The Directorate of Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring (IPSDH), Ministry of Environment and Forestry with support from GIZ conducted a field testing on the forest inventory technical guidelines based on the decree of the Director General for Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring P.1/2017 on Forest Protection Management Units (KPHL) and FMU Production (KPHP). The field testing was carried out for 12 days, from 30 January to 10 February. The activity aims to ensure the technical guideline can be implemented in the field in terms of technical aspects, time, equipment and personnel.

The trial was conducted in area with four different types of land covers: primary dryland forest, secondary dryland forest, primary swamp forest and secondary swamp forest in the FMU Kapuas (?) Hulu Utara. The team conducting the trial set one cluster on each of the land cover types. In each team   one team leader from IPSDH was present, just as two technical FMU advisors and four workers from local villages.

As a follow-up of the field testing, the IPSDH will conduct an FGD for inputs to improve the guideline.

For more details, please contact:
Dody Rahmansyah, Manager of Forest Ecosystem, Directorate of Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Klothilde Sikun, Technical Advisor for GIS and Coordinator of Kapuas Hulu district