1. Issues and Observations of Forestry
Practices on Peatlands
Case on Indonesia Mandatory Certification
Independent Monitoring
M. Zainuri Hasyim
Yayasan Mitra Insani
Independent Forest Monitoring Network - Focal Point Riau

2. TLAS
(Timber Legality Assurance System)
• Purpose: to provide a reliable means to
distinguish between legal and illegally produced
forest products
• Indonesia – EU VPA  Mandatory
• 5 instruments:
– A definition of legally-produced timber
– Control of the supply chain
– Verification
– Issuance of licenses
– Independent monitoring of the systems

3. TLAS
(Timber Legality Assurance System)
• Components:
– Timber legality verification (VLK)
– Sustainable forest management (PHPL)
• Background:
– Assurance: legality and sustainable management
During is often questionable and dubious
– Improvement of forestry governance  forest
destruction/illegal logging, transparency, multi-
stakeholder participation, attacking corruption
– Consumer/market responsibility  supply-demand

4. Peatland
• Peat swamp forest is an ecosystem with a
fragile and in endangered condition.
• Vulnerable because with un-proper treatment
will interfere with its function, and hard to be
restored.
• Endangered by the trend of peatland
utilization due to the expansion of logging and
conversion

5. Riau Peatland
• Riau Province: ​4 million hectares of peatlands
(Wetlands International) and spread over 4
corridor area of ​peat
• There are 51 timber plantation concession
with ​824,099 hectares, 17 logging ​concession
with 707,244 hectares, and 36 palm oil
concession with 243,611 hectares (Jikalahari,
2010)

6. Seremban P a h a n g
P a h a n g
Selangor
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Melaka
J o h o r
J o h o r
S u m a tt e r a
S u m a e r a U tt a r a
U a r a Selat Rupat
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Selat Air Hitam
Selat Panjang
Pekanbaru
R ii a u
R a u
Equator
Equator
Teluk Tembilahan
S u m a tt e r a
S u m a e r a B a r a tt
B a r a Teluk Raja
100E
Padang Selat Berhala

7. Seremban P a h a n g
P a h a n g
Selangor
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Melaka
J o h o r
J o h o r
S u m a tt e r a
S u m a e r a U tt a r a
U a r a Selat Rupat
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Selat Air Hitam
Selat Panjang
Pekanbaru
R ii a u
R a u
Equator
Equator
Teluk Tembilahan
S u m a tt e r a
S u m a e r a B a r a tt
B a r a Teluk Raja
100E
Padang Selat Berhala

8. Seremban P a h a n g
P a h a n g
Selangor
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Melaka
J o h o r
J o h o r
S u m a tt e r a
S u m a e r a U tt a r a
U a r a Selat Rupat
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Selat Air Hitam
Selat Panjang
Pekanbaru
R ii a u
R a u
Equator
Equator
Teluk Tembilahan
S u m a tt e r a
S u m a e r a B a r a tt
B a r a Teluk Raja
100E
Padang Selat Berhala

9. Melaka
Senepis
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Giam Siak Kecil
Semenanjung Kampar
Pekanbaru
Kerumutan

10. Timber Plantation
Melaka
Senepis
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Giam Siak Kecil
Semenanjung Kampar
Pekanbaru
Kerumutan

11. Logging Concession
Melaka
Senepis
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Giam Siak Kecil
Semenanjung Kampar
Pekanbaru
Kerumutan

12. Plantation
Melaka
Senepis
Johor Baharu
Singapore
Giam Siak Kecil
Semenanjung Kampar
Pekanbaru
Kerumutan

13. IFM Main Finding Issues
• Many stakeholders put a big hope on efforts
to improve forest management in Indonesia
• Permit is the main problem
• Limitation access to information, process,
and location
• Not enough procedure and communication
standart along the assesment and
certification process

14. IFM Main Finding Issues
• There is no PEATLAND categorization on the
assessment indicator:
– Indicator Ecology 3.1
– Indicator Ecology 3.3
– Indicator Ecology 3.4