Yayasan Telapak Indonesia

FINAL PROJECT STATUS BRIEF 2001

Empowering Local Communities and Restructuring Forest Production to Conserve Biodiversity and Support Local Livelihoods

Yayasan Telapak Indonesia
Jl. Sempur Kaler No. 16
Bogor 16154
Tel: (62) (0251) 320 792; Fax: (62) (0251) 351 069
E-mail: telapak@indo.net.id

Geographical focus

Papua network: Asmat, Sorong, Yapen Waropen, Manokwari, Port Numbay, Jayapura, and Merauke
Sumatra network: Leuser ecosystem in Aceh Selatan and Aceh Tenggara, North Sumatra
Sulawesi network: Central and Southeast Sulawesi

Tropical and subtropical broadleaf forests

Commencing April 1999

Endowed with the second greatest expanse of tropical rain forests in the world, Indonesia also has an alarming rate of deforestation estimated at 1.5 million hectares annually. Evidence indicates that one of the main causes of this rapid deforestation is due to logging concessions that violate their contracts and grossly degrade the forests they work in. Logging concessions are granted centrally from Jakarta, and in most cases deny the local communities access to the forests. Often, these concessions encroach on lands that traditionally were the communal rights of local communities. Ironically it is these communities who also must bear the most direct impacts of degraded forest environments.

In order to address these problems, a network known as Pro-Bela has been established to monitor these forest concessions and create transparency in the forest sector. It consists of Telapak, Yayasan Leuser Lestari (YLL) in North Sumatra, Lembaga Pembinaan Lingkungan dan Sumberdaya Manusia (PLASMA) in East Kalimantan, Yayasan Cinta Alam (YASCITA) in Southeast Sulawesi and Yayasan Lingkungan Hidup Irian Jaya (YALI) in Papua. Data collected and issues raised by Pro-Bela are coordinated with and support forest policy initiatives by other networks. The initial phase of the project produced a monitoring and investigation toolbox that has been field tested; training modules for using the toolbox; baseline data from the four project sites; an initial geographical information system; and an outreach strategy.

In this project, Telapak will continue with institutional strengthening of Pro-Bela. The project's strategic objectives include:

Pro-Bela nodes North Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Papua are able to conduct monitoring and investigation of forest concessions.
Effectively use results of the forest concessions monitoring and investigations to identify and support strategic forest management and policy initiatives/campaigns, and to develop campaign skills in each node.
Use monitoring and investigation process to improve communication and co-operation between Pro-Bela members and publishing investigation results to gain broader public support for "fair forests management" in Indonesia.

A range of activities marked Telapak's continuing campaign on illegal logging with Environmental Investigation Agency and others between June and September this year. For example, a film crew from a leading international television news magazine covered the Tanjung Puting story - interviewing high officials in the Forestry Department, as well as logging company officials implicated in the abuse of environmentalists in January. Telapak also continued meetings with department and legislative officials, and developed a wider information base on illegal logging that has been uncovered in collaboration with the Pro-Bela. Partially in response to this information, the Forestry Department launched an investigation into six alleged illegal logging operations in September.

Pro-Bela network members held their annual evaluation and planning meeting and forged an agreement to focus on analyzing, refining and using investigation results collected over the previous two years. They also agreed their priorities are to increase their own capacity to use information from the investigations to transform forest management in Indonesia, and to work with other groups to do so. In June, Telapak completed designing a process for working with Pro-Bela members to review and use investigation data that will be carried out over the rest of the year.

In August, with facilitation support from BSP-Kemala and Telapak, YLL organized a workshop to analyze their data and to develop a campaign and outreach strategy. They agreed to use investigation results in advocating key policy targets, including public participation in forest permit allocation and monitoring and registration of local land claims. YASCITA and other members of the Southeast Sulawesi Pro-Bela node have completed a strategic planning process and agreed to focus investigations on illegal logging in protected forests, to publish investigation results in January and to work with Telapak and other Sulawesi NGOs in advocating their results next year. Work with YALI has stalled due to West Papuan independence negotiations and internal staff changes.

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	FINAL PROJECT STATUS BRIEF 2001

Project	Empowering Local Communities and Restructuring Forest Production to Conserve Biodiversity and Support Local Livelihoods
Partner	Yayasan Telapak Indonesia Jl. Sempur Kaler No. 16 Bogor 16154 Tel: (62) (0251) 320 792; Fax: (62) (0251) 351 069 E-mail: telapak@indo.net.id
Geographical focus	Papua network: Asmat, Sorong, Yapen Waropen, Manokwari, Port Numbay, Jayapura, and Merauke Sumatra network: Leuser ecosystem in Aceh Selatan and Aceh Tenggara, North Sumatra Sulawesi network: Central and Southeast Sulawesi
Biome	Tropical and subtropical broadleaf forests
Timing	Commencing April 1999
Description	Endowed with the second greatest expanse of tropical rain forests in the world, Indonesia also has an alarming rate of deforestation estimated at 1.5 million hectares annually. Evidence indicates that one of the main causes of this rapid deforestation is due to logging concessions that violate their contracts and grossly degrade the forests they work in. Logging concessions are granted centrally from Jakarta, and in most cases deny the local communities access to the forests. Often, these concessions encroach on lands that traditionally were the communal rights of local communities. Ironically it is these communities who also must bear the most direct impacts of degraded forest environments. In order to address these problems, a network known as Pro-Bela has been established to monitor these forest concessions and create transparency in the forest sector. It consists of Telapak, Yayasan Leuser Lestari (YLL) in North Sumatra, Lembaga Pembinaan Lingkungan dan Sumberdaya Manusia (PLASMA) in East Kalimantan, Yayasan Cinta Alam (YASCITA) in Southeast Sulawesi and Yayasan Lingkungan Hidup Irian Jaya (YALI) in Papua. Data collected and issues raised by Pro-Bela are coordinated with and support forest policy initiatives by other networks. The initial phase of the project produced a monitoring and investigation toolbox that has been field tested; training modules for using the toolbox; baseline data from the four project sites; an initial geographical information system; and an outreach strategy. In this project, Telapak will continue with institutional strengthening of Pro-Bela. The project's strategic objectives include: Pro-Bela nodes North Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Papua are able to conduct monitoring and investigation of forest concessions. Effectively use results of the forest concessions monitoring and investigations to identify and support strategic forest management and policy initiatives/campaigns, and to develop campaign skills in each node. Use monitoring and investigation process to improve communication and co-operation between Pro-Bela members and publishing investigation results to gain broader public support for "fair forests management" in Indonesia.
Results	A range of activities marked Telapak's continuing campaign on illegal logging with Environmental Investigation Agency and others between June and September this year. For example, a film crew from a leading international television news magazine covered the Tanjung Puting story - interviewing high officials in the Forestry Department, as well as logging company officials implicated in the abuse of environmentalists in January. Telapak also continued meetings with department and legislative officials, and developed a wider information base on illegal logging that has been uncovered in collaboration with the Pro-Bela. Partially in response to this information, the Forestry Department launched an investigation into six alleged illegal logging operations in September. Pro-Bela network members held their annual evaluation and planning meeting and forged an agreement to focus on analyzing, refining and using investigation results collected over the previous two years. They also agreed their priorities are to increase their own capacity to use information from the investigations to transform forest management in Indonesia, and to work with other groups to do so. In June, Telapak completed designing a process for working with Pro-Bela members to review and use investigation data that will be carried out over the rest of the year. In August, with facilitation support from BSP-Kemala and Telapak, YLL organized a workshop to analyze their data and to develop a campaign and outreach strategy. They agreed to use investigation results in advocating key policy targets, including public participation in forest permit allocation and monitoring and registration of local land claims. YASCITA and other members of the Southeast Sulawesi Pro-Bela node have completed a strategic planning process and agreed to focus investigations on illegal logging in protected forests, to publish investigation results in January and to work with Telapak and other Sulawesi NGOs in advocating their results next year. Work with YALI has stalled due to West Papuan independence negotiations and internal staff changes.