Province : West Kalimantan
District : Kubu Raya
Area : 14.080 Ha
PT. EKOSISTEM KHATULISTIWA LESTARI (EKL)
Restoring Mangrove and Peatland Forest
Ecosystem
“SEMINAR ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION IN INDONESIA”
TOKYO, 15 JUNE 2017
DISTRIBUTION OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION LICENSE IN INDONESIA
PT. EKOSISTEM KHATULISTIWA LESTARI : 14.080 HA
EKL proposes ecosystem restoration license in 2008, covering
previously deforested or degraded mangrove and peat land
forest ex logging concession in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan,
The proposed area has not been managed more than 10 years.
The ecosystem restoration was granted by the Indonesian
Ministry of Environment and Forestry in 2011, for the 60-year
period of management.
EKL employes an integrated landscape level approach to
protect, restore and manage some 14.080 hectares area of. By
adopting a landscape approach, EKL restores and generates
multiple ecosystem benefits through stakeholder and community
collaboration.
HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT
The Importance of Mangrove Forest in Indonesia
Sources : CIFOR
Social value : Mangrove forests provide benefits to local communities
a buffer for livelihoods (habitat of fish, shrimp, crab etc
to support family food and revenue)
Support from Indonesian Goverment
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry
addresses degraded mangrove forests as
part of rehabilitation program in the Ministrial
Strategic Plan year 2015 – 2019.
Mangrove rehabilitation as part of coastal
and marine ecosystem plays the important
role of mitigation process in the Indonesian
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to
reduce emmisson in the context of climate
change
ACCESSIBILITY
Pontianak - Rasau Port : 45 minutes
by car
Rasau Port - EKL Concession Area : 1,5 hours
by speed boat
Direct flight from Jakarta to Pontianak (capital city
of West Kalimantan) : 1,5 hours
Pre-Restoration Restoration Process Post Restoration
Species selectionForest Inventory Forest Protection
Zonation Sampling Plot Sampaling Plot
FPIC Infrastructure Forest Inventory
Area Compartment Land Preparation Monitoring & Evaluation
Forest Settlement Nuresery Production
Planting
Maintainance
Forest Protection
Production
Community Development
R & D
STEP OF RESTORATION
SUPPORT FOR ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
PROVINCE GOVERNMENT : EKL is part of West
Kalimantan Green Growth Model Development
DISTRIC GOVERNMENT : EKL collaboration with
IDH, WWF is on going process to set up MOU to
develop Kubu Landscape as Mangrove Management
Center
FULLY SUPPORT FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT :
ERC is becoming priority program of GOI to restore
degraded forest
EKL area is on going process to be determined as one
of the Essential Ecosystem Area in Indonesia
IDH – WWF INDONESIA – KANDELIA ALAM -- BINA SILVA NUSA –
EKOSISTEM KHATULISTIWA LESTARI
CURRENT PARTNER COLLABORATION
MOU : Enhancing Production, Restoration and
Conservation at Mangrove and Peatlands Forest
In Kubu Landscape
POTENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COLLABORATION : MANGROVE ECOTOURISM
Design of ecotourism is being
developed, supported by WWF
dan IDH
SILVOFISHERY- Under preparation for location and
seedling center
- Program revolving fund to generate
income to finance mangrove
rehabilitation
- Potential market for domestic supply
as well as export
POTENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COLLABORATION :SIVOFISHERY
AGROFORESTRY
JELUTUNG &
ANNUAL CROPS
PROGRAM FOR COLLABORATION : PEAT LAND RESTORATION TROUGH AGROFORESTRY
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