The Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry recently held a meeting to finalize its report on the monitoring and evaluation of the 2014 – 2024 strategic plan. The event, supported by FORCLIME, was held on 15 August 2024 at the Gedung Manggala Wanabakti building in Jakarta and was chaired by the Head of the Planning Bureau, Dr. Edi Sulistyo Heri Susetyo. The discussion was attended by representatives from all technical units of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the 2014 – 2024 Strategic Plan (Renstra) aims to ensure the effective implementation of the Renstra. The M&E report features a comprehensive overview of the progress that has been made so far, highlights key achievements and also identifies various challenges that need to be addressed. The meeting also validated various findings and formulated a number of recommendations aimed at improving the M&E report.

The report has been divided into three volumes which address the following specific topics:

1. Lessons Learned in Structural Roles
This volume describes the Ministry's accomplishments from 2014 to 2019, as well as the ministry's progress from 2020 to 2024 and highlights various achievements such as building climate resilience, maximizing the economic potential of forestry and environmental resources, ensuring equitable forest benefits for communities, and establishing accountable governance. This volume also discusses community-based programmes, monitoring and evaluation systems and the recognition of outstanding contributions to environmental protection.

2. Thematic Corrective Policy
This volume addresses a decade of corrective policy actions that have been implemented in relation to Indonesia's environmental and forestry development. Each chapter provides a detailed analysis of the specific policies and strategies that have been adopted in order to address critical environmental challenges, including reduced deforestation, the improvement of forest and land conditions, the preservation of biodiversity and enhanced ecosystem services.

3. Ensuring Sustained Key Actions
This third volume outlines key recommended actions that need to be sustained in order to ensure ongoing environmental management. Each chapter offers detailed recommendations and strategies aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability.

Overall, the meeting focused on ensuring that the M&E of strategic planning reports are comprehensive, accurate and well-presented. Through this report, the Ministry aims to provide a valuable assessment of its strategic planning efforts and to notify future decision-makers.

In addition, the meeting also discussed preparations for the launch of the M&E report, which has been scheduled for around the second week of September 2024.

For more information, please contact:
Fadhilatunnisa Nurhadiza, Junior Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management
Mohammad Rayan, Technical Adviser for Cross-Cutting Issues and Conflict Management
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Change

Created: 15 August 2024

With the purpose of improving Decree of the Minister No. 9/2021 on social forestry management, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, led by Policy Principal Expert, Dr. Bambang Supriyanto, held a recent workshop as a part of efforts to identify content in the Decree which requires revision in order to reflect the dynamics of social forestry management at the site level, as well as various policy developments. The workshop, supported by FORCLIME, was held on 29 July 2024 in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta and was attended by representatives from the Directorates General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (PSKL), Sustainable Forest Management (PHL), Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (KSDAE), Forestry Planning and Environmental Management (PKTL) and the Legal Bureau of the Ministry, as well as various NGOs that work with Social Forestry-related issues.

The revision for the Decree will aim to create a more robust, adaptive and effective framework for social forestry management that aligns with current legislative directives, such as Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 28 of 2023 on Integrated Planning for the Acceleration of Social Forestry Management, and will also hopefully meet the dynamic needs of local communities.

Among the adjustments and revisions to the Decree are proposed changes that relate to the following areas:

1. Social Forestry management approvals.
2. The mechanism for changes to and the termination of Social Forestry management approvals.
3. Forest utilization and forest utilization business cooperation mechanisms.
4. Criteria for determining the membership of the Platinum Social Forestry Business Group.
5. Evaluations of Social Forestry management approvals.
6. The formats of Social Forestry Management Plan and Annual Work Plan Documents that have not currently incorporated any local wisdom relating to Customary Forests and that have not addressed any is-sues relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Two official Ministerial Decrees will result from this revision. One of these will be a Minister’s Discretionary Decree on Social Forestry and Revised Social Forestry Management.

For more information, please contact:
Fadhilatunnisa Nurhadiza, Junior Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management
Mohammad Rayan, Technical Adviser for Cross-Cutting Issues and Conflict Management
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Change

Created: 30 July 2024

The West Papua Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA), one of the technical implementing units of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry that operates within West Papua Province, functions across a working area that comprises 28 specific conservation areas, both seascapes and natural landscapes. These conservation areas cover a total of around 1.7 million hectares, are located in the two provinces of West Papua and Southwest Papua and include various ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity and their relevant ecosystems. In addition, this area is inhabited by traditional peoples that lead diverse socio-cultural lives, while the natural and socio-cultural wealth of the area is considered an important asset that should be preserved and promoted among the wider community.

One effective form of promotion in this context is publication. As a result, FORCLIME is supporting BBKSDA West Papua as it publishes a new book on biodiversity and the local ecosystem entitled: Encyclopedia of Conservation Areas in the Bird's Head New Guinea: Biological and Ecosystem Diversities, which was launched on 12 July 2024 in Sorong, Southwest Papua by the Director of Species and Genetic Biodiversity Conservation at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Nunu Anugrah, S.Hut., M.Sc., and which was witnessed by Assistant III of the Regional Secretary of Southwest Papua Province, dra. Atika Rafika, M.Si, and the Head of the Regional Research and Innovation Agency of West Papua Province, Prof. Dr. Charlie D. Heatubun, M.Sc., FLS.

This book features general explanations of the 28 conservation areas that are being managed by the West Papua BBKSDA. These explanations are complemented by information and photographs of endemic and rare flora and fauna, including a number of critically endangered species such as the famous egg-laying mammal, the western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii), as well as the Raja Ampat endemic red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra), the lesser yellow bird-of-paradise (Paradisea minor), the bald bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica), the wiratno orchid (Bulbophyllum wiratnoi), the moi orchid (Dendrobium moiorum) and the Whitten orchid, which is endemic to the Karst (Bulbophyllum whitteniorum).

This book is expected to become a useful resource among the wider community and is likely to be used by researchers, policymakers, tourists, NGOs, universities and so on.

For more information, please contact:
Laurensia Mapandin, Junior Adviser for Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Tanah Papua

Created: 12 July 2024