Biak January 15, “ Through
KPH, I have vision to turn the current public paradigm that forests governance
in Indonesia are far from good because it full of conflict, not sustainable,
lack of community participation and lack of contribution to local economic
development.” said Mr. Ariestoteles Ap – the Head of Forests Management
Unit (KPHL) Biak Numfor on his welcoming words to the NORAD and Samdhana team.
Holding the responsibilities to manage 206,016 ha of forests in Biak and Numfor
Island he acknowledged that community are the main actors since customary right
claim are strong in the islands.
Biak is one of
the priority site of Samdhana intervention in Papua. The overall objective of
projects is to creates the forests management integrative approaches that put
in balance the needs of forests governance, economic business of forests
resources, protection of indigenous people rights and poverty alleviation.
Making this happen Samdhana is seeing Forests Management Unit (KPH) as legal
platform and spaces to bring government, CSO/NGOs, customary community and
privates sector in achieving the equitable forests value development. The works
then been initiating since 2012/2013 started with stakeholder assessment and
full forests inventory that become the bases for KPH in Biak to moves in
technical and strategic partnership developing their long term management plan
in participatory and comprehensive ways. KPH is now having a good relationship
both with CSO/NGO in Biak and community in their concession areas. They also
have a business commitment with the investor from Korea in developing the
bamboo plantation for pellet and flooring industry in Biak.
The visit of
NORAD and Norway Embassy Officer were to learned on what have been happening in
Biak from The works of Samdhana with Partners and understand how the strategic
position of forests management units in relation to customary rights issues.
This was also part of regular projects visit to understand how their grantees
and partners are working.
In addition to
his shared about KPHL Biak, the head of KPHL Biak Numfor noted that the way how
Samdhana is working with the partners are very much useful and enormously
impacting the way of program KPH is doing and the core message KPH is
conveying about the development of KPH based on customary rights recognition
and protection. He also acknowledged the importance of Samdhana supports staff are contributing
much in the KPH works and formulation of internal KPH implementation agenda. And highlighted the limitation that the government has in financing the
implementation of field activities and more often delay as scheduled of
distributing finance are realize in midyear.
Joined in this
meeting the program manager of Rumsram and the director of MNUKWAR who
presented their works in this collaboration. MNUKWAR shared the works they been
doing in build the model of eco-tourism in two villages in Eastern Biak, while
RUMSRAM showed how their working in revitalizing cooperative and customary
boundary mapping. Both RUMSRAM and MNUKWAR appreciated the support Samdhana is
providing in Biak and support to build new model of Government – CSO and
Community partnership to enhance the value of forests to the community and
region. KPH also emphasized that they are lucky to have this partnership and
looking forward to learn more from the works MNUKWAR and RUMSRAM are doing with
the community.
The meetings then ended with tree planting in the arboretum. All quest include the executive director of Samdhana Institute involve on this planting. The arboretum is emerge as the initiative to build a collection garden for KPH. This is also part of KPH program on forests for education that will contributes to environmental curriculum in Biak.
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