Site #1 Tahura Forest Management Unit (FMU)

1. Presenter: Mr. Frederik, Head of the Tahura FMU

2. FMU covers 150,000 haa. 70,000 ha HTIb. 70,000 ha APLc. 10,000 ha open access

• 6,172 ha “Minas Taman Hutan Raya,” a government conservation park with limited production

3. “Minas Taman Hutan Raya” – Master Plana. Blok 1: 980 ha of protected forestsb. Blok 2: 4,279 ha of rehabilitated and converted areasc. Blok 3: 913 ha for community benefits and tourism

4. Reality – 70% of the park is planted with palm oil or rubber

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Site #1 Tahura Forest Management Unit (FMU)

5. FMU comments regarding the encroachment into parka. Local village heads issue “Surat Keterangan Tanah”

(SKT) permitting smallholders to plant inside the park.b. It is suspected that

• these smallholders are not locals; and • a palm oil company is compensating many small plots

to establish a plantation.c. Smallholders are mapped and identified.d. The FMU engaged the District government, the Ministry

of Forestry and the Court of First Instance to declare the SKTs invalid, so that the land may be returned for the park’s usage.

e. If necessary, it will engage the Supreme Courtf. The FMU targets the holders with larger areas first

hoping the remaining holders will follow.

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Site #1 Tahura Forest Management Unit (FMU)

6. FMU comments on other issuesa. The presence of two HTI companies are not a problem,

as they operate legally-recognized concessions.b. While ideally the tiger population (and other animals)

would need a habitat area larger than the 980 ha of protected forest, the FMU cannot conserve areas outside the park, as they are already occupied.

c. The FMU is open to external stakeholder input, but it must operate within the legal parameters.

HighlightsSite #2: Arboretum at Perawang

• Protected forest (42 Ha) set aside and managed by PT. Arara Abadi since 1994; ---in compliance with the GOI regulation.

• Located inside the concession of PT. AA (around 25K Ha);

• Accessible to local villagers for NTFP (e.g. honey and fish);

• Open to public for educational, research and recreational activities with no charge;

• Used as an elephant training facility.

• Original landscape: secondary forests sparsely populated;• The current plantation in the District is in the fifth rotation (5

year/rotation) producing 120-150 m3 of timber per/ha/year;• Challenges in the management of the Arboretum include:

- The continued allocation of resources in the park management;

- Encroachment by local villagers (though this is mainly seen as the main problem faced by the plantation especially along the river);

- Forest fire incidence. Efforts to mitigate forest fire:(i) Establishment of a special team (in accordance with the forest

security standard)

(ii) Partnership with the forest fire caring community: 20 members/village

(iii) Fire control equipment made available to every village

SITE #3 SAKAI –

MINAS HASALTFD 2015 Riau

Historical background• Sakai tribe is one out of 8 customary groups living in

Riau. Have been living in the area since mid 1930s; initially relied on non timber forest product (NTFP) as well as timber for the livelihood; and then changed to shifting cultivation and fishing.

• Following the operations of timber harvesting concessions (HPH) and then followed by the timber plantation (HTI), NTFP and timber become less/gone. One of the river flows was blocked for preventing the fire.

• The current livelihood: being company's workers, selling oil palm fruit from the garden.

Community's expectation and stakeholder's responses

• Many promises have not been fulfilled by the company. The community were threatened by the police when raised requests to the company.

• The company has yet to be helping the community construct the traditional house. There's a support from local govt. However The community were not sure whether the company has supported them through the govt.

• Land compensation has yet to be implemented• Government have yet to play the role in this situation

• No local regulations regarding CD/CSR. • The community do not have data of where and how

much land they're supposed to have access to/ownership over. NGO is helping the community on this.

Site #4: Dosan Village Field Visit• There are 7 villages in Siak Distric have palm oil cooperatives in Siak

Distric. Two palm oil cooperative from Dosan village and Teluk Masjid in the process obtaining RSPO Sustainable.

• Distric Government initiative develop palm oil for people in villages to give smallholders to get credit facility to develop their farms to increase its productivity. The distric situated near Kampar Peninsula’s peatland forest area.

• Good Facilitation to manage the palm oil plantation and cooperative done by some NGOs to increase its productivity and also good and transparance cooperatives.

• The community felt that now they have a better income and their village is more developed.

• Community in Dosan village have commitment to protect its forest and its carbon rich peatland; have commitment no to expand and open the forest through land use; implement water management to managed peatland and plantation to avoid forest fires. Teluk Naga Peat-land and 400 ha forest is protected by village regulation.

• It’s an best example of district government planning processes for curbing deforestation through inisiative to increase farming productivity; recognition and support for famer cooperatives.

• Its an examples that regulation and planning in villages level for deforestation free policy. Community efforts at land-use planning and sustainable plantation management are being recognize and protected by village regulation.

Amanah independent smallholder association and PT Asian Agri PP

• 1.027 HA, 481 families;• Palm oil planted in 2000;• ICS and RSPO training started in 2012, supported

WWF and Carrefours • RSPO certificate 2013, and CSR and ‘best farmer

group’ awards 2014

Discussion

• PLASMA• New members• Finance for replanting• Conservation forests• Smallholder intensification and deforestation (for

Asian Agri)

EcoVillage FKBM• Community Sejarah Desa, 1006 ppl, 270 ha• Established FKBM 2012, supported by RiauPulp• 14 small groups formed and trained around watermellon,

plantation, animal husbandry etc., with 200 ppl involved• Projects continue to improve on

• Economy (eg fertiliser, loans, palm oil buying and selling)• Education (eg scholarships)• Health • Social infrastructure

(eg. meeting hall)