COMMUNITY BASED FORESTRY AND FOREST STEWARDSHIPJournalist Workshop” Reporting on Forest and Environment in Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit 2016”

Bandar Seri Begawan, 2 August 2016

Presented by: Dede Rohadi

Topics of discussions What are the functions of forests to

community How community can be involved in

conserving forests. Community Based Forestry Practices

What forests can provide to community: Source of goods (foods, fiber, water,

medicines) – subsistent, safety net Source of income (goods for cash) – value

chain Source of lands (agriculture) – tenure Life support system (ecosystem) – payment

for environmental services/PES

How to involve community in sustaining forests? Forest first and forest second paradigms The real actors on the ground – rational

choice (access to capital, labor, knowledge, technology, time; values/preferences; information; social influences).

Livelihood options (incentives/return, market, regulations)

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Customary Forest (HA)

Private Forest (HR)

Community-Company Partnership Plantations

Community Plantation Forest (HTR)

Community Forest (HKm)

Community Based Forestry Practices – e.g. in Indonesia

4 million ha

• + 12.7 M ha allocated

• + 1 M ha delineated

• + 350,000 ha licensed

• + 15,000 ha planted

State Forests

Non State Forests

Village Forest (HD)

What journalists can help?

Diversity of community based forestry Share stories (both success and failure) for

lessons Educate policy makers – gaps often exist

between policy, regulations, practices. Think impacts to community/smallholders.

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