Mandatory Forest Certification in the Natural Production Forest

Mandatory Forest Certification in the Natural Production Forest in Indonesia Listya Kusumawardhani Director, Natural Forest Production, Ministry of Forestry Indonesia listya@dephut. go. id

Indonesia’s state forest Total area of Indonesia forest is some 120 million hectares

Definition Conservation forest l Protected forest l Production forest l ¡ Production forest is a forest area that still able to fulfill a main role to produce forest products

Existing conditions 28 mil ha 10 mil ha 28 mil ha

Business licenses within production forests according to Indonesia Government Regulation No 6/2007, No 3/2008 on Forest Arrangement and Preparation of Forest Management Plan, and Forest Utilization 1. Area utilization business (Usaha pemanfaatan kawasan): ¡ 2. 3. 4. sustainable use of area; for medicinal plants, to use the understorey, bee, wildlife captive breeding, bird nest Sustainable use of environmental services (Usaha Pemanfaatan jasa Lingkungan) Sustainable use of wood within natural forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHK-HA) Sustainable use of wood within plantation forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHK-HT)

Business licenses within production forests (cont’d) 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Sustainable use of NTFP within natural production forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHBK-HA) Sustainable use of NTFP within plantation forest (Usaha pemanfaatan HHBK-HT) Sustainable use of wood within natural production forest for non commercial uses (Pemungutan HHK-HA) Sustainable use of wood within plantation forest for non commercial uses (Pemungutan HHBK-HT)

History of Certification l ITTO recognized that certification is potentially a powerful tool for achieving sustainable forest management since 1994

History of Certification in Indonesia Government Regulation of the Republic Indonesia No. 34 Yr 2002 on Forest Arrangement and Preparation of Forest Management Plan, and Forest Utilization l No. 6 Yr 2007 l No. 3 Yr 2008 l ¡ ¡ Performance evaluation every 5 yrs Accessor accredited by the Minister (LPI) Cerification, a must for licence renewal, not for terminated the liscence, could be lead to sanction/s C & I (24) followed ITTO Guidelines

Comparison of voluntary & mandatory Certification Scheme Voluntary Mandatory Source of Funding FMU I. Operational Bodies Private Certification Bodies 5 yrs Certificate II. Govt FMU LPI (independent accessor) 3 yrs

About LPI (independent accessors) l LPI (consultants, universities), at present there are 13 consultants, 4 universities l LPI being evaluated every 2 yrs l LPI has been accredited by the Minister l Mo. F and LEI (Ind. Ecolabeling Institute) provides capacity building for LPI l Budget for evaluation been standardized by the Mo. F

Funding l Funding (Govt. Source) For example: 10, 000 hectares - 180 millions Rp 350, 000 hectares – 750 millions Rp

Certificate l Certification in 3 categories; “Very Good”, “Good” & “Average” l No certificate for unsatifactory performance l Rewards in the form of liscence for heavy machinery, annual cutting limits, l FMU failed get certificate, have to submit an action plan to the Mo. F

Results of Evaluation Natural Concession Performance Yr 2002 -2007 No Year FMU (unit) FMU certified (unit) 1. 2002 3 0 0 2. 2003 8 6 1. 141. 000 3. 2004 28 20 1. 803. 529 4. 2005 43 16 1. 833. 980 5. 2006 21 13 914. 370 6. 2007 40 19 1. 774. 820 143 74 7. 467. 699 Total Area certified (Ha) 1. In 2007, 25 FMU evaluated (Ph I) & 15 FMU (Ph II). 2. Ph II; 15 FMU: 5 FMU improved, 4 FMU stable & 6 FMU worsened 3. In 2008, 31 FMU Ph I & 35 FMU Ph II

MANDATORY CERTIFIED NATURAL CONCESSIONS PHASE II

Comparison Certified Forest in Indonesia & Other Countries No. Country FMU Ownership Natural/ Planted Area (Ha) 1 Canada 37 State Forest N & P & Com. F 18, 110, 429 2 Russia 30 SF & CF N&P 9, 855, 696 3 US 103 SF & CF N&P 7, 668, 193 4 Indonesia (Voluntary) 5 SF & CF N&P 739, 368 (Mandatory) 68 SF N 6, 046, 699 5 Brazil 69 CF N&P 3, 542, 166 6 Bolivia 16 CF N 1, 986, 517

Comparison. . No. Country FMU Ownership Natural/ Planted Area (Ha) 7 Mexico 47 CF N 824, 842 8 New Zealand 18 CF N&P 672, 751 9 China 4 SF & CF N&P 439, 630 10 Germany 87 SF & CF N&P 588, 154 11 Malaysia 3 CF & SF N&P 71, 664 Total 856 FMU, 74 countries Source: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Min. Of Forestry 3, 336, 409

MANDATORY CERTIFIED NATURAL CONCESSIONS To FEBRUARI 2008 No Province Area (ha) CERTIFICATION (Unit) Total Very Good Average 1. Riau 50, 620 1 - - 1 2. West Sumatera 28, 840 1 - - 1 3. Jambi 122, 239 2 - 1 1 4. West Kalimantan 139, 850 3 - 1 2 5. Central Kalimantan 1, 484, 287 16 - 4 12 6. South Kalimantan 87, 241 1 - - 1 7. East Kalimantan 2, 199, 632 26 - 3 23 8. Central Sulawesi 98, 000 1 - - 1 9. West Sulawesi 48, 640 1 - - 1 10. Maluku 252, 890 3 - - 3 11. North Maluku 430, 310 6 - 2 4 12. Papua 897, 150 4 - - 4 13. West Papua 305, 000 3 - 1 2 6, 046, 699 68 - 11 57 Total Certificate valid for three years.

Development FMU prepares voluntarily in the assessment by involving experts to improve the performances before/after assessment by LPI. l ITTO “ Project PD 42/00 Rev. 1 (F), TOT for The Aplication of The ITTO and The National Criteria and Indicators of SFM, to strengthen FMU in SFM. Yr 2007 -2008, 233 staff of FMU’s been trained. l Assistance from TNC, to supervise 16 FMU’s in Yr 2008 -2009. l

Development l Support from local government towards certification strengthen l Support from central govt continues (budget availability for 2009 assessment)

Thank you l Further information: ¡ listya@dephut. go. id