Time for Change i Time for Change Time for Change The rising sun above the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, a symbol of spirit to change and a hope for a better future of environmental and forestry management, a dignified sector that is more beneficial for the community, the nation and the country. ii iii Time for Change Time for Change Preface Dynamic… in the government structure. She began For instance, the provision of wider access The readiness of local governments and economic growth, while maintaining future. The problems encountered her work with a simple yet precise step, to forest resources for local community their field staff to prevent and suppress biodiversity and its ecosystem in during 2014-2019 were too huge and It reflects the milestones of environment conducted dialogues with all parties and which led to an increase of 5.4 million forest and land fires became a priority to particular. too complex, therefore not all activities and forestry sectors during the period absorbing every single aspiration. She hectares of accessible forest areas to be be addressed and improved. Siti Nurbaya conducted can be presented in an intact 2014-2019, under the leadership of met and talked with many parties: high utilized by the community for generating succeeded in reducing the area of forest Furthermore, under the leadership way in this book. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). The level officials and former ministers in the incomes. In terms of the percentage, the fires from 2.6 million hectares recorded of Siti Nurbaya, MoEF played an dynamics started when the President two ministries, forestry and environmental forests management permits granted to in 2015, to 438,363 hectares (in 2016), important role in international arenas. Sincere thanks and highest appreciation undertook a strategic decision to experts, as well as private sector. Siti the community rose to 13.49% compared 165,483 hectares (in 2017), and 510,564 Initiatives and proposals from Indonesia are extended to all parties for their merge two ministries: the Ministry of Nurbaya approached all stakeholders. to all forest utilization permits by the end hectares (in 2018). delegates were counted and referred for valuable contributions to make this book Environment and the Ministry of Forestry She conducted dialogues with activists of 2018. Much higher than the increase of concensus building, decisions making available before you. into the Ministry of Environment and of non-government organizations 1.35% permits granted at the end of 2014. Her corrective actions continued to deal and agreements among parties. These Forestry (MoEF). President Jokowi then (NGOs), employees of the ministries, and with other substantial challenges, the adopted agreements were aimed at It is our humble expectation, this “Time appointed Siti Nurbaya, the admired hard representatives of local communities. Even more, the undertaken corrective pollution. The problems of environmental creating a greener and more supportive for Change” will become source of worker and professional in development actions have benefitted the local pollution were significantly controlled world for better future. The establishment inspirations and ignite the spirit of our planning, as his minister and instructed Dialogues with stakeholders became Siti’s community in the sense that their rights under her leadership. Siti Nurbaya of International Tropical Peatland Centre young generation to make Indonesia the her to lead the merging process. work culture. The goal was to develop to utilize the forest areas for their living initiated a trial of paid plastic bags and the Management of Waste from Land country we want! “A Common Home” or a common platform are well acknowledged by the State. This in 2017, the initiative that afterward Based Activities were among the adopted It was not an easy task to unify the for all parties to solve environment and is a new achievement in the history of the was voluntarily implemented by local agreements. two ministries. They were different in forestry problems. Manggala Wanabakti, country. governments and retail stores. The backgrounds and working cultures, as well the building located in Central Jakarta issues related to production forest This photo book records the remarkable Authors as their extended organizational branches highlighted with an arboretum of precious Siti Nurbaya also took actions to improve management, forestry industry, reduction journey of the MoEF during Siti Nurbaya’s and thousand staff employed. It became tropical forest trees species, chosen as peatland management as well as forest in deforestation, non-timber forest tenure, starting from the establishment tougher when it came to merging the the MoEF head office. Since then, one can and land fire prevention and suppression. product development, and environmental of the ministry, policy making processes, authoritative domains of the ministries, feel that the ambience of the Manggala She determinedly fostered peatland in and forestry law enforcement were also and the implementation of the corrective targeting to support the President’s nine Wanabakti changed into more productive order to prevent draining process by covered in her progressive policies. The actions to reinvigorate the functions of priorities development agenda, so-called and encouraging. enforcing appropriate regulations on improvement and progress resulting from the ministry. It portraits the dynamics of Nawacita. governance. Operators of peatlands were the corrective actions were an undeniable the journey ended until September 2019. With her professional justifications and also obliged to construct canal blockages record of successes. With her long experiences in the stakeholder’s supports, Siti Nurbaya and regulate the water system in order to There is a hope that this book is able bureaucracy, Siti Nurbaya knew initiated the implementation of a number maintain peatland’s moistures and avoid Another corrective action was to enhance to serve as a collection of the lessons how to deal with even complicated of corrective actions in the ministry. Some potential fires. the MoEF’s contributions to the national learned for a better environment and administrative and managerial matters of them were even revolutionary actions. strategic development, impacting forestry policy making process in the iv v Time for Change Time for Change TIME FOR CHANGE Siti Nurbaya’s corrective actions to reform environment and forestry sectors Editor in Chief Agus Justianto Senior Editors Eka Widodo Soegiri Sri Murniningtyas Zahrul Muttaqin Tetra Yanuariadi Contributors Djati Witjaksono Hadi Sugiharto Budiman Drafting Team Ima Y. Rayaningtyas, Mimi Salminah, M. Sahri Chair Creative Team Firdaus, Simon Onggo, Bachran Mile, Agus Winarsa, Momon Supriyanto, Juan Samuel ISBN 978-602-5950-10-0 All right reserved. It is prohibited to quote or reproduce part or all of book contents without written permission of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. x+199 pages; 29.7 cm x 21 cm Manupeu Tanahdaru and Laiwangi Wanggameti National Parks, East Nusa Tenggara Province Front cover photo: Lake Kelimutu National Park, Ende, East Nusa Tenggara Province Back cover photo: Across the Situgunung Suspension Bridge, Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java Province vi vii Time forTABLE Change OF CONTENTS Time for Change 2 Developing “A Common Home” 1 11 3 Carrying the Widening 8 Community’s Access Constitutional Fulfilling Mandate to Forest 12 Strategic 10 23 Development 9 Conserving Our 11 Restoring 1 Requirements Environment 4 Combating Land Species-Rich Enforcing 13 5 Ecosystems Sustaining Nature and Forest Fires the Law Leading the 15 Restructuring Ensuring 71 Production Forest Global Arena Winning Peatland 89 107 Management 79 101 14 Excellent Results Sustainability 6 117 Pursuing a Clean 39 49 Reducing Indonesia 189 Deforestation 7 Reconfiguring Business 179 55 in Forestry 65 Manupeu Tanahdaru and Laiwangi Wanggameti National Parks, East Nusa Tenggara Province viii ix Time for Change Time for Change 1Carrying the Constitutional Mandate “A professional and a hard worker; inauguration as the minister, Siti visited (former ministers of the ministries), high that is why we ask her to take duty for both ministries and started to consolidate rank officials, academia, pro-environment the betterment of future environment the high rank officials and quickly learned activists and NGOs. and forestry sectors”. That was the the profiles, cultures, resources and President Joko Widodo’s statement when behaviours of the organizations. Another important action to undertake announcing the appointment of Siti was the creation of a new logo for the Nurbaya as the Minister of Environment Timely, the merging process went newly established ministry. The logo and Forestry in his Working Cabinet, smoothly and fulfill the given Siti’s eight must be able to represent the philosophy Sunday (26/10/2014). guiding pillars, namely: (1) Sustainable of the environment and forestry; that is, development; (2) Nature conservation when forests provide benefits they are Indeed, President Jokowi needs a hard- and protection; (3) Rehabilitation and called resources, when they are over- working professional for the reasons reclamation; (4) Production and impact utilized, environmental impacts will arise of evolving challenges encountered control (natural resources will be instead. Ultimately, there is a need for a in progressing the development of managed for the sake of people’s welfare, balance between forest development