LPHD Telaga has obtained Village Forest Management Rights through Decree No. 1228/MENLHK-PSKL/PKPS/PSL.0/3/2018 with an area of ± 2,758 hectares (ha) in a limited production forest (HPT) area in Telaga Village, Kamipang District, Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan Province. The establishment of the Telaga LPHD is based on Telaga Village Regulation Number 4 of 2017 and houses fifteen (15) members, and already has seven (7) Social Forestry Business Groups.
Currently, LPHD Telaga has collaborated with Community Forest Ecosystem Forest (CFES) through the support of Wilmar International Ltd’s Remediation and Compensation Procedure (RaCP) with the following objectives.
The protection of high conservation and carbon dense areas through sustainable community-based forest management.
The improvement of community livelihoods through agroforestry and Non Timber Forest Product (NTFP).
Promote and support community-based forest management to obtain multiple benefits (livelihoods, climate, ecosystem services, community culture, protection of threatened and endangered species habitats), and ensure payment of ecosystem services to communities according to contracts as a reward for sustainable management performance.
Build and enhance partnership capabilities CFES-LPHD in order to successfully support sustainable forest management and community-based biodiversity conservation.
