Dr. Putera Prathama, expert of AF3 facilitate the Goverment to Goverment side event of G20 Environment Deputies Meeting and Climate Sustainability Working Group (EDM-CSWG). “Workshop For Exchange Of Knowledge And Best Practices And Promoting Potential Collaboration On Reducing Land Degradation And Restoring Mangrove Ecosystem”
On Sunday, 9 November 2020, AF3 executive director initiated an online meeting with the founder and Advisor of AF3, Dr. Alastair Fraser . The objective of the meeting is update development of AF3 programme/activities during Covid 19 phase and development of cooperation with government and related institution. Dr. Boen Poernama, Executive Director of AF3 stated that he has initiated to promote the organization in many events. Now AF3 proposed to develop cooperation with the related Ministries through MoU on the issue of climate change. He stated also there are many room for AF3 to play significant role in improving policy on sustainable forest management in Indonesia such as breakthrough policy for managing protection forest (Hutan Lindung), improving capacity of KPH (forest management unit), mitigation of climate change programme, methodology for carbon accounting etc. Coordination with Advisor AF3 will be held regularly.
The AF3 team held a dialogue with an expert team from the Forest Research and Development and Innovation Agency, (BLI) regarding the GHG calculation system to support the MRV requirements of the land-based sector in Indonesia using the INCAS (Indonesia National Carbon Accounting System)
Forty-eight (48) years ago , a student of Forestry Faculty (Fahutan) – IPB grade 7, had composed songs for Bogor City, which is entitled “ Bogor City”.
Now, this song is well known among the Fahutan alumni of IPB. It was the opening song at Indonesian Radio Station (RRI) Bogor in the 1980s, but at that time unfortunately the writer of the song was not mentioned. Actually, the writer, is Dr. Boen M Purnama, who is currently the Director of AF3. As an alumni of Fahutan IPB or who is engaged in the forestry sector , it is worth listening to this song.
DR. Boen Purnama, Director of AF3 has presented “Synthesis of Forestry Development in the Future” in dialogue with environment group of forestry and environmental practitioners, ITB alumni in Jakarta, recently. This presentation was also held to look at the impact of Covid 19 on the redesign of the government plan in the forestry sector.
Participants staged after the workshop. SDG workshop was attended by various background people. from household-background mother until professional in journalism. From business persons until activists in sustainable development.
ON March 6 2019 a workshop on introduction of SDG was held at the Pendopo of LATIN [Lembaga Alam Tropika Indonesia]. This was a basic workshop on introducing the concept of Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations’ program on how implementing it.
The role of civil society in Sustainable Development was delivered in one day workshop where we are part of the world’s citizen would need to contribute to the current global development.
In the workshop activities each group is formed and formulates basic issues that need to be prioritized and the submitted to the government in this case BAPPENAS [ The Agency of National Development Plan] to further formulates the types of contribution that are in accordance with SDG.
Fraser Forestry Foundation’s representative attended this discussion to participate, sharpening the idea and collecting the current information on accelerating the SDG process. So that the civil society and NGOs could participate in more active roles in formulating and spreading the SDG function to a larger community groups.
DR Alastair Fraser is a professional forest expert from United Kingdom. DR Alastair Fraser worked in some Asia Countries included Indonesia for around fifty five years before he took his pension.
DR Alastair Fraser graduated from University of Aberdeen, forestry science and received his doctorate degree from the University of Edinburgh where he learned interaction between climate and forest. DR Alastair Fraser is a founding member of LTS International, a forestry consulting company based in Edinburgh, UK. DR Alastair Fraser wrote a book “Making Forests Policy Work”.
Countries should have a unified agency responsible for forestry that includes overseeing the forestry industry and trade in forest products.
It is essential to eliminate illegal logging, which means balancing demand and the sustainable supply for forest products and services.
Certification and Voluntary Partnership Agreements should be based on the Sustainability of Forest Management in a whole country not just FMUs to avoid leakage.
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