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NATIONAL NETWORKING FOR MANGROVE MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA By : Nyoto Santoso, Indonesia Focal Point for Mangroves ISSUES : 1. More than 50 % of Indonesian Mangrove are degraded 2. Rate of rehabilitation and mangrove degradation are not in balance 3. Different perception between stakeholders 4. Most of local people in the coastal area live in poverty 5. Sustainable mangrove management has not been developed yet 6. Coordination between stakeholders not harmonised 7. The law enforcement is low .
REVERSING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION TRENDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND WWW.UNEPSCS.ORG
NATIONAL INITIATION AND COMMITMENT 1. Development of Mangrove National Strategy 2. Establishment of Mangrove National Committee 3. Development of harmonious coordination between stakeholders (Central – Local) 4. Practices of sustainable mangrove management at the demosite
REVERSING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION TRENDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND WWW.UNEPSCS.ORG
NATIONAL MANGROVE COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL MANGROVE TASKFORCE Condition before the project (prior to 2003) : 1. 2. 3. 4.
Inactive participation (seminar, coordination, training, etc) Low coordination between stakeholders Programs unplanned lacking synergy The activities generally focused on research
Condition during the project (2005 – until now) : 1. Active coordination between stakeholders 2. Revolving management of NMC, year 2006 (by Marine and Fishery Department), year 2007 (by Ministry of Forestry), year 2008 (by Dept. of Internal Affairs), year 2009 (by Ministry of Environment). 4. Permanent secretariat office: IMReD 5. Synergy/ integration of Program and activities on National Mangrove Action Plan 6. Membership (central-regional): government, private, university, NGO 7. Developed Demosite, including MIC (Mangrove Information Center) and Mangrove Management Headquarters
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LEGAL MATTER OF NATIONAL MANGROVE MANAGEMANT STRATEGY (NAP) 1. Agreement of document content (MoU) between key stakeholders (Marine and Fisheries Dept., Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Environment and Dept. of Home Affairs) supported by Indonesian Life Science (LIPI), universities experts and NGOs 2. Final draft of president regulation regarding the NAP approved and in process of promulgation 3. While waiting for the National Action Plan (NAP) document legalized by the president decree, the National Mangrove Committee (NMC) conducts coordination and implementation of the program from National Action Plan (NAP) document
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NETWORKING ACTIVITIES 1. Workshop for NAP arrangement (6 times in regional, 4 times in Jakarta) 2. Socialisation of NAP result (6 locations: Denpasar, Semarang, Jakarta, Makasar, Samarinda, Lampung; inviting all stakeholders) 3. Socialisation of National Mangrove Committee (5 locations: Kupang, Denpasar, Yogjakarta, Makasar, Jakarta) 4. Program implementation: rehabilitation (± 30,000 ha), sustainable mangrove forest management (Batu Ampar), environmental friendly fishpond management (Sidoarjo, Pemalang, Lampung), environment education (Denpasar, Jakarta, etc), training (MIC-JICA Denpasar), information centre (MIC-JICA Denpasar), etc. 5. Partnership (national and international): JICA (MIC in Bali), KOICA (Mangrove Rehabilitation in Aceh), OISCA & IMReD (Mangrove Rehabilitation in Java ± 600 ha), etc 6. Communication through Website and Email (Sharing and discussion of data and information) 7. Developing Riset Station (planning and on going: Batu Ampar, Langkat, Denpasar, Jepara, Timika) Slide 5
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PROMOTING THE ROLE OF NATIONAL MANGROVE COMMITTEE 1. Coordination between stakeholder conducted regularly for activities related to mangrove (Ministry of Forestry, Marine and Fishery Dept., Ministry of Environment, Dept. of Internal Affairs) 2. Arrangement of implementation regulation from National Mangrove Strategy (Ministry Regulation, Regional Regulation: General Guidance, Technical Guidance of Quality Standard of Degradation, etc) 3. Development of regional mangrove awareness institution (Province and District): Mitra Bahari, Forum DAS, Local Mangrove Committee 4. Development of mangrove management partnership in every location (government, private, NGO, university). Eg.: mangrove management in Jakarta including government (Forestry Office, Natural Resource Conservation Headquarters, BPLHD Jakarta, Public Work Office); Private (Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, Pertamina, Pantai Indah Kapuk), NGOs or International Organisation (IMReD, Walhi, FFI, UNESCO, Natural devotee); Universities (Bogor Institute of Agriculture, University of Indonesia, Christian University of Indonesia. Trisakti University, State University of Jakarta, Assyafiiyah, so on)
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