National Criteria and Indicators of SFM, to strengthen FMU in SFM. Yr 2007-2008, 233 staff of FMU’s been trained. Assistance from TNC, to supervise 16 FMU’s in Yr 2008-2009.

Development Support from local government towards certification strengthen Support from central govt continues (budget availability for 2009 assessment)

Thank you Further information: listya@dephut.go.id