Bandar Lampung, March 5, 2020. The Joint Team of the Sumatra Gakkum Office, Lampung Regional Police, and the Lampung Provincial Forest Service, March 4, 2020, arrested CP (46) illegal sonokeling wood cukong, residents of Ambarawa Village, Ambarawa District, Pringsewu Regency, which has since been 10 February 2020 became a fugitive. CP was arrested while at […]
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Pontianak, February 25, 2020. SPORC investigators from the Bekantan Balai Gakkum KLHK Brigade Kalimantan Region on February 20, 2020, named AR (38) as suspects in the transport of illegal processed wood totaling 148 pieces of ulin / belian wood without being accompanied by a Certificate of Legality of Forest Products ( SKSHHK), in Sungai Pawan,
Sorong, February 6, 2020. The Papua Maluku Environmental Protection and Law Enforcement Operations Team succeeded in holding HN and S, two illegal logging actors along with 100 m3 of merbau (Intsia bijuga) wood of various sizes as evidence, in Kalwal Waters of Salawati Barat District, Raja Regency Ampat, 3 February 2020. Officers also secured KM
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Independent Investigators (PI) is one of the main actors in the Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK) in Indonesia. PI consists of civil society organizations and communities who live around forest areas to monitor how the forestry actors implement SVLK to ensure system accountability and credibility. The existence of PI to monitor SVLK implementation brings
Implementation of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) License as one of the achievements of Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between Indonesia and the European Union have entered its third year since first implemented in November 2016. The agreement aims to ensure all timber products from Indonesia comply with the Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK).
Monitoring activities need qualified human resources with integrity, so that monitoring of the Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK) can be well-implemented. Training on monitoring for local/ indigenous communities has been conducted by Independent Forest Monitoring Network (JPIK) from August to September 2019, joined by local and indigenous communities in 8 provinces in Indonesia. Those
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Jakarta, 17 November 2019. The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) License has been implemented for three (3) years since first established in November 2016. Independent Forest Monitoring Network (JPIK) and other independent monitoring organizations argue that though in general FLEGT-VPA is well-implemented, problems still exist such as illegal logging, dispute and conflict on
Bogor, 08 November 2019. A report from the Independent Forest Monitoring Network (JPIK) titled – PHPL: From Legality to Sustainability – exposed challenges of sustainability on Sustainable Production Forest Management (S-PHPL)-certified Timber Forest Product Utilization Business Permit on Natural Forest (IUPHHK-HA) concession. It is threatened by coal mining and palm oil plantation activities, and forest
This report explored the environmental credentials, performance, and additionality of Indonesia’s Sustainable Forest management (SFM) standard, or Pengelolaan Hutan Produksi Lestari (PHPL). In particular, it assessed the extent to which PHPL could contribute to sustainability and legality of timber resources in Indonesia. Methodologically, the analysis drew from two sample provinces (Central and East Kalimantan)
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