KEPAHIYANGCOMMUNITY FOREST

[ C O M M U N I T Y- B A S E D F O R E S T S Y S T E M P R O F I L E ]

Developing Agroforestryin AKHKm Bukit DaunRegister 5, Kepahiang, Bengkulu.

Protection forest area functions can be conserved through agroforestry development, i.e. by means of planting and use of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP)-producing seasonal forest plants with high economic and conservation values such as what is practiced by Tebat Monok and Kelilik village communities in their Community-Based Forest Operational Area (AKHKm).

The AKHKm will be managed applying agroforestry concept with two primary plant species, i.e. candlenut and coffee. In addition, other species such as durian, st ink bean, areca palm, jering and bamboo will also be planted. Each hectare will be planted with 90-95 candlenut trees, 4-15 durian trees, 225 areca trees, 15-25 jering trees, and 15 stink beantrees. Bamboos will be planted along the river.

Purpose and Objective

Increased incomes of Tebat Monok and Kelilik Villages Community-Based Forest (HKm)-managing farmer groups through agroforestry activities.

Development of forest resources management and use model that can contribute to prevention against regional ecological disaster through environmental service payment.

PROJECT LOCATION

The AKHKm is located in two village territories, i.e. Tebat Monok and Kelilik Villages of Kepahiyang Sub-District, Kepahiang District, Bengkulu Province. This area forms a unity with Bukit Daun Register 5 Protection Forest that is included under Tebat Monok-Kelilik HKm.

Bukit Daun Register 5 Protection Forest area is around 576 hectares, 210.5 hectares of which is the two villages AKHKm and recognised by Kepahiang District Head Decree.

The land in the two villages is divided into five uses by functions, i.e. (1) forest as protection area, (2) plantation, (3) rice field, (4) settlement, and (5) Musi River sub-watershed.

Situated by the upstream Musi River sub-watershed, this two-village AKHKm is ultimately important. Musi tributaries supply clean water to the community and are used for irrigating their rice fields.

Tebat Monok Village is populated by 2,503 people (1,284 males and 1,219 females), while Kelilik Village population is 644 people (327 males and 317 females).

The majority of the community are indigenous peoples of Rejang Marga Jurukalang tribe, most of whom are rice field and plantation farmers cultivating coffee, cacao, pepper, cinnamon, areca palms, candlenut and nutmeg.

The AKHKm is managed by nine groups of farmer from the two villages, joined by 184 farmer members. The community also uses the forest for meeting their needs, particularly for collecting firewood, honey and medicinal herbs. The women in this village develop home indus-tries processing foods from the yielded fruits. Presence of these industries is a great help at times of crop failure or dropping yield price.

We Need to Know!This forest area is dominated

by quite steep hills, especially along Bukit Barisan mountains and the rivers. Its sustainability is ultimately important

in prevention against erosion and disaster that may fall upon

the downstream areas.

ACTIvITIEs

Tebat Monok and Kelilik AKHKm is managed using agroforestry concept with two primary plant species, i.e. candlenut tree (Aleurites moluccana) and coffee. The other plant species involved are, among others, durian, stink bean, areca palm, bamboo and jering. Each hectare will be planted with 90-95 candlenut trees, 4-15 durian trees, 225 areca trees, 15-25 jering trees, and 15 stink beantrees. Bamboos will be planted along the river.

The AKHKm community has already designed agroforestry advanced development to enrich the protection forest function protection. This activity targets each hectare of the forest being enriched with 400 stands intercropped with coffee.

In order to increase the economic values but with-out disregarding the conservation functions, the HKm-managing groups will convert the current stands of ordinary species to the others of high economic values, in stages and guided by plans. The former is considered lacking of economic value added for the HKm-managing groups. The groups plan to plant nutmeg trees as the substi-tute, intercropped with coffee plants.

FuRTHER INFORmATION

DEvELOPER & COORDINATORYoga Sofyar

Email : Yoga.Sofyar@icco-cooperation.org

ICCO Regional OfficeSouth East Asia - Pacific

(www.icco.nl)Jl. Tukad Batanghari IX No. 8

Denpasar Bali 80225Fax: +62 361 8955 805

Coordinator Mohammad Djauhari

Email : tjongpaniti@kpshk.orgMobile : +62 812 81775573

Konsorsium Pendukung Sistem Hutan Kerakyatan (KpSHK)Jl. Abiyasa Raya No.66, Indraprasta I Bogor. West Java. Indonesia 16153

Tel/Fax: (+62)251-8326541Email: kpshk@kpshk.orgWebsite: www.kpshk.org