This document discusses the potential for social forestry in Indonesia and ASEAN. It notes that past forest management policies have failed to guarantee community access and led to degradation, but that social forestry provides communities long-term forest access and improves livelihoods. It outlines social forestry targets and activities in Indonesia, including enterprise development and partnerships around bamboo, silk, agarwood, and rattan. Research, investment, and multistakeholder engagement are needed to ensure sustainable social forestry and value chains that can contribute to ASEAN economic integration goals.

1. A Future for Social Forestry in
the Indonesia and ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC)
Wiratno, Director of Social Forestry Development
Chairperson of ASFN Secretariat
Discussion Forum on
Social Forestry and Sustainable Value Chains for a Green Community in ASEAN
Forest Asia Summit, 5 May 2014, Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta

2. FACT:
Forest natural resources degradation are
due to Poverty and Inappropriate Policies
 The 35-year experience of forest management model
through concessions and plantations in Indonesia did
not guarantee access of local communities on a
sustainable manner.
 Cause of these failures in managing forests according to
Handadari (2013) are:
 Over-logging and forest encroachments
 Forest and land fires
 Forest conversion to non-forest usage
 Weak law enforcement.

3. SOCIAL FORESTRY as
Solution to Forestry
Problems in Indonesia
 Policy that provides access to
the community in utilizing forest
area for considerably long period
of time that secure their
tenurship and improves their
livelihoods;
 Policy that provides solution to
tenurial or land conflicts; in
many situations, law
enforcement requires strong
leadership and high investment.

4. Target up to end
of 2014
2 Million Ha
Evaluation
+ Proposals
823.237 Ha
Working Area
Designation IUPHKm/ HKm Management Permit
312.073 Ha
80.834 Ha
822 KTH/ Farmers
Groups Association/
Cooperatives
510 KTH (Forest Farmers Groups)/ Farmers
Groups Association/ Cooperatives
24 Prov
123 Districts/
Cities
77.555 Households 21.593 Households

5. Target up to end
of 2014
500.000 Ha
Proposals
768.484 Ha
Working Area
Designation Village Forest Management Rights (HPHD)
266.701 Ha
67.737 Ha
36 Districts
182 Villages
61.885 Households
24 Villages
19 Provinces
69 Districts/
Cities

8. SOCIAL FORESTRY PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES in
IMPROVING COMMUNITY LIVELIHOODS:
 SOCIAL FORESTRY ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT: developing Non-
Timber Forest Products business
development centers (Sentras),
 UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM
LINKAGE: cultivation technology,
institutional development
(cooperatives), post-harvest
handling & products packaging and
transporting technology, facilities,
marketing, micro-financing.

9. Multistakeholder Engagement for Bamboo in
Social Forestry Development
 Indonesia’s Council on Bamboo
Development, Indonesia’s
Bamboo Foundation, APIKRI, as
part of CSOs in Indonesia
actively promoting bamboo
development,
 Facilitation and Partnership
with the Community in bamboo
cultivation and enterprise
development of bamboo
products from forest areas.

10. Multistakeholder Engagement for
Natural Silk in Social Forestry Development
 Cross-Ministerial Partnership
(Forestry, Industry, Trade, Small and
Medium Enterprises, Tourism and
Creative Economy),
 CV Kurnia, Kojasindo, Rumah Sutera
Alam are some of Private Sector
players in partnering with, and
facilitating local community in
cultivating & developing natural silk
and by-products (i.e. dried mulberry
tea & tea bags) from forest areas.

11. Multistakeholder Engagement in Agarwood,
Forest Honey, and Rattan Development
 Agarwood: APGINDO
(Indonesian Agarwood
Farmers Association)
 Forest Honey: JMHI
(Indonesia Forest
Honey Network), APDS
 Rattan: Advocacy
for Trade Policy,
among others with
IFACS, NTFP-EP,
WWF, and other
CSOs promoting fair
trade and fair
cultivation &
harvesting policy.

12. RESEARCH COMMITMENT NEEDED FOR ENSURING
SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL FORESTRY:
 SOCIAL FORESTRY VALUATION:
research results that solidify the
economic, environmental, and
socio-cultural values of SF,
 RESEARCH ON THE RIGHT TREE
FOR THE RIGHT PLACE:
scientifically-proven
recommendations for selection of
trees in Social Forestry practices,
 RESEARCH ON MARKET DEMANDS:
market potential, risks, and costs.

13. INVESTMENT REQUIRED FOR SOCIAL
FORESTRY & SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAINS:
 Investment from central & local
governments in Budget Allocation
for Social Forestry Development,
 Investment from Private Sector
through Focus Group Discussions,
Multistakeholder processes, in
determining relevant added-values
to SF products, branding,
marketing, benefit sharing,
 Investment from local community
for developing ownership and skills.

14. MULTISTAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE in strengthening
and developing Social Forestry Practices:
 FACILITATION in developing
institutional, land area, and
business management is needed by
Community Forest and Village
Forest practitioners,
 PERMIT REQUEST & POST PERMIT
ISSUANCE PROCESSES require
multistakeholder support (local
government, civil society
organizations, research
organization, and private sector).

15. MANDATE from the 15th ASOF Meeting (July 2013):
 IN INDONESIA: to develop resilient
and skilled local community and
relevant stakeholders for the
ASEAN Economic Integration,
 AT ASEAN LEVEL: to develop
competitive social forestry
products for both domestic and
international markets to
contribute to the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) & ASEAN Socio-
Cultural Community (ASCC)
Blueprints (ASEAN Community
Roadmap for 2015).

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