Indonesia - ACIAR COUNTRY CONSULTATION ON FORESTRY Opening Remarks Director General of FORDA The Park Lane Hotel, Jakarta Thursday, February 22, 2007

Capacity Building of FORDA Complexproblem on forestry It would be too challenging to carry out outstanding researcher Limited number of researchers : 47 person Ph.D (50% would retire in 2009) Target : 70 PhD 170 Master In the next 4 year

Cooperation of Indonesia - ACIAR Many benefits Many benefits FORDA : provide areas for research, many lessons which could be learned FORDA : provide areas for research, many lessons which could be learned Availability of sponsorship through John Allwright Fellowship Availability of sponsorship through John Allwright Fellowship

Appreciation to ACIAR for the previlege given to Indonesian Master & Doctorate candidates (example : John Allwright Fellowship) Appreciation to ACIAR for the previlege given to Indonesian Master & Doctorate candidates (example : John Allwright Fellowship) Only very few forestry activities included in the coming ACIAR-Indonesia cooperation programme Only very few forestry activities included in the coming ACIAR-Indonesia cooperation programme Hoping : there is still a room to revisit the proposed ACIAR – Indonesia programme to enable the inclusion of more forestry activities Hoping : there is still a room to revisit the proposed ACIAR – Indonesia programme to enable the inclusion of more forestry activities

Critical Issue The ACIAR contribution to Indonesian forestry : only 19.44% of total grant between 2002 – 2006 from various mechanism of ACIAR (bilateral actual, bilateral forecast, bilateral budget, multilateral budget)

Forest area in Indonesia has been depleted at alarming rate (degradation) Forest area in Indonesia has been depleted at alarming rate (degradation) Cause : lack of understanding of the importance of forest existence (local community which is living in and surounding forest area) Cause : lack of understanding of the importance of forest existence (local community which is living in and surounding forest area) Important : make a living for survival without distrubing forest Important : make a living for survival without distrubing forest

President of RI in December 2006 launched : Small-scale Plantation Development President of RI in December 2006 launched : Small-scale Plantation Development National Strategy : a policy and programme designed to involve local communities in commercial forestry across 9 million hectares by 2014 to replant the forest National Strategy : a policy and programme designed to involve local communities in commercial forestry across 9 million hectares by 2014 to replant the forest

To support created a strategic policy of developing community plantation forest To support created a strategic policy of developing community plantation forest To involve local community in sustainable forest management in private forests To involve local community in sustainable forest management in private forests Local community becomes a main actor of managing forest as they live close to forest areas Local community becomes a main actor of managing forest as they live close to forest areas FORDA has established teams for forest governance in the context of decentralization, community plantation forest institution and the assessment of incentive formulation of emission reduction FORDA has established teams for forest governance in the context of decentralization, community plantation forest institution and the assessment of incentive formulation of emission reduction

Location ACIAR Project on forest partnership : Location ACIAR Project on forest partnership : = Bulukumba, South Sulawesi = Bulukumba, South Sulawesi =West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara =West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara To answer the problems on how the local community create income and at the same time providing them how to manage forests sustainability To answer the problems on how the local community create income and at the same time providing them how to manage forests sustainability Hope : the similar activities could be implemented in other areas in Indonesia Hope : the similar activities could be implemented in other areas in Indonesia

Conclusion Forestry sector contributes : social welfare, poverty alleviation, minimizing natural disaster, reducing climate change Forestry sector contributes : social welfare, poverty alleviation, minimizing natural disaster, reducing climate change The Ministry of Forestry do some actions to reducing poverty The Ministry of Forestry do some actions to reducing poverty