The FSC® National Forest Stewardship Standard for Indonesia is approved and will be effective by 1 December 2020. This standard is applicable to all forest operations and forest types in Indonesia. It includes some non-timber-forest products as well, which are listed in the standard. (https://fsc.org/en/newsfeed/indonesian-national-standard-approved)
The Borneo Initiative through its local affiliate, Yayasan Inisiatif Borneo Lestari, is working closely with FSC Indonesia representative and other partner organizations to organize the dissemination of this new standard to all forest management operations, smallholder operations and broader stakeholder in Indonesia. The events will take place in October 2020 and conducted according to strict Covid-19 protocol. The NFSS for Indonesia can be downloaded in: https://fsc.org/en/document-centre/documents/resource/456
The Borneo Initiative is carrying out an inventory of all forest areas in Papua and West Papua Provinces. The study includes protected areas, community areas, areas leased out as concessions, non-allocated lands and mangrove coastal zones. The study includes a carbon stock assessment for the whole of Papua and West Papua provinces. The mapping for the study is carried out by partner Satelligence
As part of our work in the Ratah Landscape (East Kalimantan), our partner Yaysan Puter has conducted a social survey between March and July 2020. The study found high interest from farm households in an agro-forestry model based on a combination of Cacao and Sengon trees (Albizia chinensis).
Cacao is increasingly popular in the area but is grown without any shade. Introducing shading will maintain productivity of the cacao over a longer time and provide additional timber income for farm households. Plantation of Sengon trees will start in the coming planting season, between December and March
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