A mul�-organisa�on stakeholder forum

was formed in Bulukumba District in 2008. The

purpose of the forum was to communicate the

research results of the project – 'Forestry

Partnerships' (ACIAR FST/2003/025) and maintain

the development of community forestry in the

Bulukumba District, South Sulawesi Province. The

stakeholder forum received a high apprecia�on and

legal recogni�on from the Government of

Bulukumba District. The Forestry Office of the

Bulukumba District facilitated the forum including

providing some funding. But the purpose and

opera�on of the forum has not stayed the same

over the past decade, and at �mes there was less

interest in par�cipa�ng in the forum.

Forum parapihak dibentuk di Bulukumba

tahun 2008. Forum ini merupakan perwujudan

keinginan parapihak untuk mempunyai wadah guna

memanfaatkan hasil-hasil peneli�an BP2LHK Makassar

melalui kerjasama peneli�an 'Forestry Partnerships'

(ACIAR FST/2003/025) sekaligus mendukung

pembangunan hutan rakyat di Kabupaten

Bulukumba, Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan.

Forum parapihak ini mendapat penghargaan

�nggi dan pengakuan dari Pemerintah Daerah

Kabupaten Bulukumba. Dinas Kehutanan

Kabupaten Bulukumba memfasilitasi keberadaan

forum ini termasuk dari segi pendanaan. Namun

seiring berlalunya waktu, forum ini kurang dapat

berkiprah melaksanakan mandat yang diberikan,

termasuk menurunnya ketertarikan dan keterlibatan

anggotanya.

ACIAR Project No. FST/2015/040Enhancing Community-Based Commercial Forestry in Indonesia

BRIEFInfoNo. 5 2019

A STAKEHOLDER FORUM TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY FORESTRY

Forestry and Environment Research Development and Innovation AgencyMinistry of Environment and Forestry

RE-VITALISING

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Phone: 0251 8633944, Fax: 0251 8634924

Email: enhancing.cbcf@gmail.com

Website: enhancing-cbcf.puspijak.org

CBCF Indonesia

CBCF Indonesia

CBCF Indonesia

CBCF Indonesia

MENGHIDUPKAN FORUM PARAPIHAK, MENJAGA HUTAN RAKYAT

ACIAR Project No. FST/2015/040

In 2017, an idea to revitalize the stakeholder forum was discussed. The stakeholder forum is seen as a good mechanism for different par�es to discuss together any issues related to community forests in Bulukumba District. For this reason, in coordina�on with

Pada tahun 2017, digagas kembali ide untuk merevitalisasi forum parapihak ini. Forum parapihak dipandang sebagai mekanisme yang baik dengan melibatkan berbagai pihak untuk duduk bersama mendiskusikan bermacam tantangan dalam

thFig. 1 Sarasehan of the stakeholder forum in Bulukumba, 20 December 2017

– Sarasehan yang dilaksanakan oleh forum parapihak di Bulukumba, 20 Desember 2017

the new research p r o j e c t – 'Enhancing CBCF in Indonesia' (ACIAR FST/ 2 0 1 5 / 0 4 0 ) , FOERDIA Makassar held a workshop in Bulukumba District to encourage the forum ac�vi�es called 'Sarasehan'

pengembangan hutan rakyat di Bulukumba. Dengan per�mbangan t e r s e b u t , m e l a l u i kerjasama peneli�an yang baru 'Enhancing CBCF in I n d o n e s i a ' ( A C I A R FST/2015/040), BP2LHK Makassar melaksanakan sarasehan di Bulukumba u n t u k k e m b a l i m e n d o ro n g a k � v i ta s forum tersebut.

Sarasehan dilaksanakan tanggal 20 Desember 2017 melibatkan BP2LHK Makassar, Dinas Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (LHK), Dinas Perindustrian dan Perdagangan (Perindag), Dinas Pemberdayaan Masyarakat dan Desa (PMD), Himpunan Pengusaha Kayu (HIPKI), Forum Komunikasi Hutan Rakyat (FKHR), Kepala Desa Malleleng, Kepala Desa Benjala, Kelompok Petani Hutan Rakyat Malleleng, pengusaha perahu phinisi, pengusaha penggergajian, dan tokoh masyarakat. Agenda utama sarasehan adalah untuk merespon dinamika yang terjadi di Bulukumba sebagai konsekuensi penerapan UU No. 23/ 2014 yang salah satunya berdampak pada pengurusan hutan rakyat �dak berada di bawah wewenang kabupaten namun menjadi wewenang provinsi. Agenda lain adalah pembahasan keberlangsungan forum parapihak, apakah masih diperlukan atau �dak dan bagaimana manfaatnya selama ini. Keberlangsungan forum tergantung pada semua pihak yang terkait di Bulukumba mengingat forum tersebut adalah milik mereka dan seharusnya menjadi tanggung jawab sekaligus di bawah kontrol mereka sendiri, bukan oleh pihak luar. Prinsip-prinsip swakarsa, swadana, dan swakarya perlu menjadi acuan in� bila forum parapihak akan dilanjutkan kembali. Kesimpulan utama dari sarasehan tersebut adalah keinginan para peserta untuk melanjutkan forum parapihak secara mandiri (dengan mengiku� �ga prinsip tersebut di atas) dan �dak bergantung lagi kepada pemerintah daerah setempat. Sebagai konsekuensi dari kesepakatan tersebut, kedua anggota forum yang mewakili organisasi masyarakat, yaitu FKHR dan HIPKI, diminta untuk menyesuaikan dan memperbaiki diri . Dalam perjalanan selanjutnya, HIPKI memperlihatkan kemauan kuat dengan memperbaiki kepengurusan, program kerja, dan hubungannya dengan petani hutan rakyat sebagai produsen kayu. Dalam kurun waktu sekitar enam bulan, HIPKI berhasil mendatangkan 45 ribu bibit tanaman kayu yang diambil dari Kabupaten Gowa dan Maros. Bibit-bibit tersebut telah didistribusikan secara merata kepada anggota kelompok tani yang menjadi mitra HIPKI di Bulukumba. Tujuan HIPKI mendahulukan pengadaan bibit bagi mitra karena petani menghadapi kesulitan mendapatkan bibit tanaman kayu dan sekaligus menjamin ketersediaan kayu untuk memenuhi kebutuhan industri kayu di Bulukumba nan�nya.

th The sarasehan of the stakeholder forum was held in 20 December 2017 and involved FOERDIA Makassar, Environment and Forestry Office, Industry and Trade Office, Community and Village Empowerment Office, Forestry Industry Associa�on (HIPKI), Communica�on Forum on Community Forest (FKHR), Head of Malleleng Village, Head of Benjala Village, Forest farmer group of Malleleng Village, phinisi boat business owners, sawmill owners, and community leaders. The main agenda of the mee�ng was to respond the dynamics occurring in Bulukumba District as a consequence of implemen�ng the Law No. 23/2014 – that the community forests are not under supervision of the district but now the provincial level government. Another aspect of the discussion was about existence of the stakeholder forum and whether it was s�ll needed and how it had been benefi�ed them so far. The existence of the stakeholder forum depends on all par�es involved in Bulukumba because it is theirs and should be under their responsibility and control, not under outside par�es. The principles of self-reliance, self-finance and self-employment needed to be at the core of stakeholder forum, if it is to be prolonged. The main conclusion of the sarasehan was the willingness of all par�es to con�nue the stakeholder forum independently (with the three principles men�oned above) and not to depend on the local government anymore. As a consequence, two forum members represen�ng community organiza�ons, namely FKHR and HIPKI, strengthened their internal capacity in line with what was agreed in the sarasehan. One further step was that HIPKI showed a strong willingness to improve their management, working programs and rela�ons with �mber producers, namely community forest farmers. HIPKI, in a period of about six months, has managed to provide 45,000 seedlings from the Districts of Gowa and Maros. The seedlings have been distributed evenly to their main partner – farmer groups' members in Bulukumba. The aim of HIPKI priori�zing the seedlings distribu�on for community forest farmers' partners was to fulfill the lack of available seedlings facing by the farmers and to ensure sustainability of �mber supply for wood industry in Bulukumba District in future �me.

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Mean�me, the South Sulawesi Provincial Government had

established Forestry Service Branch Office (CDK) Regional VIII

Bulukumba that is in charge for the Districts of Bulukumba, Sinjai and

Bantaeng. One of its task is providing guidance to community forest. The improvement of the stakeholder forum and organiza�ons involved in it, especially HIPKI, are monitored by the FOERDIA Makassar research team. It does not mean to interfere HIPKI's internal affairs but the research team is available to provide

Sementara itu, dari segi ins�tusi, terjadi perkembangan

baru. Pemerintah Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan membentuk Cabang

Dinas Kehutanan (CDK) Wilayah VIII Bulukumba yang membawahi

Kabupaten Bulukumba, Sinjai dan Bantaeng. Salah satu tupoksi CDK

adalah memberikan pendampingan dan pembinaan terkait dengan

hutan rakyat. Proses pembenahan forum parapihak serta organisasi-organisasi yang terlibat di dalamnya, terutama HIPKI, �dak lepas

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Fig. 3 Distribu�on of seedlings from HIPKI Bulukumba

– Pembagian bibit tanaman kayu dari HIPKI Bulukumba

thby FOERDIA Makassar on 6 December 2018 and held at the Environment and Forestry Office. It was a�ended by representa�ves of Environment and Forestry Office, Community and Village Empowerment Office, Industry and Trade Office, CDK Regional VIII Bulukumba, Agriculture Office, Legal Office of the Government of Bulukumba District; Head of Kajang Subdistrict, Head of Malleleng Village, Head of BPD Malleleng, Head of farmer group of Bunja Hamlet, Malleleng, FKHR, HIPKI and researchers from FOERDIA Makassar. The sarasehan focused on discussing the second dra� of the Village Regula�on (Ranperdes) on Community Forest Management in Malleleng Village, Kajang Sub-district, Bulukumba District. There will be another sarasehan in Bulukumba District to maintain and hand over the existence of stakeholder forum to be under responsibility and control of local par�es, emphasising the important and direct role of many actors in the successful development of community forestry in the Bulukumba District.***

support if needed by the f o r u m m e m b e r s , e s p e c i a l l y f o r c o n s u l t a � o n a n d providing ins�tu�onal considera�ons. For HIPKI, the stakeholder forum provides many benefit for themselves, community f o r e s t s a n d f o r e s t farmers.

T h e fo l l o w i n g

sarasehan was facilitated

petani, dan pengelolaan hutan rakyat yang berkelanjutan. Sarasehan berikutnya difasilitasi oleh BP2LHK Makassar pada tanggal 6 Desember 2018 bertempat di Kantor Dinas LHK Kabupaten Bulukumba. Hadir dalam sarasehan tersebut unsur-unsur yang mewakili Dinas LHK, Dinas PMD, Dinas Perindag, CDK Wilayah VIII, Dinas Pertanian, Bagian Hukum Pemda Bulukumba, Camat Kajang, Kepala Desa Malleleng, Ketua BPD Malleleng, Ketua kelompok tani Dusun Bunja Desa Malleleng, FKHR, dan HIPKI serta peneli�-peneli� BP2LHK Makassar. Sarasehan kali ini fokus mendiskusikan dra� kedua Rancangan Peraturan Desa (Ranperdes) Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Berkelanjutan Desa Malleleng, Kecamatan Kajang, Kabupaten Bulukumba. Ke depan, sarasehan di Bulukumba masih akan dilanjutkan untuk menjaga dan kemudian menyerahkan keberlangsungan forum parapihak di bawah tanggung jawab dan kontrol pihak-pihak lokal. Hal ini dimaksudkan untuk menekankan pen�ngnya peran langsung dari pihak-pihak lokal terkait bagi keberhasilan pembangunan hutan rakyat di Bulukumba.***

dari pemantauan �m peneli� BP2LHK Makassar. Hal ini �dak d i m a k s u d k a n u n t u k mencampuri urusan internal HIPKI, namun �m peneli� membuka diri membantu anggota forum terutama u n t u k k o n s u l t a s i d a n memberikan per�mbangan-per�mbangan ins�tusional. H I P K I m e ra s a ka n fo r u m parapihak sangat bermanfaat bagi kepen�ngan mereka,

thFig. 2 Sarasehan of the stakeholder forum in Bulukumba, 6 December 2018

– Sarasehan yang dilaksanakan oleh forum parapihak di Bulukumba pada 6 Desember 2018

Fig. 4 Handover the dra� of village regula�on from FOERDIA Makassar team leader

– Penyerahan draf ranperdes dari �m peneli� BP2LHK Makassar

(Pak Achmad) to Head of Malleleng Village (Pak Jamaluddin Tambi)

(Pak Achmad) kepada Kelapa Desa Malleleng (Pak Jamaluddin Tambi)

Pak Hitler Bilatua is head of the planta�on forest (HTR)

farmer group in Rumbia Village, Boalemo District, Gorontalo

Province. He explained that a�er the establishment in 2012, the

farmer group joined in the socializa�on about plan�ng trees through

the HTR program, with the objec�ves to reforest their village area for

conserva�on and to provide future household income from trees

they planted. The group then received 8,000 seedlings in 2012 to be planted in the designated HTR areas. However, the seedlings were distributed in the wrong season – a very hot summer. Meanwhile, the HTR areas they managed were located in the uphill and quite far from their residences. It caused difficul�es for them. Finally, some seedlings were planted in the private land around their residences but many of the seedlings died due to the hot condi�ons at the �me. From this experiences, farmers were then less mo�vated to be part of the HTR program and plant any trees, and also it was quite easy at the �me to harvest tree products from the exis�ng forest. In the last few years, some farmers have become more mo�vated to plant trees again, due to the experience of a local farmer, Pak La Muta. Pak La Muta has around 70 trees of jabon (Anthocepalus cadamba) on some of his farmland. When the jabon trees reached 4 years old and grew up, someone traded the jabon trees for a motorcycle plus 25 million rupiah in cash. The transac�on occurred and became widely known by public. The community was quite surprised at the value of the trees and spurred them to join in plan�ng trees. This created economic mo�va�on for them.

Pak Hitler Bilatua merupakan ketua kelompok tani HTR di

Desa Rumbia, Kabupaten Boalemo, Provinsi Gorontalo. Setelah

pembentukannya di tahun 2012, kelompok tani yang dipimpinnya

mengiku� sosialisasi penanaman pohon melalui program HTRuntuk

menghutankan kembali kawasan di sekitar desa. Program tersebut

mendukung kepen�ngan konservasi sekaligus memberikan

penghasilan tambahan bagi rumah tangga di masa mendatang dari

pohon yang mereka tanam. Selanjutnya, mereka mendapatkan bantuan 8.000 bibit tanaman kayu untuk ditanam di lahan HTR. Namun, bibit dibagikan pada musim kemarau. Sementara itu, lahan HTR yang mereka kelola berada di perbukitan yang jauh dari tempat �nggal dan memiliki akses yang sulit. Kondisi tersebut menyulitkan petani. Akhirnya sebagian bibit ditanam di lahan milik di sekitar tempat �nggal petani, namun banyak bibit yang ma� karena �dak tahan dengan kondisi panas. Pengalaman tersebut membuat petani kehilangan mo�vasi terlibat dalam HTR dan menanam pohon, ditambah dengan masih mudahnya memperoleh kayu dari kawasan hutan. Belakangan ini para petani termo�vasi kembali menanam pohon dari pengalaman seorang petani setempat, pak La Muta. Saat pohon jabonnya berumur 4 tahun dan tumbuh besar, seseorang membelinya senilai sebuah motor ditambah dengan uang sebesar Rp 25 juta untuk sekitar 70 pohon. Transaksi tersebut diketahui secara luas oleh masyarakat. Masyarakat cukup terkejut dengan besarnya nilai jabon tersebut sehingga menumbuhkan mo�vasi ekonomi dan mendorong mereka ikut menanam pohon.

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Cerita Petani Hutan Tanaman Rakyat (HTR): Pengalaman dari Kabupaten Boalemo, Provinsi Gorontalo

Planta�on Forest Farmers: Experiences from Boalemo District, Gorontalo Province

Fig. 5 Pak Hitler and his ac�vity in MTG training course Boalemo

– Pak Hitler dan ak�vitasnya mengiku� pela�han MTG di Boalemo

money for up to around 30 million rupiah with a selling price of

around 2.5 million per cubic meter. Pak Hitler added that the MTG training carried out by the ACIAR project 'Enhancing CBCF in Indonesia' and FOERDIA Bogor team further strengthened his belief as well as members of HTR farmer group who par�cipated the MTG training about the economic opportuni�es from plan�ng trees. The MTG training had changed their understanding towards managing their planted trees and also to be�er es�mate the selling price of their �mber. The par�cipants could also interact and discuss directly with representa�ves from the �mber industry invited to the training (PT. Ka�ngan Timber Group – KTG). The presence of business actors has opened and strengthened farmers' enthusiasm that they really need to plant and look a�er their trees to be able to become more involved in the �mber market and receive good prices. As a follow up, some MTG training par�cipants got the opportunity to visit the factory site including the nursery loca�on owned by the industry (about 3 hours driving from Boalemo). It was hoped that there would be a con�nua�on of a mutually beneficial partnership between the farmer group and the industry.***

menjual secara kumula�f, dia bisa memperoleh pendapatan hingga 3

sekitar Rp 30 juta dengan harga jual Rp 2,5 juta/m . Pak Hitler menambahkan bahwa pela�han MTG yang dilaksanakan oleh �m peneli� ACIAR 'Enhancing CBCF in Indonesia' P3SEKPI makin memperkuat keyakinannya dan petani peserta lain tentang peluang ekonomi yang �nggi dari tanaman kayu. Pela�han MTG mengubah pemahaman mereka dalam mengelola tanaman dan menaksir harga jual kayunya. Peserta pela�han juga dapat berdiskusi langsung dengan perwakilan industri kayu yang turut hadir (PT. Ka�ngan Timber Group – KTG). Kehadiran pengusaha kayu makin membuka dan memperkuat antusiasme petani bahwa mereka memang perlu menanam dan merawat pohon yang mereka miliki karena memiliki potensi pasar yang jelas dengan harga jual yang baik. Sebagai �ndak lanjut, beberapa peserta pela�han MTG mendapat kesempatan berkunjung ke lokasi pabrik termasuk pembibitan milik industri tersebut. Diharapkan ada kelanjutan kemitraan yang lebih jelas dan saling menguntungkan antara kelompok tani dan industri.***

Mo�va�on also

comes from Pak Hitler's

own experiences. He has

about 10 hectares of farm

land, where jabon is grown

in a sca�ered spacing and

mixed with other types of

trees. He has already sold

some of the jabon. Based

on his calcula�ons, if he

sold al l of the jabon,

cumula�vely, he could get

Mo�vasi menanam

pohon juga muncul dari

perhitungan pak Hitler

sendiri. Di lahan miliknya

seluas sekitar 10 hektare

tumbuh jabon bercampur

dengan jenis-jenis tanaman

la in . Ia sudah pernah

menjual beberapa pohon

j a b o n . B e r d a s a r k a n

perhitungannya, apabila

menjual secara kumula�f,