Project/activity information

The aim of the project is to improve participation of local communities on sustainable utilization of NTFPs for conservation benefit of the Rinjani and Mutis Timau Mountains Protected Area (PA). The result of the project will contribute to sustainable management of the protected area in Nusa Tenggara Indonesia.

The development objective is to promote sustainable utilization of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the protected area, Nusa Tenggara Indonesia. The specific objective is to improve participation of local communities in promoting sustainable utilization of NTFP’s for the conservation benefit of Mt Rinjani and Mutis Timau Protected Area (PA). After project completion, it is expected that participatory forest management for sustainable utilization of NTFP resources and conservation of protected areas will be implemented.

Output (1) Capacities of local communities in obtaining permits for utilizing NTFP’s increased. This will be achieved by:
● conducting series of training on sustainable utilization of NTFP’s in protected area (providing technical and managerial skills including entrepreneurship);
● developing a model for small-scale forest economy dealing with NTFP’s for income generation of local communities (providing information about marketable and extractable NTFP’s and introducing technologies for efficient utilization of selected products); and
● conducting extensions for improving awareness of ESE's benefits for Protected Area.

Output (2) Elaborated management plan for the more economically viable NTFP’s. The project will:
● develop management plans using updated and reliable information through a participatory process;
● conduct series of intensive consultation with local stakeholders in formulating NTFP’s utilization policy; and
● develop economic incentives options for local communities to participate in conservation of PAs and sustainable utilization of NTFP’s.

The project will move towards 2 (two) strategies as follows:
(1) Empowering local communities to participate in NTFP’s utilization; and
(2) Improving capacities of local institutions in implementing participatory forest management for utilization of NTFP’s.