Recognizing the importance of
restoring and conserving peatland, Peatland Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut, BRG) is created
in 2016 by a Presidential Regulation Number 1 of 2016. The Agency is
responsible for restoring 2 million of degraded peatland of 7 priority
provinces to categorized into Peatland Hidrological Units (Kesatuan Hidrologi Gambut, KHG) by 2020.
The
Caring-for Peatland Villages (Desa Peduli
Gambut, DPG) Program is conceived for BRG to achieve its national
development targets: BRG is responsible for the achievement of both
environmental quality and village development improvements (as indicated in
Table 1) across all peatland villages under its mandate. The program emphasizes and promotes the roles and functions of villages and
communities in managing peatland restoration and addressing peat fire – in
alignment villages’ roles as defined in Village Law Number 6 of 2014. All development programs in peatland villages (within
and at the vicinity of restored peatland areas) are to be well aligned through
activities such as participatory village mapping and spatial planning, conflict
mitigation and resolution, rights and access legal recognition, institutional
building for hidrology and land management, inter village cooperation, economic
empowerment, and strengthening of indigenous and local knowledge ini mitigating
the risks and responding to peat fire. In achieving its ambitious mandate
within a short time frame, BRG has chosen Kemitraan to partner in four, of the
seven priority provinces locations of the program namely, South Sumatera,
Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and Papua.
Peatland fires have blazed across Indonesia
for over 20 years. Key drivers for these
fires include land clearance in order
to plant palm oil and trees for pulp and paper products by companies as well as
smallholders. Impacts of the fires and haze directly affect the
environment, business and daily life of people in the surrounding region. The
haze caused by the peatland fires in 2015 from June to October caused Indonesia
to economic lose of USD 16 billion in
damage to agriculture, forestry, transport and tourism.
Indonesia contains approximately 22 million
hectares of peatland, which is approximately 5% of the global peatland area..
Peatlands cover around 3% of the globe, but store one-third of the total global
soil carbon. At present, Indonesian peatland stores 132 gigaton of CO2. In
comparison, the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, is storing 168 gigaton
of CO2. (Norway Factsheet, 2012). Tropical peat swamp forests represent a
unique ecosystem comprising interdependent biotic and abiotic components.
Any change to the natural balance between water, soil and vegetation will
result in Green House Gas emissions and
also impact negatively upon neighbouring mineral soils and river systems
including farmland and centres of aquaculture.
In 2014 President Jokowi laid out his
priority agenda, Nawa Cita which also integrated ongoing reforms for more
efficient, transparent and accountable government.
Nawa Cita incorporates the use
of programs such as REDD+ to play a role in alleviating rural poverty, enabling
development, emphasizing good governance and anti-corruption as keys to improve
forest and peatland management. The integration of REDD+ into the new
Directorate General of Climate Change consolidated efforts to reduce carbon emissions
due to degradation of forest and peatlands among other activities within the
Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
The establishment of the Indonesian Peatland
Restoration Agency, Badan Restorasi Gambut (BRG) under Presidential Regulation
No.1 Year 2016 is a commitment by President Jokowi in giving a new hope for
Indonesia to implement better management of its peatlands and preventing forest
fires. Peatland management includes the organizing, controlling, regulation and
administration of peatland for specified purposes. Management should be
appropriate to the peatland type, intended use, socio-economic, cultural and
environmental conditions. Peat restoration
program can only be effective if related stakeholders are involved, in
particular indigenous peoples and/or local communities living in villages whose
territory is located on peatlands. This initiative emphasizes forest and land
fire prevention with peat restoration in villages and rural areas. Initiation
of "Desa Peduli Gambut" (Caring-for-Peat Village) emphasizes and
promotes the role and functions of villages and communities. Utilizing local
stakeholders in order to prevent forest fires and manage the restoration of
peatlands
Based on the
Government’s plan to restore up to 2 million hectares of
peatland and support the attempts of sustainable peatland management
(protection, rehabilitation, and utilization), the Peatlands Restoration Agency
has been preparing a concept of Desa
Peduli Gambut (Caring-for-Peat Village)
that will be implemented at village level. Desa Peduli Gambut is an integrated
approach of participatory rural development that
seeks to promote sustainable peat
management and sustainable livelihood of the community.
This approach covers the management of various
participatory development activities at the village level and integrating these
into rural development planning. Various activities can be conducted within the
framework of Desa Peduli Gambut, such as community village mapping, community
based forest fire mitigation, canal blocking, land rehabilitation, development
of alternative sources of livelihood, empowering indigenous people,
revitalization of local wisdom, and integrate these activities into in the
village planning (Rural Medium Term Development Plan/RJMDes, Annual Village
Plan /RKP Des, and Village Budgeting/APBDes). In supporting the implementation
of peatland conservation and restoration at community and village level,
through financial support that will be provided by Norwegian Government,
Kemitraan cooperates with BRG in implementing
Desa Peduli Gambut in 7 priority provinces. In ensuring an effective project
implementation, Kemitraan will manage a project management unit at national
level, supported by staffs based in Jakarta, Province, District and Village
level
Under the guidance
and direct supervision of Field Supervisor/Officer and
Provincial Coordinator, Village/Community Facilitator will
provide oversight on the assigned Villages under her/his supervision, and is
primarily responsible for the coordination of project related activities in
that area. S/He will be responsible for coordinating the overall project
planning, implementation, monitoring of progress, facilitation of requirements
to secure project progress, synergize activities with supervisors and across
the relevant staff within the project, coordination and relationship building
with local key stakeholders at village and
sub-district level
Village/Community
Facilitator will work closely with Field Supervisor/Officer and Provincial Coordinator, Grantees, and other related staffs
within Kemitraan’s office.
Kemitraan
is currently looking for 70 persons to fill in the Village/Community
Facilitator to be based in South Sumatera (20), West Kalimantan (7),
Central Kalimantan (40) and Papua (3). The position is for 5 month
(until May 2018) with a possibility of extension until September 2020.
For further detailed information of the job description, please check our website at www.Kemitraan.or.id
Please send your application and resume to recruitment@kemitraan.or.id by December 31, 2017. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.
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