HALIMUN:

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HALIMUN

• Portrait of Natural Resource Governance in
  Perpetual Fog-Covered Area
• Presented By
• RMI - the Indonesian Institute for Forest and
  Environment

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Wealth and Function

• Wealth
• Consisting of three main ecosystems lowland
  rainforest (500 - 1000 m above sea level),
  sub-montane rainforest (1000 - 1500 m above sea
  level) and montane rainforest (1500 - 1929 m
  above sea level)
• Rich of flora and fauna species ? home for some
  Javas endangered species
• Rich of mineral content, especially gold
• Rich of socio-cultural dimension? home for
  Indigenous Peoples Kasepuhan and Baduy Peoples
• Function As a major watershed, it is important
  for agriculture, millions of people and
  industries in West Java and Banten Provinces

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GOVERNANCE

• Conservation Area (Gunung Halimun Salak
  National Park)
• Huge Source of Income
• Production Forest (State-owned Company Perum
  Perhutani)
• Gold Mining (State-owned Company PT. Aneka
  Tambang)
• Tea Estate (State-owned Company PTPN VIII and
  other large private companies PT. Nirmala Agung)
  
• Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities ??

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RESULTS

• Disrupted ecological function
• Scarcity of clean water
• Susceptible on land-slide and flood
• Invasion of wildlife (monkey, wild pig) to
  peoples farms (huma)
• Limited peoples access to land and other natural
  resources ? tenurial conflicts

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MALASARIS CASE

• Land Use in Malasari Village, Nanggung
  SubDistrict, Bogor District

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MEKARSARIS CASE

• Land Use in Mekarsari Village, Cibeber
  Sub-District, Lebak District

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RMIS PROGRAM FACILITATION IN HALIMUN

• People Organizing
• Policy Dialog
• Action Research (Participatory Mapping)
• People School
• Media Campaign

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LESSON LEARNED

• People Organizing Process is Trust Building
  Process!
• Significance of Women Organizing
• Mass Media is one of appropriate means to
  accelerate weaving process on public support, the

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CHALLENGES

• What strategies exist to set up the genuine
  multi-stakeholder approach in problem solving?
• What strategies need to be in place to impose
  agrarian reform toward environmental justice?
• Through New Policy No. 175/Kpts-II/2003 as
  peoples negotiation media to determine social,
  economic and ecology benefits?
• In terms of women empowerment, what practical
  means to help transform the gender equality
  principles into current local and customary as
  well as government institutions?

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THANK YOU