Month: August 2016

Gaharu or Eaglewood is a well-known source of high-quality incense. The Chinese describe it as a “nice, profound yet balanced” fragrance.

It is formed when damaged Aquilaria trees produce a fragrant protective resin that gradually hardens and turns into black lumps.

Due to its high price in the market (at least US$2000/kg), the substance is sought out by many. Systematic hunting for the species starts from Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua New Guinea. The high market pressure has led to uncontrolled, destructive and unsustainable exploitation of the species, threatening its existence.
The film describes a unique sustainable harvesting system as practised by the Punan of Malinau, East Kalimantan. It also looks into how gaharu is used in reforestation.

Produced by Telapak and the NTFP-EP (2006). Copies (DVD or VCD) can be obtained by July through Ridzki Sigit, Telapak, Jl. Palem Putri III No. 1-3, Komp. Taman Yasmin Sektor V, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Tel: +62 0251 7159902. Email: rrsigit@telapak.org. URL: www.telapak.org

This film looks into the traditional and sustainable honey harvesting methods of the community living around Lake Sentarum, one of Southeast Asia’s largest wetlands.

Produced by Riak Bumi, Telapak and NTFP-EP (2005).

DVD, VCD, VHS; 24 mins.

To get your copy, contact:
Ridzki Sigit
Jl. Palem Putri III No. 1-3
Komp. Taman Yasmin Sektor V
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Tel: +62 0251 7159902
Email: rrsigit@gmail.com
URL: www.telapak.org

The majority of Sumbawa forest dwelling peoples are dependent on forest honey for their livelihoods. From tall trees on slopes or in the forest valley, these people climb and risk their lives to harvest honey.

Communities hand-in-hand with the Sumbawa Forest Honey Network (JMHS – Jaringan Madu Hutan Sumbawa), with assistance from the Indonesian Forest Honey Network (JMHI – Jaringan Madu Hutan Indonesia), have changed their methods of honey processing from a squeezing method to a filtering method to maintain the quality of the honey. On the harvesting side, they are practicing sustainable harvesting methods.

Since then, buyers now recognize JMHS as a trusted source of high quality forest honey. At the regency level, the Regent proudly supports this effort to make forest honey as the icon for Sumbawa and Honey Day initiatives.

See more at JMHI (http://www.ntfp.or.id), JMHS (http://kesuaning.blogspot.com), and Gekko Studio (http://www.gekkovoices.com)

For further information on this film, please contact:
Gekko Studio
Jl. Palem Putri 3 No. 1
Taman Yasmin 5
Bogor, West Java
Indonesia, 16112
Tel: +62 251 8431516
Fax: +62 251 8431516
Email: info@gekkovoices.com
URL: www.gekkovoices.com

Now available in Khmer (dubbed). Please contact Femy Pinto, Cambodia facilitator, femypinto@online.com.kh

Voices from the Forest. Balancing Forest Use and Conservation in Southeast Asia. The NTFP Exchange Programme captures on film the stories of indigenous peoples living in or near tropical forests in Southeast Asia, and their dependence on non-timber forest products for their survival as a people and as a culture. Through their voices as well as of some of their supporters, we share in their dreams and aspirations, as well as their fears as the rapidly changing world poses new challenges to their indigenous lifestyles.

We are offered a rare peek into:
– the nomadic Penan’s reliance on sago palm in the face of threats from a large logging company (Malaysia),
– traditional and sustainable harvesting, production and marketing of wild honey in Danau Sentarum (Indonesia),
– the Ikalahan tribe’s struggle to protect their traditional forest by transforming fruits of the forest into jams and jellies for the high-end niche market (the Philippines),
– the Higaonon tribe’s indigenous fabric, the hinabol, tied to traditional management of abaca (Manila Hemp) and the fast-disappearing art of hinabol weaving (the Philippines), and
– the crucial market links provided by the Upland Marketing Foundation and the CustomMade Crafts Center, and their tireless efforts at aiding local communities to develop marketable handicrafts and food products.

Produced by Riak Bumi, Telapak and the NTFP-EP (2005).
DVD copies (43 mins.)

To order this video in English, please contact:
Mr. Ridzki Sigit
Telapak, Jl. Palem Putri III No. 1-3, Komp. Taman Yasmin Sektor V, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Tel: +62 0251 7159902.
Email: rrsigit@telapak.org
URL: www.telapak.org

For copies in Khmer, please contact:
Community Forestry International (CFI)
#81B, Street 57, ( Corner of St. 398 ),
Sangkat Boeung Keng Kang I,
Khan Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh
Tel/Fax: (855-23) 220 714, Tel: (855-23) 221 634
Email: cfioffice@cfi-cambodia.org.kh
http://www.communityforestryinternational.org/cambodia

Made for those working in or with a community – communities themselves, NGOs and other support organisations – this manual is a practical guide to working with a community towards sustainable NTFP management. By describing a step-by-step process and providing practical advice, a community can confidently develop, implement and monitor its own plan for community-based NTFP management.

By Mary Stockdale
Published: 2005
Publisher: Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme for South and Southeast Asia
ISBN: 979-99355-0-4

190 pages, paperbound with tables and maps. With full color and
black and white photos and illustrations

Even in its seminal stages of writing, there had been great interest in this manual. With its release within the NTFP-EP network, the interest in the manual has grown. To make it more relevant to the work of organisations across the region, already there are plans to translate it into Bahasa Indonesia as well as local Indian languages. It will likewise be adapted in Spanish, through the CIFOR.
Along with the formal launch of the manual on 23 January 2006, the forum was a means of sharing of experience especially in assessment and monitoring in the Philippines within the larger issue of ancestral domain management.

About the Author
Dr. Mary Stockdale conducts research, training and teaching on community-based management of Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) resources and associated topics. Dr. Stockdale is a founding Director of the NGO LAPIS (Land and People Information Sharing) and is affiliated with both the School for Environmental Studies at University of Victoria and the Centre for Non-Timber Forest Resources at Royal Roads University.

Although based in Victoria, BC, Canada, most of her work has been carried out in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and Philippines.

Her background includes a PhD and post-doctorate research fellowship at the Oxford Forestry Institute, University of Oxford, UK, followed by a position as Co-Manager at a new, interdisciplinary Center for Social Forestry (CSF) at the University of Mulawarman in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

An introduction to and a description of the time-tested, traditional rattan planting techniques of the Dayak of East Kalimantan.

This informational booklet was prepared by friends of the Dayak Benuaq people, SHK-Kaltim or Community Forest Management in East Kalimantan. Traditional rattan planting techniques have been practised by indigenous peoples in East Kalimantan for centuries. This system, sometimes referred to as kebun rotan or rattan garden, presents hope for rattan generation in other parts of the world. Few such customary techniques exist despite the declining global supply of rattan and the existing growing demand for rattan products.

The booklet is published in Indonesian and Tagalog (Filipino) so that farmers may be equipped with an instructional material on rattan regeneration techniques. The English version manual caters mainly to policy makers as well as English-speaking field workers interested in the system.

Policy makers are a target audience for the booklet since government programs in Indonesia have not been favourable in maintaining such traditional planting techniques. Logging, mining and vast plantations are prominent components of government projects for rural development. Sadly, such external development initiatives often mean the displacement of peoples and the end of their sustainable resource management practices. This booklet is a medium to present the alternative traditional Dayak system of forest management, which can address multiple goals of subsistence, income generation and forest enhancement.

This booklet is a concrete output of exchange visits conducted in 1999 where Tagbanua from Palawan, Philippines learned of the value of rattan planting systems in Kalimantan and then returned home to Palawan to test out the same system. A booklet was then conceptualised to expand further the reach, application or adaptation of such a system.

Also available in:
• Tagalog (Filipino): Uway Para sa Buhay. Ang pamamaraan ng katutubong Dayak Benuaq tungkol sa pagtatanim ng uway
• Bahasa Indonesia: Rotan untuk Kehidupan. Pengalaman Berkebun Rotan Dayak Benuaq

Intellectual property rights remain with the Dayak Benuaq people, that entrusted SHK-Kalimantan Timur with documenting their traditional practice. Copyright remains with SHK-Kaltim, NTFP Exchange Programme for South and Southeast Asia, and Studio Driya Media Bandung.

Published 2001. 42 pages, paperbound with black and white illustrations

Limited copies (all languages) still available. English and Tagalog versions available in PDF format upon request.

Mercado, Nellibeth V. and Maria Victoria M. Sabban-Iglesia. 2002. Delineating and Managing the Ancestral Domain. Tools and Insights from Indigenous Communities in Palawan, Philippines.
A guide book/learning tool for support organizations, local associations and indigenous communities. This booklet draws from the experiences of NATRIPAL, the United Tribes of Palawan. This is not a prescriptive manual to the management of ancestral domains but the authors invite its readers to use what is relevant and useful to them in their own contexts and stages in the ancestral domain delineation and management process.

The English version is available for non-Tagalog speakers and is especially intended for IP communities and support groups of other Asian countries.

Intellectual property rights remain with the Batak, Tagbanua, and Pala’wan communities in Palawan, Philippines

Also available in Tagalog (Filipino):”Pamamahala ng Lupaing Ninuno: karanasan ng mga Katutubong Pamayanan sa Palawan: Batayang aklat para sa mga suportang grupo, lokal na samahan at katutubong pamayanan”

Publishers: Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme, Community Empowerment and Partnerships for Sustainable Development, and NATRIPAL (United Tribes of Palawan, Palawan, Philippines)
79 pages, paperbound with black and white illustrations, tables and figures

Limited copies still available.

Pinto, Eufemia Felisa. Contesting Frontier Lands in Palawan,Philippines: Strategies of Indigenous Peoples for Community Developmentand Ancestral Domain Management (unpublished).

A thesis submitted inDecember 1999 to the Faculty of Clark University, Worcester,Massachusetts, USA.This thoroughly written thesis analyses the trajectory of the indigenous peoples’ struggle for land and resource use rights in the Philippines, particularly within the scope of a shifting national environment and development policy agenda, and the institutional arrangements that operate in practice.

It contains 1.3 kg of up-to-date information, which may be highly interesting to some of the readers of ‘Voices from the Forest’. The first part of the book explains the provisions of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) on access and benefit-sharing, national laws to implement them, and material transfer agreements. The second part – in fact the core of the book – comprises seven chapters, each of which takes as its theme a major industry sector which requires access to genetic material for research and development. The thesis asks two critical questions:
Are the indigenous peoples positioned strategically within the existing political and legal space in order to move decisively towards their desired goal of self-determination and equitable development?
In attempting to meet their objectives, what are the barriers that indigenous peoples encounter, and the strategies that they adopt in order to leverage greater political space at various levels in the institutional landscape?
The thesis addresses these questions through a case study analysis of NATRIPAL (United Tribes of Palawan), the indigenous federation in the island of Palawan, Philippines.

For further information please contact Eufemia Felisa Pinto at femy@bigpond.com.kh

2002. Delineating and Managing the Ancestral Domain. Tools and Insights from Indigenous Communities in Palawan, Philippines.

By Mercado, Nellibeth V. and Maria Victoria M. Sabban-Iglesia.

A guide book/learning tool for support organizations, local associations and indigenous communities. This booklet draws from the experiences of NATRIPAL, the United Tribes of Palawan. This is not a prescriptive manual to the management of ancestral domains but the authors invite its readers to use what is relevant and useful to them in their own contexts and stages in the ancestral domain delineation and management process.

The English version is available for non-Tagalog speakers and is especially intended for IP communities and support groups of other Asian countries.

Intellectual property rights remain with the Batak, Tagbanua, and Pala’wan communities in Palawan, Philippines

Also available in Tagalog (Filipino):”Pamamahala ng Lupaing Ninuno: karanasan ng mga Katutubong Pamayanan sa Palawan: Batayang aklat para sa mga suportang grupo, lokal na samahan at katutubong pamayanan”

Publishers: Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme, Community Empowerment and Partnerships for Sustainable Development, and NATRIPAL (United Tribes of Palawan, Palawan, Philippines)

79 pages, paperbound with black and white illustrations, tables and figures

Limited copies still available.

This bilingual booklet (English and Halbi) recounts the struggle of adivasi women in Bastar to gain control over non-timber forest products against enormous odds. Despite a long history of non-adivasi monopoly over forest resources, both through legal and illegal methods, the Mahila Arthik Samooh from Bastar gained considerable space in the politics surrounding NTFPs. Much of their success was due to the understanding and empathy with the adivasi peoples, whose livelihood depends on the use and commerce of NTFPs. This booklet traces the beginnings of this local movement as well as the various obstacles that they encounter on an ongoing journey.
Translated into Halbi by Arjun Nag.
12 pages, paperbound, with black-and-white photos

For your copy or more information, contact any of the following:
Madhu Ramnath
104 Ganga Compound
Kodaikanal – 624 101
Tamil Nadu, India
Email: madelly@gmail.com

Ms. Kalawati
Village Asna
Near Jagdalpur 494221
Bastar District
Chattisgarh, India
Tel: 07782-261204

Arjun Nag
Gandhi Nagar Ward
Jagdalpur 494001
Bastar District
Chattisgarh, India
Tel: 07782-223541