Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (DFIDSEA)

Managing Institute:
Department For International Development (DFIDSEA)

Project Code: 150-502-005	Start Date: 01/7/1992	End Date: 30/06/1997
Commitment: £3,587,700	Status: Awaiting Confirmation of Completion	Type of Funding: Bilateral - TC

Project Background:
The principal environmental issues in Indonesia at present concern the diminishing forest resources in area and quality and, in many situations, the accompanying land degradation. In pursuit of DFID's policy of strengthening local capacity in tackling environmental problems generally, and in managing forest resources in particular, it was decided that Indonesia would be included in the list of countries in the DFIDSEA parish on which particular attention would be focussed, so far as application of UK aid funds in the forestry sector is concerned. Accordingly, in January 1989 a DFIDSEA NR Adviser, in making an exploratory visit to Indonesia, ascertained from both BAPPENNAS and the MoF that British expertise was required. At that stage, mention was made by Indonesian officials only of the needs for expertise to assist at MoF headquarters with sectoral planning. However, the proposal that a project identification mission be mounted late in the year was welcomed. This project is one of those proposed and recommended in the report of the May 1989 Forestry project identification mission. The Indonesian Selective Cutting System (TPI) is the silvicultural system to be generally applied in the rehabilitation of logged over productive Dipterocarp forest to ensure sustainable yields of commercial planting only where required. It has recently been renamed the Indonesian Selective Cutting and Planting System (TPTI) to indicate partial reliance on enrichment planting. It was developed from the Malayan Uniform System and the Philippine Selective System, and became the authorised system for Indonesia by the decision of the Director General of Forestry in his No 35/Kpts/DD/I/1972. In spite of this early date for application the system was not generally implemented due to the lack of MoF staff to supervise the concessionaires and motivation to sustainable forestry management by the latter. This problem will be addressed by the DFID Senior Management Advisory Team. The current estimate of the application of the TPTI system is 1-2 percent annual logged over areas. The MoF has suggested this be increased to 20 percent within the coming 4-5 years. The MoF's central role in formulating policy is guaranteed by the Basic Forestry Land of 1987 and the Presidential Implementation Directive (PP NO 33.1970). The responsibilities of the MoF have traditionally been extremely wide. At present, MoF is responsible for forestry land use, particularly in the production and conversion forests, administration of the concessions and all plantation and reforestation activities as well as the protection of forests, national parks and other conservation reserves. Indonesia's planners and policy makers recognise the importance and value of Indonesia's forest lands, particularly the tropical rain forest which is economically the most important in terms of commercial tropical hardwoods (as well as being the second largest in the world after Brazil's Amazon forests). They are anxious to implement policies to secure the effective natural regeneration of the production forests which supply the bulk of commercial logs to the wood-processing industry. They also plan to base reforestation on the establishment of industrial plantations of fast-growing species, largely for pulpwood, but also small-scale domestic needs and for protection purposes. Finally, they wish to ensure the conservation and utilisation of national parks, other forest resources and the protection of forests to stem environmental decline.

Project Objectives:
To develop the capability of forestry training centre to train Government and Concessionaires forest management staff.

Intended Outputs:
Establishment of a new teacher training unit at CFET Bogor.

Establishment of a new management skills training unit at CFET Bogor.

Strengthened curriculum development.

Introduction of systematic evaluation of training programmes.

Assistance in carrying out of planned training programmes and in increasing training capacity.

Institutional and training improvement at Samarinda and Pekan Baru.

Samarnda School forest brought into use.