Implementation and Constrains of Community Forestry (Hutan Kemasyarakatan/HKm) Program: Case studies of protection forest management in Lampung Province, Indonesia

 Implementation and Constrains of Community Forestry (Hutan Kemasyarakatan/HKm) Program: Case studies of protection forest management in Lampung Province, Indonesia

by

Hari KASKOYO (1,2) and Makoto INOUE (1)

Abstract

Community forestry (Hutan Kemasyarakatan/HKm) program has been promoted by Indonesian government to improve protection forest, develop local government capacity and increase community participation in forest management. HKm has been implemented since 1995 with gradual empowering of local people and local government through different regulations. The implementation was found to be better in NGO supported sites than local government one. Overall, the program was found to lag in achieving it objective for the following reasons: frequent change in regulation by central government; different interpretation of regulation by local government; poor staffing; and community preference for economic benefits over the environment. Providing technical assistance and financing opportunities for farmers group through environmental payment and others; optimizing forest management unit, local community institutions and extension officer in local government administration. 

(1) Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

(2) Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, 35145, Indonesia