Protected: Nationally Determined Commitment vs Civil Society’s Expectation
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Forestry Corporate Sustainability
Compiled by By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia There is a fundamental shift in corporate sustainability: in the past, leading companies had voluntary commitments, such as donations, volunteering programmes, and corporate investments into climate action or social justice. The most recent evolution in the journey of corporate sustainability is ESG : a…
Are We Ready Working with Remediation?
By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia The term of remediation emerged as an effort to improve a forest management. The context of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has been developed and in effect for a long time ago. Forestry development in Indonesia itself recognized sustainable forest management that was introduced around the 1990…
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,…
Social Forestry aligns to Climate Change Adaptation
By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia The Movement of Social Forestry in Indonesia is about deepening the historical background of general forestry knowledge that deeply understands that trees, wildlife and humans exist living together in and around the forests. Strengthening Social Forestry is indeed a challenge for the government as…
Social Forestry and Future Challenges
Compiled by Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Around 120.3 million hectares of state forest area, almost half (46.5% or 55.93 million hectares) is not managed intensively. Among these areas are 30 million Ha of forest under the authority of the Regional Government. Only around 64.37 million Ha (53.5%) of forests…
Social Forestry and Climate Change Adaptation
By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant| Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia The climate crisis has triggered efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through mitigation activities. Indonesia is somewhat unique because in its emission reduction document or nationally determined contribution (NDC) that includes adaptation strategies as part of its climate change resilience strategy. In mitigation, the Indonesian government…
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….
Fern: EU-Indonesia Partnership Briefing
Compliance with the EU anti-deforestation regulation (hashtag#EUDR) is a significant challenge for Indonesian companies and farmers, and requires a collaborative approach between the hashtag#EU, local government & civil society that addresses the root causes of deforestation. An EU-Indonesia partnership should be agreed and implemented in a multi-stakeholder and inclusive process including governments, the private sector…
FSC Aligned for EUDR
This information was gathered from FSC International. Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant| Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia 𝐅𝐒𝐂 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐔𝐃𝐑 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 and ready to support affected companies’ 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…