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The meeting was held on October 2nd  at Faculty of Forestry  University of Gajah Mada

Agenda of the meeting is:
1) Introducing Trees4Trees
2) Discussion on point of agreement

UGM responded to setup agreement in 2 aspects:
1) Forestry
2) Social

Agreement will be arrange through 2 ways : 1) MoU as umbrella all activities and agreement for each activities
Initially Meeting with Elementary School (SD) of Patemon 2

SD Patemon 2 is an elementary school located in Patemon village-Purbalingga. This school is potential to developing education program because
1) Located in the same place of planting program 2009
2) The school  close with farmer nursery under T4T facilitate
3) The school located in village which most of the people working as farmer

Discussion have done on how setup Trees4Trees education program with head and staff of SD Negeri Patemon 2.
  
SD Negeri Patemon 2 (State Elementary School of Patemon 2), at Patemon Village-Purbalingga  Patemon’s nursery produce of 40,000 seedlings, located behind of SD  Patemon 2
Workshop of Community Forest at Boyolali

Community forest workshop have done at Musuk Village 3 times in separate “dukuh” (sub village).
4 Farmer Group established in the end of workshop
The workshop goal are:
1) Community clear understand of Management of Community Forest
2) Establishing of Farmer Group

  
Munhaji process facilitating in village Musuk-Boyolali  Farmer of Village Musuk attending in the workshop
Establishing of Permanent Sample Plots at FMU Cikedondong-Certification preparation

FMU Cikedondong arranged by 4 villages are Citembong, Kertajaya, Kedungwadas, Citembong
Currently  this FMU managed by 2 Farmer groups (plan 2009 – 2011)
Trees inventory has been done start in September then continuing by establishing of Permanent Sample Plots (PSP’s).  The plots categorized into  4 type of silviculture with total 28 plots with sampling intensity 2,5%
Combination of data PSP’s and Trees Inventory  will analyze to calculate of AAC (Annual Allowable Cut)
First measurement have done in this year will continuing in the second measurement on November 2010
  
Center of the plot marked with label. This plot is number 1.408, located in Village Cikedondong  Measuring radius of plot (15.96 meter) for Tumpangsari silviculture type
 
Aswanto, a member of Farmer group measure circumference of trees as database of annual increment  Badrun as Field Coordinator in this area measure height trees using Clinometer
Social Impact Assessment at FMU Cikedondong- Certification preparation

Social Impact Assessment (SIA)  is part in social phase. Social data  collected through 3 ways :
1) Focus Group Discussion,
2) Individual interview,
3)Existing relevant study and reporting.

SIA priority to do in Cikedondong and Kertajaya Village
  
T4T local staff (Kamil) interviewing people in Village Kertajaya     Focus group discussion at Village Cikedondong
Cultural Site Identification at FMU Cikedondong

Identification of important cultural site to avoid conflict which possible happen in development program.  All site identified, recorded, mapped and documented as part of social information
Identification include tracing of village histories related with existing sites
  
Situs Ciyuta; Village Cikedondong  Situs Ragasuci; Village Kertajaya
 
Sumarta is key person who knows histories of  Situs Ragasuci
Situs Panembahan Kesuma Buda; Village Kedungwadas with  Kasmudi as key person who knows histories of this Situs

The initial seedlings germinated in June, will be planted later this year when they have reached a suitable size for planting. The nurseries are located in the villages of Karangreja, Bojong, and Patemon. These nurseries are situated at three different altitudes on the slopes of Mount Slamet, an active volcano, to provide seedlings adapted to local conditions.

 

Over the last five months Trees4TreesTM program staff have provided technical expertise, planning support and training to ensure that the farmer groups are familiar with seedling production methods to produce high quality seedlings.

 

The Trees4Trees Foundation has financed the establishment of the nurseries and will purchase the seedlings from the farmer groups. This is a mutually beneficial partnership as the farmer groups derive income from the production and sale of the seedlings whilst Trees4TreesTM is able to secure high quality, acclimatized seedlings for local distribution and planting.

 

Trees4Trees™ is a non-profit foundation established in Indonesia by responsible furniture manufacturers and their customers worldwide. Trees4Trees™ empowers local communities through partnership reforestation initiatives and related education programs. Increasing the area of community planted and owned forests creates livelihood assets, renewing the environment and reducing the negative effects of deforestation.

Forest  inventory starting in Cilacap (village Cikedondong) and Pati (Village Bageng)
 
Tree  label used, for wood inventory  tracking.  Jaya Makmur Farmer Group of Kertajaya Village,  identify, collect, measure,  record,  and  mark trees.
 
Suparjo,  Pengging Makmur  farmer group manager  from Cikedondong village, using GPS to map their farmer members’ land plots.  Sumarno  of  Pengging Makmur  farmer group, leader  of Cikedondong village, using  Christen meter to measure tree height.
MoU signing between Trees4Trees and 2 farmer groups in Sangkanayu (Purbalingga)
Nursery supervising activity
 
Pine (Pinus merkusii) seedling in farmers’ nursery under T4T in Karangreja village  Teak seedlings in Banyumas Agricultural School.
  
Suren (Toona sureni) seedlings in farmers’ nursery under  in Patemon village  Agricultural school students during practical internment training in the seedling nursery.

Villagers with their  families are preparing soil for  seedlings in Bojong-Purbalingga

 

16 Field Coordinators and representatives a farmer group spent a hot day in the field Saturday on August 8th  with Mr.Taufik,  an experienced practitioner in forest maintenance with state forestry company Perum Perhutani.

It was all about how to maintain your trees during growth to get the best possible quality wood by the time of harvest.

The trainer candidates were taken through the principles and practices of thinning and pruning and will now now spread the skills in their districts.

Mr.Taufik explains about pruning of trees, calculation of the optimum number of trees in a given area
  
Pruning is practiced. Cutting off branches will let the tree grow nice straight trunks   Measuring space between trees
Half year Field Coordinator meeting, review activity plan for January-June and prepare activity plan for July-December  (MU- Kebumen & Cilacap)  on  August , 5 in Kebumen
  
Field Coordinators  of Kebumen and Cilacap  in the  activity review  meeting  Fauzan, a  Field Coordinator from Kebumen District, presents his activities
Half year Field Coordinator meeting, review activity plan for January-June and prepare activity plan for July-December; specific area which already established farmer group  (MU- Banyumas, Purbalingga, Pati, Boyolali) at August , 7  in Purwokerto
  
Performance reviewed  by Trees4TreesTM team, followed by discussions on how  to resolve  field problems  Experienced Field Coordinators share experience with new field coordinators
Half year Field Coordinator meeting, review activity plan for January-June and prepare activity plan for July-December  (MU- Semarang, Temanggung, Sragen, Magelang, Boyolali, Klaten) on August , 3 in Bawen
  
Field Coordinators  from Semarang, Sragen, Magelang, Boyolali, and Klaten in the meeting   Sutrisno, a  Field Coordinator from Sragen District ,presents his results
Introducing  community forestry to villagers in Cikedondong, Kertajaya, Binangun, Kunci, Kamulyan, and Bantarsari (Cilacap)
  
Jarir ,Area Manager of Cilacap District ,introduced Trees4TreesTM program to  villagers in  Cikedondong   Field Coordinator  (Khamidin)  explains community forestry to  Binangun villagers
Establishing 9 Farmers Group in Cilacap
MoU signing between Trees4TreesTM and 8 farmer groups in Cilacap at August,31
MoU signing between Trees4TreesTM and 2 farmer groups in Banyumas at August,10
  
Discussion  forum with 9 farmers group in Cilacap  Signing MoU  with farmer group in Cilacap
Training in Forest Inventory and Forest Maintenance in Cilacap and Purbalingga at August, 8-9
Establishing 3 Farmer groups in Sangkanayu (Purbalingga) ining.
  
Field coordinators learning to use Christen meter to measure tree height  Haga meter to check data on tree height
  
Measuring diameter using Phi band, Clino meter and other tools to measure tree height introduced in the training
 

Half year Field Coordinator meeting, review activity plan in January-June and prepare activity plan for July-December  (MU- Pati & Jepara) on July 28 in Pati
 
Field Coordinators  from   Pati and Jepara in the review activity  meeting  Mulyono, a  Field Coordinator from  Jepara District presented his activities.
Half year Field Coordinator meeting, review activity plan in January-June and arranging activity plan in July-December  (MU-Tegal, Brebes, Banyumas)  on July , 30 in Tegal
  
Field Coordinators of Tegal, Brebes, and Banyumas in  meeting  Ahmad  Saifudin, a Field Coordinator  from Banyumas ,District presented his results
On the job training for the community in the nursery management  in Patemon, Bojong and Karangreja
Introducing of the Trees4TreesTM program to Faculty of Forestry -University of Gajah Mada, and arranging potential coorporation on July 23.
Introducing comunity forestry to villagers in Kalibagor and Kaliori (Banyumas), on July  11
Establishing 2 Farmers Group in Kalibagor and Kaliori on  July   23
  
T4T staff member shows how to evaluate soil   as media for seedlings. 
 

An Indonesian re-forestation programme – co-founded by a leading UK furniture retailer – has received a boost after the range of sustainable furniture it has designed and sourced is now displayed by over 125 UK retailers in its first six months following launch.

 

An Indonesian re-forestation programme – co-founded by a leading UK furniture retailer – has received a boost after the range of sustainable furniture it has designed and sourced is now displayed by over 125 UK retailers in its first six months following launch.

 

 

Trees4TreesTM is a not-for-profit community reforestation programme, working within Central Java to gift high-value tree saplings to local villages and communities. This increases the proportion of community-owned woodland – helping to tackle the problem of illegal de-forestation of the region's rainforests.

 

Such has been the success of the Trees4TreesTM initiative that the organisation has launched two new furniture ranges, recruited three new furniture manufacturers and now plans to launch to consumers in the USA, mainland Europe and Russia.

 

The scheme, which has so far planted 150,000 saplings throughout central Java, has now become self-financing by charging a small nominal levy; the sun, soil and local communities do the rest!

 

Among the 125 retailers currently signed up are Lombok and Barker & Stonehouse – the latter being one of the key founding partners, instrumental in bringing the furniture range to market.

 

 

James Barker, managing director for Barker & Stonehouse said: "Key to the long-term success of the Trees4TreesTM programme is widespread availability of the furniture to consumers.

 

For too long ethically sourced furniture has commanded a premium price. However, the simplicity and affordability of this scheme seems to have struck a chord with so many retailers that we are now stepping up production and recruiting new manufacturers to the programme.

 

James added: "Independent retailers have typically been excluded from the ethical furniture market because of the relatively high prices charged by manufacturers for product. This 'ethical' mark up was in turn added onto the final retail price meaning that customers were penalised for trying to do the right thing.

 

"The great thing about Trees4TreesTM is its simplicity. The charge applied is very low – yet with that money, we can do so much.

 

"The successful launch of Trees4TreesTM demonstrates that the appetite for high quality, ethically-sourced products remains unabated."