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RSPO CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT PUBLIC SUMMARY REPORT PT. TUVNORD Indonesia System Certification Management Has assessed PT. Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri Binanga Site Palm Oil Mill and Plantation for Compliance to RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production Date of assessment: December 20-23, 2011 Report Number: P&C-02-1112 Head office Laboratory Division Branch office System Certification Management Jl. Jababeka XVII E Blok U No. Graha Pangeran 7-H1 Fl Perkantoran Hijau Arkadia Tower F, 27B Kawasan Industri Jababeka I Jl. Jend. A Yani 286 7th Fl Suite 706 Cikarang Bekasi 17530 – Surabaya 60234 - Indonesia Jl. Let. Jend. TB Simatupang Kav. 88 Indonesia Tel : +6231 8292602 Jakarta 12520 – Indonesia Fax : +6231 8292723 Tel : +6221 7883 Fax : +6221 7883 7336 President Director: Mr. Robert Napitupulu Email: [email protected] Website : www.tuev-nord.de CONTENTS 1. Scope of the Certification Assessment. 1.1 National Interpretation used for the assessment 3 1.2 Assessment type 3 1.3 Location maps. 1.3.1 Map to show geographical location. 3 1.3.2 Map to show the supply base and neighbor entities 4 1.4 Description of mills and its supply base 1.4.1 Description of mills 5 1.4.2 Description of the supply base 5 1.5 Date of plantings and cycle 1.5.1 Year of planting for each estates 5 1.5.2 Five years replanting program for each estates 5 1.5.3 Time bound plan for certification for other mill and estates 6 1.6 Other certifications held by the company 6 1.7 Organizational information/contact person 6 1.8 Tonnages to be certified 6 2. Assessment Process 2.1 Assessment methodology (program, site visits) 6 2.2 Date of next surveillance visit 7 2.3 Lead assessor/assessment team 7 2.4 Certification body 10 2.5 Outline of how stakeholder consultation was managed 10 3. Assessment Findings 3.1 Summary of findings (template required) 16 3.2 Identified Non-Conformances and Noteworthy Positive Components 25 3.3 Issues raised by stakeholders 29 4. Certified organization’s acknowledgement of internal responsibility 30 Attachment A: List of Abbreviations 31 Attachment B: Copy of Certificate 32 Attachment C: Mass Balance Supply Chain for Mills 34 1. SCOPE OF THE CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT. 1.1 National Interpretation used The management of the palm oil mill and associated suppliers of FFB were assessed for compliance against the Indonesian National Interpretation of RSPO Principles and Criteria (RSPO INA-NIWG) version May 2008 of the RSPO Principles and Criteria: 2007 1.2 Assessment type The assessment to the palm oil mill and plantation owned by PT. Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri Binanga (herein after refer to ANJA Binanga) located at Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara (PALUTA) District and Hurastik Subdistrict, Kabupaten Padang Lawas (PALAS) District, North Sumatera Province of Indonesia. 1.3 Location maps and GPS. 1.3.1. Map showing geographical location of mill and plantation Name of Mill and Plantation Location GPS Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara E: 99°57’’483” Binanga Mill (PALUTA) District N: 01°28’754 Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara E: 99°58’526” East Estate (PALUTA) District N: 01°30’321” Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara (PALUTA) District and E: 99°57’502” Central Estate Huristak Subdistrict, Padang Lawas District N: 01°28’ 814” (PALAS) Huristak Subdistrict, Padang Lawas District E: 99°52’ 265” West Estate (PALAS) N: 01°25’ 977” MAP OF PT. ANJ AGRI BINANGA LOCATION OF PT. ANJ AGRI BINANGA Figure 1.1 Location of PT ANJA Binanga, North Sumatera Province of Indonesia 1.3.2. Map of Plantation Block Name of Location GPS Plantation Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara (PALUTA) E: 99°58’ 526” East Estate District N: 01°30.321 Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara (PALUTA) Central E: 99°57’502” District and N: 01°28’ 814” Estate Huristak Subdistrict, Padang Lawas District (PALAS) West E: 99°52’ 977” Huristak Subdistrict, Padang Lawas District (PALAS) Estate N: 01°25’977 Figure 1.2 Map of Plantation Block 1.4 Description of mill and its supply base 1.4.1 Description of mills Name of Mill Location GPS Annual Output (ton) Mill Capacity CPO PK (ton/hr) Binanga Mill Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang 99°57’ 483” E 44,538 10,232 60 ton /hr Lawas Utara (PALUTA) District 01°28’754” N CPO production based on budgeted production 2012. To produce these amount of CPO, the mill received FFB from East, central, and West Estates (see. Table 1.4.2). GPS coordinates were in front of mill office. 1.4.2 Description of supply base (fruit sources ) Total FFB Name of FFB Planted Ha Plantation and Location GPS Production Other Planted Total (ton/ha/year) Ha FFB/year Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang 99°58’526 E East Estate 3,066 71,063 23.18 Lawas Utara (PALUTA) District 01°30’321 N Simangambat Subdistrict, Padang Lawas Utara (PALUTA) District and 99°57’502 E Central Estate 3,007 58,557 19.47 Huristak Subdistrict, Padang Lawas 01°28’814 N District (PALAS) Huristak Subdistrict, Padang Lawas 99°52’265 E West Estate 3,217 61,578 19.14 District (PALAS) 01°25’977 N Total Ha/FFB 9,290 191,198 20.58 FFB production based on budgeted production 2012. All FFB production from these plantations was sent to Binanga mill. GPS coordinates were in front of each estate’s offices respectively. 1.5 Description of plantings and cycle 1.5.1 Year of planting for East, Central and West Estates Planted area in each estate (Ha) Year East Estate Central Estate West Estate Total Ha 1988 214.40 - - 214.40 1989 259.83 - - 259.83 1990 860.70 102.81 - 963.51 1991 135.49 682.19 - 817.68 1992 303.36 726.50 - 1,029.86 1993 429.28 780.80 589.98 1,800.06 1994 - 115.76 556.77 672.53 1995 - 134.53 838.36 972.89 1996 191.17 46.94 31.05 269.16 1997 671.32 375.99 153.11 1,200.42 1998 - - 850.80 850.80 1999 - 41.75 - 41.75 2005 - - 197.05 197.05 Total 3,065.51 3,007.33 3,217.12 9,289.96 1.5.2 Five year replanting program for East, Central and West Estates from 2013 to 2017 Year of Total planned replanting area for each estate (Ha) Total Ha to be replanting East Estate Central Estate West Estate replanted 2013 214.40 - - 214.40 2014 259.83 - - 259.83 2015 860.70 102.81 - 963.51 2016 135.49 682.19 - 817.68 2017 303.36 726.50 - 1,029.86 1.5.3 Time bound plan for certification for mill and plantation Annual Output Year (ton) Time bound Name of Mills Address and Location timetable for CPO PK certification Subdistrict Simangambat , Padang Lawas Utara Binanga Mill and (PALUTA) District and Huristak Subdistrict District 44,538 10,232 2012 Plantation Padang lawas (PALAS) , North Sumatera Province E: 099°57.483 and N: 01°28.754 Siais Subdistrict, Tapanuli Selatan District, North Siais Mill and Plantation Sumatera Province 31,500 6,300 2013 E: 99º 09’ 100” E and N: 01º 10’ 350” 1.6 Other certifications or awards held by the company So far there is no certificate held by the company. 1.7 Organisational information contact person Company Name PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri ( ANJA) Binanga RSPO Member 1-0032-07-000-00 Principle Contact person: Philip Liu C.K Business address: Perumahan PT Sahabat Mewah dan Makmur, Desa jangkang Kec Dendang Belitung Timur Bangka Belitung - Indonesia Group name if applicable: ANJA BinangaGroup Office telephone: 061-4537480 Mobile telephone: 08116007933 Fax: 061-4538366 e-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.anjagri.com 1.8 Tonnages to be certified Name of Mill ANJA Binanga Mill Name of Plantation ANJA Binanga Plantations - East Estate - Central Estate - West Estate CPO budgeted in 2012 44,538 ton PK budgeted in 2012 10,232 ton 2. ASSESSMENT PROCESS 2.1 Assessment methodology (program, site visits) 2.1.1 General overview. The assessment was carried out refer to TUV NORD Indonesia Certification Procedure, PRSPO- TNI-01, Rev.0, dated 01.06.2008.This procedure described the assessment process, which consist of three stages, such as audit preparation, pre audit, certification audit, and issuance of the certificate. Audit preparation included offsite review of client document’s such as RSPO manual, procedures, and working instructions. This preparation was conducted on October 24-26, 2011 Based on this document review the auditors were able to perform the audit schedule for pre audit. Pre audit was required to assess the client’s readiness toward the certification audit. This includes review of management system documentation and implementation on site. Pre audit was performed November 28-29, 2011. Based on findings and recomendation from pre audit, auditor team will ask client to prepare correction and its evidences, and when it is confirmed the auditor will issue notification for certification audit to RSPO Executive Board to be published at RSPO website. The certification audit was conducted on March 6-8, 2012. Mill and plantations were audited.The auditor team carried out field and office assessments of compliance for all the RSPO principles and criteria. Common systems were identified and specific evidence was recorded. Interview with managers and workers were conducted both for plantation and mill. 2.1.2 Assessment Agenda Main assessment or certification audit was performed on March 6-8, 2012. The audit schedule available as below. 1) Site / Shift / Organizational Auditor Interview- Date / Time 2) Requirements Unit (Abbrev.) partner Day -1: 04.03.12 : Traveling from Jakarta to Medan Day -2: 05.03.12 : Traveling from Medan to site Day -3: 06.03.12 - Brief explanation from ANJA All auditor 08.00 – 09.00 Opening meeting All team BinangaBinanga RSPO Team on General team Information for RSPO Confirmation- P 3.1 of audit
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    526 International Forestry Review Vol.9(1), 2007 Cross-border timber trade in Indonesia: critical or overstated problem? Forest governance lessons from Kalimantan K. OBIDZINSKI1, A. ANDRIANTO2 and C. WIJAYA3 1 Research Fellow, Centre for International Forestry Research, Indonesia, P.O. Box 6596, JKPWB, Jakarta 10065, Indonesia 2 Research Assistant, Centre for International Forestry Research, Indonesia, P.O. Box 6596, JKPWB, Jakarta 10065, Indonesia 3 Forest Crime as a Constraint on Development By Mark Baird, Country Director, Indonesia Email: [email protected] SUMMARY Illegal logging has been at the centre of policy debates about the current state and future prospects of Indonesia’s forestry sector. One of the prevailing views is that clandestine cross-border timber trade is responsible for illegal logging in the country. This paper shows the core of the illegal logging problem lies not in timber smuggling in remote locations but in licensed forestry operations that engage in gross over- harvesting and violate shipping regulations. These actions, in turn, are necessitated by a vast supply-demand disparity in Indonesia’s wood- working sector. The current timber trade system in Indonesia that stresses administrative and document compliance is insuffi cient because it is easy to manipulate and its enforcement is lax. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a more stringent timber legality standard that would be simpler to enforce and easier to evaluate. However, this will only work if a serious effort is made to restructure (downsize) forest industries and develop sustainable industrial timber plantations. Keywords: Illegal logging, smuggling, forestry, Indonesia Contrebande de bois en Indonésie: état critique ou problème exagéré? Des leçons de gestion des forêts en provenance du Kalimatan K.
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    Man In India, 97 (24-II) : 55-67 © Serials Publications LITTLE BROTHER-BIG BROTHER RELATIONSHIP THROUGH MALAYSIA-INDONESIA SOSEK-MALINDO INITIATIVES: A CASE STUDY OF ENTIKONG-TEBEDU BORDER *Abdul Rahim, A., *Mohammad, S. A., *Mohd Kamarulnizam, A. and *Abubakar, E.H. Cross-border trade between two neighbouring countries reflects socioeconomic ties between border communities. As such, this paper examines the socio-economic development of communities at the border of Entikong (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia) and Tebedu (Sarawak, Malaysia). Development undertaken by the respective governments, through the Sosek-Malindo platform, reflects to a certain extent, the concept of a Little Brother-Big Brother relationship, in which each intends to provide assistance through development projects that benefit both communities through employment creation and income generation. This can improve their socio-economic level that has been trapped in poverty and underdevelopment. Keywords: Cross border development; Tebedu, Entikong; Sosek Malindo; little brother-big brother I. INTRODUCTION Bilateral relations between two countries can take a win-win situation or a zero sum game in their effort to resolve conflicts. Malaysia-Indonesia bilateral relations often lead to win-win solutions because each believes the cost of conflict would be high due to economic interdependence on each other. In the context of this archipelagic relation, it may reflect the little brother-big brother (LB-BB) relationship since both countries derived from the same family lineage and share the same religion, Malay and Islam respectively. Indonesia is considered as the big brother from the Malaysian perspective since Indonesia achieved independence earlier, has extensive experience in overcoming colonialism, has a widely multicultural heritage, and it is a large country, in terms of geography and population (Kunaseelan, 1996).