EE/ESD Program
Title of EE/ESD project
Empowering Indigenous People for Forest and Soil Rehabilitation, and to avoid Forest Fire
Created : Oct 18 2007 / Modified : Oct 22 2007
- Type of the Project
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- National / Community Level
- Community
- Main contents and field
- Agriculture / Community Development / Nature Awareness / Women Gender
- Financial resources (Granted, sponsored by or partnership with)
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- Organization/Institution
- Canada Fund
- Amount
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195,360,000 IDR per year
(20,754 US Dollar)
- Target area and people
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*Kampung Engkarangan, Nanga Mau village and Kampung Terongin, Mentunai village Kayan Hilir Sub District, Sintang District, West Kalimantan
*Villagers
- Background/Problems of the project
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Kampung Engkarang and Terongin located in Sintang District surrounded by coarse grasses field. At least 100.000 ha are covered by coarse grasses, which cause fire in plantation, agriculture and forest fields every year. People lost their natural resources and suffered by smoke.
Government and private company had tried to rehabilitate the land, but it wasn't effective because people weren't involved in planning until action. It is important for people to get involved to overcome those problems.
- Objectives/Significance of the project
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Program purpose is to empower people in all aspects: economics, social, culture and environment. Program is focused to assist people to raise their confidence that they can solve their own problems.
- Description of the project
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*Forest and land rehabilitation by planting local varieties.
Local varieties like local rubber trees, cacaos, etc. is planted because people can get them easily and used to plant, care and know how to sell the harvest.
*Developing people's economic
Through Credit Union, local people can learn how to plan their daily and future life, and also learn how to work together with others, besides learning about organization management, accounting and capacity building.
*Facilitate participatory mapping and planning
By participatory mapping, indigenous people know how large their territories. They know the assets in their territories. Map also can be used as negotiation tools to defend their rights on land and natural resources.
*Facilitate organic farming
To raise peoples skill in agriculture, organic farming was introduced. By practicing it, they can use organic materials in their environment to make compos, preparing land, making plant media, harvesting and marketing.
*Facilitate aquaculture- KERAMBA
People was trained how to make food for fish by using local materials.
- Materials/equipments used in the project:
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*Seeds, organic farming materials and tools
*Participatory mapping maps
*Machine for making fish food
- Pictures and maps
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- Time span/Timeline
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April 2002 - 2004
- Result/Self evaluation (success or failure) including its reasons
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Generally, the program is successful. There are some reasons:
*We can build trust relationship with participants involved in this program.
*After three years program (2002-2004), people have become confidence. Through CU, people can help themselves without begging to the outsiders.
*People plant the fields and their home yards with local plants having economic values. Through land rehabilitation and organic farming activities, their skill in agriculture is increased.
*CU asset is up to Rp. 1 million with 1000 members in a year. They are from 30 Kampung (sub villages).
- Other learning from the project
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People's self-confidence is a key to succeed the program. In the beginning people could not accept us. They though us as a big company giving money. Before we came, they used to be given money or jobs from the government or private company. But, after passing a long dialogue with them, they realized that people who can wait for other's help. They should help them selves.
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