On 25-27 April, the Directorate General of Forestry Planning and Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) with the support from FORCLIME conducted a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to review the National Forestry Planning 2011 – 2030 in Bogor. Twenty-five participants, including six resource persons from FORCLIME, the Gajah Mada and Bogor Agricultural Universities, attended the discussion.

The vision of the revised National Forestry Planning is “Forest governance aimed to make life support system functioning for people welfare”. Which is broken down into the following missions: Creating adequacy of proportional forestlands; Reforming forest governance; Performing sustainable multi-benefits management of forests; Improving community engagement and access in forest management; Enhancing environmental carrying capacity; and Strengthening forestry positioning at national, regional, and international levels.

The Director General of Forestry Planning and Environmental Management has corresponded with the revised document, which has/had also been presented to the Minister of Environment and Forestry.

For further information, please contact:
Wandojo Siswanto, Senior Adviser, Forest & Climate Change Policy
Mohamad Rayan, Technical Adviser, Crosscutting Issues and Conflict Management