Making Social Forestry Work

By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant| Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Relevant to this article The government’s homework to increase the social forestry program to 7.38 million hectares (ha) over the next seven years is challenging. The development of the Social Forestry Program is based on the fact that currently, many community groups live in and around forests….

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Forests Management and Communities

By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Happy Devyanto Image courtesy Forest management and communities living in and around the forests are a unique relationshp and they have harmonious interaction. Good relationships between creatures in and around the forest have provided a good example for building an ecosystem that is environmentally friendly. Forests,…

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IFSS Online Course 2025

๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต ๐‘ถ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘ต ๐‘ญ๐‘ถ๐‘น ๐‘ฐ๐‘ญ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘บ๐‘ฌ 2025 โ€” ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰ ] โ€”โ€”โ€”International Forestry Studentsโ€™ Association (IFSA) Weโ€™re excited to announce that registration is now REOPENED for the SECOND BATCH of the IFSS Online Course 2025โ€”welcoming all IFSAnians and forest enthusiasts across the globe! As an essential part of IFSS 2025 Indonesia, this course invites you…

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Funding Support from ACTIE

Source: General information about the support we give We ask you to make sure that you have read the criteria before handing in your proposal. It would be a shame if you invest your time in an application that does not meet our criteria. Het Actiefonds only supports specific protests and campaigns. Those can be…

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Expanding Knowledge

reference of picture https://perfectdailygrind.com/2022/01/bridging-the-gap-in-coffee-education/ We realize that increasing capacity and expanding knowledge can happen at any moment. However, we often experience a breakdown in understanding because the context being built has not been fully grasped by the person with whom we are engaging in that capacity-building effort.This highlights a critical communication challenge in knowledge transfer. If the foundational concepts…

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FSC committed to ensuring forest management is not only environmentally sound but also socially beneficial

Consolidated By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is deeply committed to ensuring that forest management is not only environmentally sound but also socially beneficial. This means a holistic approach to improvement across various sectors, with a strong focus on the well-being of communities that depend on forests….

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FSC Aligned for EUDR

This information was gathered from FSC International. Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant| Environmental Asia|ย happy.devyanto@environmental.asia ๐…๐’๐‚ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐”๐ƒ๐‘ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž and ready to support affected companiesโ€™ journey to compliance! Thank you to everyone who attended our launch events last week. Across two sessions we welcomed 5000+ participants, with the presentation available in 12 languages. For…

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Palm Oil Smallholders in Indonesia Need Government Help not Hindrance

By Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi August 08, 2024 Indonesiaโ€™s palm oil industry is a stark contrast of wealth and poverty. While corporations reap billions in revenue, villagers living near oil palm plantations suffer. They  lose access to farm and forest land, and many struggle to find work.  Independent oil palm smallholders have potential to prosper with oil…

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Organizational Unit:ย FAINS – FAO Representation in Indonesia

Forestry Specialist  Job Posting 10/Jun/2025 Closure Date : 25/Jun/2025, 4:59:00 AM Organizational Unit: FAINS – FAO Representation in Indonesia Job Type Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel) Grade Level: N/A Primary Location : Indonesia-Jakarta Duration: 12 months Post Number: N/A IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of…

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