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Policy Brief Encouraging Policy and Implementation of Gender Responsive Social Forestry Management

Data from the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) shows that the Labor Force Participation Rate (TPAK) of women is still far below the men, where the TPAK for men is 83.2% and women is only 54.3% (BPS, 2022). As an effort to increase women’s TPAK, the government has issued a policy of managing forest areas by the …

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Gender Assessment Tool in Social Forestry

Indonesia still has homework to reduce the economic disparity between women and men. Based on Sakernas data (2018), women’s Labor Force Participation Rate (TPAK) is 51.88%. It is lower than men’s TPAK which reaches 82.69%. This condition became a serious concern of the government, where in the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), the Government …

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Optimizing the Use of Revenue Sharing Funds for Natural Resources and Forestry Reforestation Funds for Provinces and Regencies/Cities

Since 2017, the Revenue Sharing Fund for Natural Resources and Forestry Reforestation Funds (DBH DR) has been distributed to producing provinces as a consequence of implementing Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government which transferred authority for forestry affairs from districts/cities to provinces. Although it has been transferred, there are still remaining DBH DR …

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Rapid Study Report | March 2021: Gender Issues in Social Forestry in West Nusa Tenggara Province

As of 2020, the area of forests managed through the social forestry (PS) scheme has reached 4.2 million hectares. Government of Indonesia is targeting to increase the area of social forestry to 8 million hectares by 2024 (RPJMN 2020-2024). This target is set to alleviate poverty, especially for communities around forest areas. Data from the Directorate General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (Ditjen PSKL), Ministry of Environment …

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Increasingly massive implementation of Ecological Fiscal Transfer in Indonesia

The idea of ​​implementing the Ecological Fiscal Transfer (EFT) policy in Indonesia has continued to develop in recent years. This has been driven by the initiative of the coalition of civil society organizations from various regions together with The Asia Foundation (TAF), which proposed the concept of Ecology-based Provincial Budget Transfer (TAPE) and Ecology-based District …

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Policy Paper | Designing Environmental Protection Fund (DPL) Grants

The Government is committed to promoting sustainable, low-carbon development, which requires cooperation between the central and regional governments. However, the funding instruments to support protection of the environment – compensation to regions part of whose territory needs to be protected, and incentives to those with good performance – remain very limited. The Government has conveyed …

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The Importance of Developing Ecologically Based Fiscal Incentive Schemes

Author: Nurjanah A number of representatives of provincial, district/city governments, civil society organizations and academics attended the Workshop “Developing Ecology-Based Fiscal Incentive Schemes” which was held on 22 January 2020 in Surabaya by PATTIRO and The Asia Foundation (TAF). At the workshop also present were representatives from the Fiscal Policy Agency, Ministry of Finance (Ministry of Finance); and the Directorate General …

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Fact Sheet | BLU Status to Optimize the Role of National Parks

In general, Indonesia’s forest areas, aside from functioning as a conservation area, are also a source of livelihood for the surrounding communities. The 2014 BPS survey stated that the number of people living around forest areas was around 32,447,851 persons. The percentage of villages located in forest areas is 2.48% or around 2,037 villages, while …

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PATTIRO Pushes to Change National Park Status to Public Service Agency (BLU)

Jakarta, 15 November 2019. PATTIRO encourages National Parks in Indonesia to become Public Service Bodies (BLU). This change in status to BLU is so that National Parks can optimize their role and function in managing National Parks. This initiation is a recommendation resulting from a study regarding Sustainable Financing of National Parks through the Establishment …

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Can National Parks be Transformed into Public Service Agencies?

While increasing the number of visitors to National Parks can indeed increase revenue for the state treasury, on the other hand, it is also feared to threaten the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in national parks. The discourse to encourage national park management centers to implement the  Public Service Agency (BLU) Financial Management Pattern (PPK) …

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Fact Sheet | Legal Breakthrough in the Regulation of Revenue Sharing Funds for Reforestation Funds (DBH DR)

Revenue Sharing Funds for Reforestation Funds (DBH DR) are funds allocated from the State Budget for timber-producing regions from natural forests for the purposes of reforestation and rehabilitation. The percentage of DBH DR is 40% of the total receipt of reforestation funds, while the other 60% is provided by the Central Government. The Reforestation Fund itself consists …

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Reforestation Funds, Fiscal Resources That Have Not Been Utilized Optimally

Contributor: Bejo Untung Reforestation Funds (DR) as a fiscal resource must be utilized optimally to finance sustainable forest development for the welfare of the community. The funds, which are mandated to be used for land and forest rehabilitation, are considered to be unable to overcome the problem of critical land. On the other hand, the …

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