October 2009

October 2009

 

T4T expose at Faculty of Forestry-Gajah Mada Jogja

  • The meeting have done on October 2nd  at Faculty of Forestry  University of Gajah Mada
  • Agenda of the meeting are:

1) Introducing Trees4trees
2) Discussion on point of agreement

  • UGM responsed to setup agreement in 2 aspects:

1) Forestry
2) Social

  • Agreement will be arrange through 2 ways : 1) MoU as umbrella all activities and agreement for each activities 

Initially Meeting with Elementary School (SD) of Patemon 2

  • SD Patemon 2 is an elementry school located in Patemon village-Purbalingga. This school is potential to developing education program because

1) Located in the same place of planting program 2009
2) The school  close with farmer nursery under T4T facilitate
3) The school located in village which most of the people working as farmer

  • Discussion have done on how setup Trees4trees education program with head and staff of SD Negeri Patemon 2.
 
SD Negeri Patemon 2 (State Elementry School of Patemon 2), at Patemon Village-Purbalingga Patemon’s nursery produce of 40,000 seedlings, located behind of SD  Patemon 2

Workshop of Community Forest at Boyolali

  • Community forest workshop have done at Musuk Village 3 times in separate “dukuh” (sub village).
  • 4 Farmer Group established in the end of workshop
  • The workshop goal are:

1) Community clear understand of Management of Community Forest
2) Establishing of Farmer Group

 
 Munhaji process faciliting in village Musuk-Boyolali Farmer of Village Musuk attending in the workshop

Establishing of Permanent Sample Plots at FMU Cikedondong-Certification preparation

  • FMU Cikedondong arranged by 4 villages are Citembong, Kertajaya, Kedungwadas, Citembong
  • Currently  this FMU managed by 2 Farmer groups (plan 2009 – 2011)
  • Trees inventory has been done start in September then continuing by establishing of Permanent Sample Plots (PSP’s).  The plots categorized into  4 type of sylviculture with total 28 plots with sampling intensity 2,5%
  • Combination of data PSP’s and Trees Inventory  will analize to calculate of AAC (Annual Allowable Cut)
  • First measurement have done in this year will continuing in the second measurement on November 2010
 
Center of the plot marked with label. This plot is number 1.408, located in Village Cikedondong Measuring radius of plot (15.96 meter) for Tumpangsari sylviculture type
Aswanto, a member of Farmer group measure circumference of trees as database of annual increament Badrun as Field Coordinator in this area measure hight trees using Clinometer

Social Impact Assessment at FMU Cikedondong- Certification preparation

  • Social Impact Assessment (SIA)  is part in social phase. Social data  collected through 3 ways :

1) Focus Group Discussion,
2) Individual interview,
3)Existing relevant study and reporting.

  • SIA priority to do in Cikedondong and Kertajaya Village
 
T4T local staff (Kamil) interviewing people in Village Kertajaya    Focus group discussion at Village Cikedondong

Cultural Site Identification at FMU Cikedondong

  • Identification of important cultural site to avoid conflict which possible happen in development program.  All site identified, recorded, mapped and documented as part of social information
  • Identification include tracing of village histories related with existing sites
 
Situs Ciyuta; Village Cikedondong Situs Ragasuci; Village Kertajaya
Sumarta is key person who knows histories of  Situs Ragasuci
Situs Panembahan Kesuma Buda; Village Kedungwadas with  Kasmudi as key person who knows histories of this Situs