COMMUNITY FORESTRY Lessons from IndonesiaAsia Pacific Rainforest Summit 2016

Bandar Seri Begawan, 3 August 2016

Presented by: Dede Rohadi

Topics of discussion

The essence of Community Forestry (CF) Interactions of community with forests Different types of CF Challenges in developing CF The way forward

The essence of Community Forestry

Putting people first – Forest Second Community manage forests sustainably –

sustainable supplies of goods and services

Interactions of community with forests

Subsistence/coping strategy

Diversifying strategy

Specializing strategy

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Customary Forest (HA)

Private Forest (HR)

Community-Company Partnership Plantations

Community Plantation Forest (HTR)

Community Forest (HKm)

Different Types of CF – 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)

Challenges in developing CF

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COMMUNITY

GOVT

CF

• Forest first vs forest second• Conflict of interests among

sectors• Gaps between policy and

implementations

• Conflicts of interests, e.g. tenure

• Transfer of knowledge/skills• Support to market access

• Capacity• Consistency• Availability of options

The way forward

Capacity development Sound policies: awareness

of diversity, achievable targets

Markets Land tenure Capital

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