Sentarum-Sebuah Kearifan Lokal

This film documents the lives of communities in Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan, who have regained management control of their own natural resources using the skills of the local people. Forest land in the national park is rich in biodiversity and has huge potential to alleviate the grinding poverty that is the bane of the community. The local community exploits non-timber forest products such as honey, currently fulfilling 60% of West Kalimantan’s total honey demand. The film describes the efforts to develop local businesses and strengthen traditional institutions in order to restore their understanding and motivation to manage their own natural resources in a sustainable manner.

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Multistakeholder Forestry Programme

Forest Governance and Multi-stakeholder Forestry Programme (MFP-II) is a collaborative program Forestry bilateral field between the Government of Indonesia with the British Government. This goal program are all traded Indonesian timber demonstrated legal, as a precondition for effective forest governance, sustainable forest management. MFP-II activities directed to achieve three main output : (1) Sufficient capacity to implement SVLK (Supply chain control, accreditation processing, auditing, independent auditing, independent monitoring, licensing and structuring implementation mechanism); (2) SVLK certified timber recognized in key international markets; (3) Representative mechanism in place to review and strengthen SVLK implementation



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