Forest Conservation Fund Grantee Application Form
Project Title:
FOREST PROFILE
The Sigolang Village Forest is located in Andam Dewi Sub-District, Central Tapanuli District, it’s about 70 km from the town of Dolok Sanggul (the capital of Humbahas District) and about 78 km from Sibolga City. This village forest is managed by a forest farmer group called Alam Lestar Sigolang which has obtained a permit to manage social forestry with number SK.1014/MenLHK- PSKL/PKPS.0/3/2017. The village forest covers an area of 1,414 ha consisting of 750 ha of primary forest, 135 ha of secondary forest, 118 ha of shrubs, 50 ha of plantation forest, 350 ha of open land and 11ha of rivers. Type of soil genereally are mineral soil, overgrown with timber forest plant such as merbau, meranti, rasak and other plants such as rubber tree and petai. Besides that, the Sigolang Forest still has rare species of animals such as pangolins, porcupines, bears and various types of monkeys. From the Sigolang Forest, there are flowing four rivers, namely: Aek Rih, Aek Simarsak, Aek Jonggi and Aek Narara where in the last 10 years the volume of water has decreased due to deforestration. Before Alam Lestari Sigolang received a management permit from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the community village illegally encroach on the forest to take the forest product and for the expansion of oil palm plantations.
Figure 1: Location of Forest
Source :
https://gokups.menlhk.go.id/public/society/detail/QzRzVStUSTdJUWxJVXE3Ykx6OGh5QT09
ABOUT lainnya YOUR ORGANISATON AND THE TENURE STATUS OF THE FOREST AREA
Name of organization
Yayasan Caritas Keuskupan Agung Medan (KAM) / KAM Caritas FoundationPreferred language (if not English)
English and Bahasa
What kind governance body is your organization
(indigenous community, local community, company, individual, NGO, research institution, university, religious entity etc.)? And how are you legally
registered in the country of the project?
Started the humanitarian work in 2005 as Cordia Caritas Medan that was established as a humanitarian response to the eartquake and tsunami in Aceh & Nias. Then in 2010, our organization was reforming and change become Yayasan Caritas Keuskupan Agung Medan with the Decree of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia dated 27 November 2011 Number: AHU-142.AH.01.05. Yayasan Caritas Keuskupan Agung Medan is a member of the National Caritas Network which is part of the International Caritas Confederation which consists of 162 National Caritas and more than 3,000 Diocesan Caritas.
Caritas KAM Foundation has a vision of "Becoming an Oasis in the Middle of the World". Oases are springs in the middle of the desert. Springs are understood as something that gives life, while the desert represents drought, suffering, poverty, barrenness and heat. So Caritas KAM Foundation is an humanitarion organization gives, maintains, improves human life, and protect the creation of God. Action ministry to all people and nature, our Slogan is OASE (Our Actions Service Everyone / Save Earth). Our missions are (1) Making people aware of their rights and dignity to protect the integrity of creation, (2) Enabling and empowering communities, (3) Encouraging community self-reliance efforts and (4) Advocating for public policies that are pro-poor and marginalized.
If a community organisation, total members from the community
N/A
Mailing address
Yayasan Caritas PSE KAM berada di Jl. Sei Asahan No. 42 Kel.Padang Bulan Selayang I Medan.
Website (if any)
www.caritaspse.or.idWho owns the conservation
area?
Lembaga Pengelola Hutan Desa Alam Lestari [SK.1014/MenLHK- PSKL/PKPS.0/3/2017] - Desa Sigolang
If you don't own the land, explain how you have management rights, and the period of time for which you
Caritas KAM has support from KPH XII Tarutung to develop a Social Forestry program in the area. In addition, Caritas KAM has also received a cooperation agreement letter signed by LPHD Sigolang and a Village Government Support Letter [document
have management rights (minimum of the next five years).
attached].
Legal classification of the area you protect (exact name of type of permit), and what activities are allowed on the land under that
permit/classification/zoning.
The status of the Sigolang Village forest is Limited Production Forest. Communities are allowed to plant production crops such as rubber. Durians, petai,
How long does the conservation tenure last?
(i.e. is this a permanent protected area, temporary lease, or temporary
conservation permit? If privately held land, please describe the nature of the conservation zoning or status.) FCF requires that the area has tenure/zoning status that allows for at least 20 years of
conservation.
LPHD Alam Lestari Sigolang holds the rights of management permit which is valid for 35 years since a decree was issued in 2017, thus the management permit will expire in 2052.
Have the local community/
communities agreed to support the conservation project? If so, please describe how you have consulted communities on the mapping and planning of the conservation area. If not, how will you engage them to generate support?
Caritas KAM has conducted several FGDs by inviting members of LPHD Alam Lestari Sigolang, the village government, and other community leaders to discuss plans for implementing the social forestry program. As a form of local community support, the Sigolang Village Government has issued a Letter of Support to Caritas KAM to develop and implement Social Forestry program in the area (letter attached)
Please describe any existing or potential land conflicts with indigenous peoples or local communities, and how you intend to resolve them.
Several times there have been conflicts between members of the LPHD Alam Lestari Sigolang and village communities regarding boundaries and types of plants that are allowed to be planted in village forest areas. This conflict occurred because some people did not understand the regulations regarding the regeulations.
Due to the status of the forest being a limited production forest, some people think that they can clear land for plantations, including oil palm, while oil palm is not a permitted type of plant.
Caritas KAM will take a family approach and facilitate communities to improve their livelihoods through agroforestry activities and other eco friendly sustainability livelihood
If you are not a community- based organization, please conduct the Social
Background Study and the Land Tenure and Use Study as described in the first HCS Approach Social
Requirement (pages 29 and 30 here), and attach the results in an Appendix.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Name Role Expertise and
Experience
Required training (if any – please include in
activities and budget)
E.g. Coordinator E.g. two years leadershipexperience as elected head of the village E.g. Lead ranger E.g. thorough knowledge
of the forest area
E.g. training in use of the SMART monitoring tool E.g. Treasurer E.g. accountancy course
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND IMPACT MONITORING
Please describe your organisational experience, i.e. any other conservation activities that your organisation currently undertakes or has undertaken in the past, in the project area or elsewhere (e.g. community outreach, education, alternative sustainable businesses, restoration etc.) Include information related to your past experience in managing a budget, and the amounts.
Tahun Donor Projcet Anggaran
2017 - 2019 TFCA – USAid
2019 - 2021 Komisi
Pengembangan Sosial Ekonomi Konfrensi Waligereja Indonesia (PSE-KWI)
Optimalisasi Desa Wisata Kawasan Danau Toba
Rp.1.402.200.200
2008 - 2010 Catholic Relief Service [CRS], Caritas
Germany [DCV], Secours Catholique – Caritas France [SCCF]
Community Managed Disaster Risk
Reduction -
Tanya Denny
-
…………
Are your rangers or other staff armed with weapons? Normally we cannot approve projects that use armed guards. If you do, please explain in full: why you feel this is necessary, the training and safeguards you have to ensure that human rights are
respected and what legal endorsement or recognition you have form authorities to able to use force or weapons in respect to your conservation activities.
Mostly our project are community based therefore we have no ranger or staff armed with weapons.
Please describe your current sources of funding for the conservation project (for instance donations, carbon credit sales).
No…………
Do you agree to use the SMART tool to monitor biodiversity? If not, please describe the biodiversity and threat monitoring tools you will use.
Yes We’re agree to use SMART tool………
Please explain how you will measure the social impact of the conservation project.
Capture the exist condition before the implantation of the project and, focus on the problems and sectors we want to improve . (Based on the baseline survey report)
CONSERVATION VALUES, THREATS AND OBJECTIVES
Please describe the cultural context and values of the forest (key values important to your community that you wish to protect or restore):
……..
Please describe any other conservation activities that have occurred / are occurring in the project area or connected landscape (e.g. building connectivity/wildlife corridors,
community outreach, education, alternative sustainable businesses, restoration etc.):
No other project …………
Please provide a list of any wildlife species that are present within your forest that have a status as Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered including their Red List status and Latin names.
No Species Status Conservation
1 Landak/Sumatra Porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae) Least Concern 2 Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) Vulnerable
3 Sunda Pangolin (Manis Javanica) Critically Endangered 4 Ular Piton (Malayopython reticulatus) Least Concern 5 Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) Endangered
6 Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) Critically Endangered 7 Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) Critically Endangered 8 Monyet Ekor Panjang (Macaca fascicularis) Endangered
9 Rangkong / Enggang Vulnerable – Critically Endangered
10 Murai Batu Least Concern
11 Lebah Trigona 12
Please provide a list of any Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered plant species that are present within your forest including their Red List status and Latin names
………..
RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk to the project activities and objectives
Likelihood Impact on project Mitigation measure Please rank out
of 5 (1=low, 5=high)
Please rank out of 5 (1=low, 5=high)
Required:
Overlapping concessions or other tenure conflicts
e.g. we are connected with the concession management and are ensuring they are aware of the conservation area through mapping and written agreements etc…
e.g. we are aware of our rights as managers/owners of this land having sought legal advice and are prepared to escalate issues regarding overlapping concession to the relevant government and legal authorities…..
Required: Describe any fires that have occurred in the last five years within 50 km of the project site (including location, time, probable cause etc.)
e.g. training for fire-fighting, equipment purchase, collaboration with local plantation companies, community education
Required: Does the forest sit on a peatland that is being drained?
Other:
e.g. poaching, encroachment by farmers, loss of other funding sources e.g. there is a current issue with poaching in the area, we are aware of groups that hunt species illegally and sell to marketplaces etc…
e.g. bi-monthly forest patrols to seize any traps, awareness raising, regular visits to marketplaces and collaboration with police on any illegal wildlife trade etc…
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES PROPOSED FOR FCF FUNDING (Please use the separate budget sheet to assign a quarterly budget with each of the activities)
Detailed activities (including team, person in charge, equipment/tools used etc.)
Regularity or date projected for activity
Objective of activity Goal or target Indicator of success
e.g. forest patrols using the SMART tool on an Android phone, data stored on a project computer. Currently the rangers record manually in books.
e.g. twice per month e.g. to track and prevent any poaching or encroachment and to monitor key species
e.g. Poaching stopped e.g. SMART tool shows reduction from x to zero poaching incidents per month.
e.g. restoration of 20 ha of degraded forests along a river using 500 seedlings of mixed native species from a nursery located in village [name]
e.g. Jan - June-2021 e.g. to restore the riparian area and improve water quality and regularity
e.g. 20 ha of degraded forest replanted with native tree species
e.g. water testing, photos of restoration
OTHER DOCUMENTS TO PROVIDE TO THE SECRETARIAT Link to file (if any) Budget
Shapefile of forest area (for FCF monitoring)
Letter/certificate showing
ownership. If your organization is not the land owner, please provide a copy of the management agreement between your organisation and the land owner proving you have the management rights for at least the next five years.
Proof of government recognition of conservation status/tenure.
Proof of legal registration of your organization. If you are not legally registered please provide the details of your fiscal sponsor.
Copy of latest audited financial statement (if any).
Any photographs to demonstrate that the area is natural forest (Non-native species may
constitute up to 15% of the basal area of the forest).
Social Background Study and Land Tenure Study (for applicants which are not community-based organizations)
What we ask of you once you are approved:
1. That one month after the end of each funding quarter, you provide a brief narrative of how you spent the funds in that quarter, and actual expenses against your quarterly budget. (We will provide templates).
2. That after four quarters of funding, you will provide an annual report of how you spent the FCF funding, including detailed budget information and activity narrative.
3. That your financial accounts are audited annually by a qualified third party. If you are a
community or non-profit organization, you will not need to separate out the Forest Conservation Fund support from your full accounts. However, if you are a for-profit company or private landholder, your financial auditor will need to review the Forest Conservation Fund annual expenditures separately.
4. That your conservation accounts and project may be audited (through a physical visit) from FCF staff or our designated representative.
5. That you agree to make up to 5 days per year available to visit other Forest Conservation Fund projects to engage in peer review/ knowledge-sharing. (FCF would cover travel, room, and board but you must be willing to devote up to 5 days of a key staff member's time.)
6. That you agree to share your biodiversity and social impact monitoring information with the FCF.
7. That the FCF can publish (with credit to your project) photos and stories that you provide for your project page on our website and in other FCF communications materials.
By submitting this application form, you agree to the above requirements if your project application is successful.
