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ArticleJournal articleWell-designed road infrastructure to save forest and its biodiversity in Betung Kerihun national park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Betung Kerihun National Park supports a variety of unique and endangered fauna and flora, including orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri), sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), a huge diversity of bird species, especially hornbills (Buceros sp.), and various Dipterocarps. The park is directly adjacent to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary and Batang Ai National Park in Sarawak-Malaysia, where the Punan Havongan Dayak people reside in the forest and the Mountain Dayak sub-tribes of Punan Muller-Schwaner inhabit the upper ridges of the Kapuas River. In 2018, UNESCO designated the Betung Kerihun and Danau Sentarum as a World Biosphere Reserve. The communities in and around the Betung Kerihun area have limited access to outside the area, which has resulted in poor economic development. Currently, some areas within the park are included in the government’s agenda for the Trans-Kalimantan Highway development, which uses the concept of a parallel- border road. One 157 km road segment will be built in the Betung Kerihun area, stretching from Putussibau to Nanga Era to the East Kalimantan boundary. While this road construction will bring some positive benefits, the negative impacts may significantly affect the area’s unique biodiversity and local indigenous communities if they are not properly mitigated. This paper discusses the national park’s initiatives to design a road that prioritizes biodiversity conservation and minimizes impacts to ensure this development aligns with the recent Regulation from the Minister of Environment and Forestry No. 23 of 2019 concerning strategic road development inside forest areas. The presence of parallel-border roads, if carried out in accordance with the proposed design, will facilitate socio-economic development among local communities as well as support sustainable regional development. Keywords: Betung Kerihun National Park, Trans-Kalimantan Highway, sustainable infrastructure, socioeconomic development, road construction, wildlife corridors. ID: 3486356 -
ArticleJournal articleCommunity-based investment to address deforestation and forest degradation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.West Kalimantan is the province with high forest cover but contributing high emission from high deforestation and forest degradation. FIP-1 project targets in reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Achievement on reducing emission will contribute the Indonesia’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The project has two themes, forest management intervention and community investment to increase their income. A log-frame and theory of change is applied to measure the impacts. Baseline data was setup through data collection and analysis. Stakeholder analysis was carried out to design institution arrangement and capacity building program. Economic benefit was measured at local community. Rate of deforestation and degradation was measured using a GIS tool. During the period of 2018-2020, total project investment is US $6.5 million. FIP-1 project has invested a total amount of USD 4.1 million for the livelihood improvement program, and USD 2.4 million for the sustainable forest management. Total emission reduction during the period of 2018-2020 is 1.02 TCO2-e. FMU (Forest Management Unit) is the important party in this achievement and community involvement is a key success in this investment. Community income has increased by 50% in June 2021 (compare to the baseline in 2016). A total 63% investment has been allocated for livelihood improvement program, while 36% of the investment was allocated for forest management intervention. From this investment, a total of 1.02 TCO2e of emission has been reduced. An effective REDD+ program will require involvement from FMU and community as active players. Keywords: Forest Investment Program, West Kalimantan, climate change, forestry ID: 3488259 -
ArticleJournal articleConservation and utilization of natural orchids using a collaborative action model in the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP) as the core zone of the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve in Central Sulawesi is home to a unique biodiversity. In the last decade, over exploitation of orchids and illegal timber logging caused a reduction of more than 50% of the orchid population and about 10% of orchids diversity in their natural habitat. Nowadays, there are 31 species remaining and 3 of them are endemic to Sulawesi. In 2015, the LLNP authority (BBTNLL) began conducting research on orchid gardens growing in the National Park. Based on the research results the NP authority has built a conservation model for orchids through the education of pupils by combining ex-situ and in-situ conservation efforts through collaborative action methods to increase public awareness and restocking/restoration of orchids to their natural habitat. The NP authority used the model for conserving orchids for an educational program in cooperation with one local senior high school (SMA). The conservation-based education is carried out in four stages; (i) scoping areas and target locations, (ii) preparation of local content education materials, (iii) orchid conservation education and restocking by taking at least 3 samples per species in pure lines), (iv) replicating the results of conservation education as lessons-learned. The result of the implementation of this model is the establishment of an orchid education project based on a conservation agreement between the NP authority and the SMA. Today, students, but also spontaneously formed women's groups cooperate in protecting, breeding and restocking of orchids. In total, students and women groups have already successfully restored 465 orchid plants. Thus, the local population has made an important contribution to the conservation of the remaining 31 orchid species. Of this amount at least 25% was restored in the natural forest to increase the populations in-situ. Further, two other schools adopted this project as best practice for ecological education. Beside all this, some women gain income by selling breed orchids. Thus, beside a high ecological and conservation value, this initiative of the NP auhority also has an economic value. Key words. Forest, Biodiversity, Restoration, Endemic Species, Participatory, Education ID: 3486083
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