Maria Rydlund, Senior Policy Officer Tropical Forest at Swedish Society for Nature Conservation

1. The role of civil society – lessons
from Indonesia
Maria Rydlund, Senior Policy Officer, Tropical Forest, SSNC
2019-03-21
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2. SSNC’s Global Program
Strengthen the civil society through support to environmental & social civil society
organisations
- Tropical Forest Program
- Indigenous and local communities rights to forest
- Rights based approach - securing tenure rights
- Promoting indigenous & local knowledge
- Addressing underlying causes of deforestation
- Logging
- Plantations – palm oil for example
- Partners in Indonesia
- WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia
- Non Timber Forest Products Exchange Program Indonesia (NTFP EP Indonsia)
- TuK Indonesia
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3. The role of civil society organisations – the One Map initiative
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- Overlapping concessions issues -
difficult for civil society to properly
target concession holders using
illegal practices.
- Civil society has been pushing for
the government to release a
unified One Map
- Launched in December 2018
President Jokowi and WALHI representatives

4. The EU Timber Regulation - an example
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An illegal logging camp in Indonesia. Photo: Rhett A. Butler
- Deforestation has spread to areas with dense
forest in eastern Indonesia
- North Maluku 25 000 ha -> 52 000 ha/year
(2009 – 2016)
- The Timber Legality Verification System
(called SVLK)
- Expected to reduce deforestation
- Still need to be improved
- The Independent Forest Monitoring Network
in Indonesia (JPIK) found 54 permit holders
with SVLK certificates with boundary
conflicts, week forest protection, low
recognition of people’s rights

5. The EU Timber regulation, continuation
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To achieve a clean supply chain huge efforts needed from
- Producer country governments
- Consumer country governments
- International donors
- Private sector
Civil society is particular crucial in monitoring & reporting
- CSOs
- Affected communities
Trucks waiting for sunset Photo: M Rydlund

6. Small scale agriculture and plantations need attention
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Source: What causes deforestation in Indonesia? Kemen G Austin et al 2019 in Environ. Research Letters

7. Gender justice in Indonesia’s forest governance
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Women have less involvement in decision making
- Increasing women’s participation in forest management
improve governance
- Forest governance increase women’s participation in
informal markets
- Failure to consult women when negotiating a community’s
free, prio, informed consent disempower women
- Civil society organisations have a key role in empowering
women

8. Coconut
Agroforestry-Aceh
Barat
Coconut
Agroforestry-Aceh
Barat
Styrax/Benzoin
Agroforestry-
Batang Toru
Styrax/Benzoin
Agroforestry-
Batang Toru
Rubber
Agroforestry-
Bungo
Rubber
Agroforestry-
Bungo
Cinnamon
Agroforestry-
Kerinci
Cinnamon
Agroforestry-
Kerinci
Shorea
Agroforestry - Krui
Shorea
Agroforestry - Krui
Coffee
Agroforestry-
Lampung
Coffee
Agroforestry-
Lampung
Homegarden -
Jawa
Homegarden -
Jawa
Coconut
Agroforestry-
Tanjabar
Coconut
Agroforestry-
Tanjabar
Tembawang
Agroforestry –West
Kalimantan
Tembawang
Agroforestry –West
Kalimantan
Cacao
Agroforestry-
Gorontalo
Cacao
Agroforestry-
Gorontalo
Mixed garden-
Nunukan
Mixed garden-
Nunukan
Sago Agroforestry-
Jayapura
Sago Agroforestry-
Jayapura
Rattan –West KutaiRattan –West Kutai
Rattan –Central
Sulawesi
Rattan –Central
Sulawesi
Indonesia has a potential for NTFP

9. Indigenous communities are at the forest frontier
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“We are the first ones to be
affected,” says Sônia Guajajara,
one of Brazil’s best known
indigenous leaders.
“We’re seeing floods that last
longer, we’re seeing droughts
that are longer, we’re seeing a
reduction in fish with the
drying out”.
“And so it affects our food
security. It also affects our
culture.”
Interview in NY Times, March 2019 Photo: New York Times, March 2019

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Thank you!