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2011

Stephanus Mulyadi

YSBS CILACAP

9/8/2012

Project Report:

The Reforestation of Nusakambangan Island


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YAYASAN SOSIAL BINA SEJAHTERAGedungAMNLt.4, Jl. Kendeng307Sidanegara, Cilacap53223. JawaTengah INDONESIANPWPNo. 01-245-092.0-522.000 - KEPMENHUKUMDANHAMRI NO. AHU-3098AH.01.04.Tahun2011

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Narrative Project Report of Reforestation Nusakambangan Island -YSBS | 2

NARRATIVE REPORT

Report NumberSubject The Narrative Report Progress of Reforestation Nusakambangan Island

with Strengthening Local Society Model

Name of Partner Organization Yayasan Sosial Bina Sejahtera Cilacap

The Project Title Reforestation of Nusakambangan Island

Report Period First Report (August 2011)

Report Summary The Process of this report involved the Foundation staff, project staffand the formers being trained.

The information was collected through direct interview, visitationand field direct observation.

Contributors: project staff, local government, and the framers

Introduction

As the follow up to the M.O.U. between Central Java Province Law and Human Rights

Department and The Foundation of the Bringing About of Prosperity and Good Will (YSBS

Cilacap) No. WUM.01.10-323, dated 7 April 2010, in the same year YSBS started the

reforestation project in Solok Jero area, in Nusakambangan Island. The purpose of the

reforestation project is to restore the forest in Nusakambangan Island to the previous

ecosystem and give a significant contribution on reducing the danger of global warming.

Therefore, we prioritize the indigenous plants from the Island to be planted and the strategy

that we use is organizing and recruiting the settlers around the area so that they can

participate actively in implementing the reforestation program in Nusakambangan Island. To

keep the sustainability and the success of the project we carry out the system what is called

tumpang sari, which means in the same area among those main and hard trees which may

not be cut or logged they also plant and cultivate sorts of vegetable called palawija.

The project was officially confirmed by the Vice Governor of Central Java Province, Mrs.

Rustriningsih, and witnessed by the Law and Human Rights Department of Central Java

Province, Mr. Chairudin Idrus, on May 1st2011.

The following is our report on the implementation of the project so far. We are also attaching

some pictures on the project.


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I. The Improvement of the Project.

Pic 1. Showing the area which has been covered by the indigenous plant from the island. With the appropriatetreatment the plants grew well and healthily.

1) SeedlingThe first step of the reforestation is seedling the indigenous plants. The seedling nursery is

done in the area to guarantee the efficiency and the indigenousness of the plants. The seedling

planting is done both in the base camp of the project and in the settlers land. The seedlings in

the base camp functions as the samples, whereas the ones in the settlers land is meant toreduce the distance between the seedling area and the reforestation area which can minimize

the cost of moving the young plants to the reforestation area.

Pics 2 and 3, showing the seedling process in the Base Camp of the Coordinator Reforestation Project.

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Foto 1


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The seedlings in this Base camp gives a very important education to the settlers, for they can

learn the appropriate seedling process and study how to do the seedlings correctly, also how

to overcome the plant disease they might encounter. The readied seedlings then are taken tothe settlers area. Until now (2012) we have planted over one million indigenous trees in

Nusakambangan.

Pics 6 - 9 show the seedling in the settlers area next to their huts.

Foto 4-5

Foto 6-7

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2) The implementation of tumpang sarisystem to support the project.As we mentioned above that in this reforestation project we carry out Tumpang Sarisystem.

We chose that system because there has been no better system to support the sustainability of

the project with the least cost so far. Tumpang Sari system means the settlers can plant

vegetables /palawijaamong the timber or the fruit trees. So, the settlers who are involved in

the project do not receive any payment, but they can still harvest from the vegetable and fruit

trees which they plant among the indigenous plants. This system proves to function very well,

where the symbiosis take places.

Pics 10 and 11 show the indigenous plant among the vegetable and fruit trees. Pics 12 - 15 show the young

indigenous plants after the vegetable was harvested.

Due to the failure of the paddy harvest the previous year, the Foundation of the Bringing

About of the Prosperity and Good Will helped the farmers by donating money to buy corn

seed, lentils kidney beans, and green peas. Those plants grew very well and the first harvest

yieled a good quality and quantity crop.

Foto 10-11

Foto 12-15


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Pics 16 - 18 show the Palawija which grew very well and gave the farmers the successful way out to

overcome the problem due to the Paddi Gogo failure.

3) The Harvest

The Palawija Harvest helped by the Foundation

Corn 7,5 ton July 2011

Kindey Beans 6 ton July 2011

Green Beans 6 ton July 2011

Foto 16-18

Pics 19- 22 show the harvest of Corn and

beans.

Pic 23. A farmer thank Father Charlie (the

Foundation) for the donation which are corn

seeds, kidney bean seed, and green bean seeds

that have helped them from the Paddi Gogo

failure.

Foto 19-22

Foto 23


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4) Instructions for the Non Worker People in Nusakambangan Island

To maintain the security and the success of the reforestation project in Nusakambangan

Island, two years before ( in 2009 )Nusakambangan Prison authority issued instructions for

settlers/non worker people around the Nusakambangan Prison area. There are 5 ( five )

prohibitions in that instructions that should be obeyed by all non workers people in the area,

e.g.:

a) Prohibition to change the function and mission of Nusakambangan forest,b) Prohibition to log the natural trees or planted trees,c) Prohibition to open a new area/settlement,d) Prohibition to sell or buy land/farmer area, ande) Prohibiton to hunt.

The settlers/farmers who are being trained by the Foundation have always obeyed those five

prohibitions.

Unfortunately, those instructions are only directed to the non worker people in

Nusakambangan area. Some problems still comes up so far, such as there are still timber-

thieves and hunters who come from outside the Nusakambangan area (they are not the people

who live in Nusakambangan Island).

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5) Planting the SpayingThe Reforestation Project managed by the Foundation of the Bringing About of the

Prosperity and Good Will in Solok Jero area, Nusakambangan Island has shown a satisfying

improvement. Tumpangsari system works very well, (warga binaan) the farmers can harvest

and the indigenous plants have grown very well. These following pictures show some trees

being planted, namely Jabon trees, have grown very well.

Pics 25 - 26 show the young indigenous trees (managed to grow well)

6) Spectacles/ProblemsThe settlers/farmers in Solok jero who are trained by the foundation have some roles. Besides

as the pioneers who plan the indigenous plants, they also help the forest police to guard the

Nusakambangan forest from the timber thieves. As a result, sometimes they have a threat

from the timber thieves. Mr. Memet, the Foundations coordinator of the reforestation

project, is one of those who have ever been threatened by the timber thieves, because he

helped the police to catch the thieves. To protect the farmers from the threat, the Foundation

asked for help from the Marines who post in Klaces, Nusakambangan.

7) Advisorying and Supptoring for The Farmers

Foto 25-26

Foto 27-28

Pics 27-28 Mr. Memet and the Marines are exchanging the mobile numbers to communicate in case of the

threats or other dangerous criminal actions.


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The Foundation not only gave donations in the form of seeds and other farming material, but

also a training, educational meeting, and discussion on finding solution on how to send their

children to school for a better future than just farming in Nusakambangan Island. Therefore,the Foundation regularly has a meeting with the farmers.

The following pictures show Father Charlie, OMI, is discussing with the farmers on the

possibilities of their children going to schools managed by the Foundation with the

scholarship from the Foundation. Two schools which are promising enough among others

are: SMK (Vocational School) and Akademi Maritime Nusantara (Nusantara Maritime

Academy). Both have proved to enable the graduates to get jobs quicker with a very well

payment. In this case, they can help the parents in Nusakambangan Island.

Pic 29. Father Charlie is discussing with the farmers about the education for their children.

8) The Coordination Meeting with The Wardens of Batu Nusakambangan Prison.The Reforestation Project in Nusakambangan Island can only work well if the security is well

guaranteed. Therefore, the existence of Warden Squad who work hand in hand with the

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people in keeping the security is also urgent. The Foundation always makes coordination and

regularly has a meeting with the squad to consolidate the forest security and the farmer safety

in Nusakambangan Island.

Pics 30-31 show the meeting between Father Charlie with the Batu Prison Squad discussing the coordination

with the farmer to catch the timber thieves. One gang has been arrested and is waiting for the trial.

9) The Committment for the FutureThe Foundation Reforestation Project, especially in Solok Jero area, has just been started.

From the evaluation of the first period we can conclude that the Reforestation Project is

showing a satisfying progress. Even some of the indigenous trees has grown more than 2

(two) meters tall. On the other hand, due to the harvest of Palawija and fruit trees, the farmers

become more enthusiastic to succeed the big Reforestation Project in Nusakambangan Island.

Up to the moment, there are 7 hectares of the farmers land which still have not been planted

with the indigenous plants (see the pic 32 below). This is because of the dry season which

makes it unable to plant the indigenous trees. The planting will be done as soon as the wet

season comes; the wet season is predicted to start in September.

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Pic 32 shows the land which is ready to be planted with the indigenous plants..

As committed from the beginning, the Foundation of the Bringing About of the Prosperity

and Good Will still commits to give 1(one) million rupiahs to every farmer who succeeds to

plant the indigenous plant and fruit trees in their land. Hopefully with that money they can

cultivate more arid savanna to be planted with the indigenous plants and the fruit trees with

the Tumpang Sari system so that the Reforestation widens. In that Reforestation area, it is

forbidden to plant productive plants, but only the indigenous plants and fruit trees. The

farmer/people are not allowed to cut or log the trees. They can only harvest the fruits from the

trees.

On Thursday, 4 August 2011, after the meeting on The Uncontrolled Forest Loggingespecially Albiso Trees in Nusakambangan Island, which was held in Cilacap Districts

Meeting Room, we made a discussion with the Forest Police on working together to support

the indigenous plants seedling in Solok Jero. The result of the discussion was the Forest

Police was willing to guide the farmers to find the seed in the reservation forest and train the

farmer on how to propagate the seedlings properly in such a way that it produces the high

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quality indigenous trees. Based on our data, there are 170.000 indigenous seedlings in the

pollybags which are ready to be planted in the wet season.

CONCLUSION

As the conclusion, we can inform that the Reforestation Project which is done together with

the farmers in Solok Jero Nusakambangan has shown a very satisfying result. Regarding

about the importance of Reforestation for human life, we are committed to keep on doing the

Reforestation Project. We are grateful that the same commitment also happens to Central

Java Province Law and Human Rights Department, Government and parties involved.

This is the report that we can provide so far. We really appreciate and deeply thank for all thesupport and partnership that have been given so far and in the future (sm).

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