In an effort to strengthen the role of the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group as a medium of communication and coordination between stakeholders within West Kalimantan Province in relation to efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province held a recent meeting that discussed institutional changes to the REDD+ Working Group. The meeting was facilitated by FORCLIME and was held on 9 December 2021 at the Secretariat of the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group. The meeting was opened by the Head of the Environmental Management and Monitoring Division of the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan, Ms. Yenny S.Hut, MT and was attended by members of the REDD+ working group that comprised representatives drawn from government and non-government organizations.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the potential addition of a new unit to the working group, the reinforcement of the secretariat and broader stakeholder involvement. The meeting resulted in a draft Regulation of the Governor on the REDD+ Working Group that the relevant stakeholders subsequently held a consultation on during the third week of December 2021.

For more information, please contact:
Yenny, S.Hut, MT, Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province, Member of the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group
Jumtani, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and GCF Focal Point
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Chang

Created: 09 December 2021

In 2021, the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group managed to improve the quality of its monitoring and reporting system on emissions reduction-related activities in West Kalimantan through the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) website, which is also used to publish the working results of the Pokja. These reporting results will later be submitted to the National Registry System (SRN) owned and operated by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF). In order to streamline the reporting flow, the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group is planning to integrate the West Kalimantan MRV website into the SRN in the near future.

With the support of FORCLIME, a preparatory website integration meeting was held on 8 December 2021 at the Secretariat of the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group. The meeting was opened by the Head of the Environmental Management and Monitoring Division of the West Kalimantan Environment and Forestry Service, Ms. Yenny S.Hut, MT, who is also a member of the REDD+ Working Group for West Kalimantan Province.

This meeting resulted in the improvement of several menus on the website, including the granting of access to stakeholders in West Kalimantan so that they will be able to fill out self-reports that address mitigation and adaptation activity.

A follow-up discussion will be held with the Directorate of Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Monitoring, Reporting and Verification, the Directorate-General for Climate Change Control, MoEF in order to develop a strategy for integrating provincial MRV websites into the national website.

For more information, please contact:
Yenny, S.Hut, MT, Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province, Member of the West Kalimantan REDD+ Working Group
Jumtani, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and GCF Focal Point
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Change

Created: 08 December 2021

In an effort to assess the effectiveness of its area management, the Wasur National Park conducted a recent assessment that was carried out jointly with the relevant stakeholders so that the results would be objective. The management assessment, which was undertaken through the application of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) approach, was conducted from 7 - 8 December 2021 in Merauke, Papua. This activity, which was supported by FORCLIME, was opened by the Head of the Wasur National Park, Mr. Yarman, S.Hut., MP., and was attended by various development partners located in Papua Province, including academics, NGOs and local communities. The facilitators for the implementation of the METT were Dr. Peggy Awanti Nila Krisna from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and FORCLIME’s Senior Advisor, Dr. Ismet Khaeruddin.

In addition to evaluating the effectiveness of area management, this assessment was also aimed at the identification of problems, disturbances and threats relating to the management of national parks in general. In this regard, adaptation management will be implemented in accordance with the scale of any problems discovered.

This assessment related not only to the work of the national park but was initiated more broadly in order to discover what activities have been completed to date, including through programmes that are being implemented by the national park’s partners. As a result, the assessment provided opportunities for partners to develop appropriate priority programmes aimed at improving the management of the Wasur National Park.

The follow-up to this two-day activity involved the preparation of a resume of the METT assessment results that will be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, which will then determine a METT value for the Wasur National Park for 2021.

For more information, please contact:
Theodora F. Resubun, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 08 December 2021