MERU BETIRI NATIONAL PARK

By:

Ir. Pratono Puroso (Head of Meru Betiri National Park)

“Presented at Study Tour AFoCo Regional Project to the Meru Betiri National Park Feb 24, 2015 at Aston Hotel Jember – East Java”

199 Km/ 4 - 5 jam

LOCATION

Based on Kepmenhut (Decree of Forestry Minister) No. 277/Kpts-VI/19977, MBNP Area : 58.000 Ha.

There are 2 plantation (PT. Bandealit : 1.057 Ha and PT. Sukamade Baru : 1.098Ha : 1.098Ha) Effective area : 55.845 ha

AREA

: 55.845 ha Consist of 3 Sections and 10 Resorts.

SPTN I Sarongan : 17.860 Ha

Resort Karangtambak : 3.638 Ha

Resort Rajegwesi : 3.320 Ha

Resort Sukamade : 10.902 Ha

SPTN II Ambulu : 35.192 Ha

Resort Andogrejo : 5.097 Ha

Resort Bandealit : 18.369 Ha

Resort Wonoasri : 5.594 Ha

Resort Sanenrejo : 6.132 Ha

SPTN III Kalibaru : 12.479 Ha

Resort Baban : 4.503 Ha

Resort Malangsari : 4.662 Ha

Resort Sumberpacet : 3.314 Ha

AREA BOUNDARY

North

Perum Perhutani dan PT.

Treblasala Plantation

West

Villages of Sanenrejo,

Andongrejo, Curahnongko, PTPN

XII Kalisanen, PTPN XII Kota

Blater, and Perum Perhutani

South

Indonesia Ocean

East

Sarongan Village and PTPN XII

Sumberjambe

VILLAGES SUROUNDING THE MBNP

WONOASRI

CURAHTAKIR SANENREJO

CURAHNONGKO

ANDONGREJO

KANDANGAN

SARONGAN

KARANGHARJO

MULYOREJO

KEBUNREJO

There are 10 Village :

District of Jember 6 Village

District of Banyuwangi 4 Village

Population density:

105/km2

Average land ownership: 2,73 Ha/KK

The main job: Farmer Education level:

Elementary school

LAND COVER IN MERU BETIRI NATIONAL PARK

AREA (Ha) %

1.581,87 2,8%

34.600,03 61,8%

12.321,92 22,0%

125,57 0,2%

93,57 0,2%

2.792,18 5,0%

129,31 0,2%

2.046,32

894,49 1,6%

1.365,53 2,4%

96,93 0,2%

1.952,31 3,5%

58.000,00 ECOSYSTEM 1. Low Land Tropical Rain Forest (52.992ha) 2. Coastal forest (153,8 ha) 3. Mangrove (88,99 ha) 4. Swamp forest (5 Ha) 5. Reophyte (2 Ha)

Total Area : 55.845,0 Ha

AREA ZONES IN MERU BETIRI NATIONAL PARK Based on Sk.Dirjen PHKA (Decree of DG Forest Protection and Natural Conservation) No:101/Iv-set/2011, consist of 7 Zones

NATURAL RESOURCES

FAUNA

There are 217 species consisting of : 25 species of mammals, 18 species are protected by law including Bull, Porcupine, Javan tiger, Leopard, Lemur, Black monkey, Pangolin, Wild cat, etc.;

8 species of reptiles, 6 species are protected by law including 4 species of sea turtle (Tortoise Sisik, Tortoise Belimbing, Tortoise Hijau dan Tortoise Slengkrah) and 2 species of snake (cobra and phyton)

184 species of Aves, 68 species are protected by Government Regulations No: 7 Tahun 1999.

Manis javanica

Rhinoceros bicornis

Bos javanicus

Cervus timorensis

Pavo muticus Phyton reticulatus

Panthera pardus melas

Nisaetus bartelsi

Nyctisebus coucang FAUNA

Padmosari/Rafflesia

Orchid

FLORA

There are 496 species of plants (included in 98 family)

5 protected species and 481 not protected species. One of the protected endemic species : Padmosari (Rafflesia zollingeriana).

239 species have been identified as medicinal plants

77 species have been utilized by the community as an ingredient in traditional medicines including : Kemukus (Piper cubeba), Kedawung (Parkia roxburghii), Pakem (Pangium edule), Joho Lawe (Terminalia ballerica), Cabe Jawa (Piper retrofractum)

Pule Pandak Kemaitan

MEDICINAL PLANTS

Cabe Jawa

Meniran

Kemukus Kapulogo

No. Variable Measurement Value

Sumberlangsep Sumbersari Bandealit Sanen

1. Vertical Cross-section 0,91 m2 0,18 m2 2,57m2 4,82 m2

2. River flow velocity 1,451 m/s 0,769 m/s 1,505 m/s 0,372 m/s

3. Water discharge 1,320 m3/s 0,138 m3/s 3,867 m3/s 1,793 m3/s

WATER RESOURCES

MBNP is water catchment area (4 large river : Kali Sanen, Kali Bandealit, Kali Sumbersari and Kali Sukamade)

Sungai Sukamade

TOURISM SITE

Padmosari/Rafflesia

Anggrek Tanah

Anggrek Bulan

Padmosari/Rafflesia

AnggrekTanah

AnggrekTanah

Anggrek Bulan

Nanggelan beach

Bandealit beach

Canoing at Bandealit

Guest house at Bandealit

Rafflesia at Bandealit

Peace bay

Green bay

Rajegwesi beach

Sukamade beach

INSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES

There are 3 Sections and 10 Resorts Number of employees

PNS : 90 Consist of Struktural : 5 Non struktural : 35 Fungsional Polhut : 32 PEH : 16 Penyuluh : 2 Non PNS : 12 Consist of Harian Lepas : 12

Distribution : Balai office : 36 Section office : 6 - 10 Resort office : 3 - 7

ACTIVITY OF AREA MANAGEMENT

A. Area Protection

a. Pre-emtif (Socialization of Forestry Regulation, conduct awareness raising about the national park function) by ranger

b. Preventif (Extension, Patrol, Anjangsana) by ranger

c. Construct Understanding forest protection with MUSPIKA through Forest Protection Coordination Meeting Sub-District level

d. Represif (Operasi Fungsional dan Operasi Gabungan) in collaboration with Police, TNI and Satpol PP

e. Operasi Yustisi (Inquiry, investigation, prosecution) in collaboration with Police, Attorney and Court

No Illegal Activity Year

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

1 Illegal logging 6 11 8 1 2

2 Illegal hunting 5 5 3 3 4

3 Encroachment 1 - 1 - -

4 Illegal Non Timber Forest Product - 2 - - -

Jumlah 12 18 12 4 6

Recapitulation P21 Tahun 2010-2014

th 2009 th 2010 th 2011 th 2012 th 2013 th 2014

illegal logging 59 43 54 48 47 59

illegal hunting 13 18 16 12 20 14

encroachment 4 5 3 9 4 11

forest fire 4 0 5 6 6 24

illegal NTFP 17 6 7 5 0 5

illegal mining 1 2 1 1 1 1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

frequency

Frequency/year

Illegal Activity 2009 - 2014

DEFORESTATION RATE 1997 S/D 2010

(Based on remote sensing analisys)

Period Annual Deforestation rate (%)

1997-2001 0.30

2001-2005 0.07

2005-2007 -0.08

2007-2010 -0.03

Average deforestation rate 0.065

Average deforestation rate/year 37,7 Ha

REHABILITATION ZONE

There is an area of 2,775 ha has been designated as a rehabilitation zone due to encroachment in the early period of reform (1998). Rehabilitation has been carried out with the support of national budget (MBNP and BPDAS)

a. Inventory and Monitoring of Banteng (Population and distribution of Banteng) b. Wildlife corridor development c. Habitat identification and population inventory of Javan hawk eagle d. Wildlife monitoring using camera trap e. Increase sea turtle population through UPKP (Turtle Conservation Management

Unit)

f. Habitat identification and population inventory of Javan leopard

B. Preservation of Biodiversity

Patrol

Hatchery

Tukik

Turtle release

a. Habitat maintain and monitoring of Rafflesia zollingeriana inside permanet plot and monitoring of Rafflesia zollingeriana outside permanent plot

b. Inventory of commercially tree species

c. Forest rehabilitation

a. Nature Resources

• Utilization of medicinal plant to upport the concept of wanafarma and village farma

• Education and research avtivity by university (UGM, IPB, Udayana, UB, Unair, UNEJ, IPM, Balitbanghut, UNJ, UI, Museum Geologi Bandung, UNS, Unesa, Unmuh, dll)

b. Environmental services

• Ecotourism

Promotion

Completing tourism infrastructure

Community fasilitation

Human resource development

Tourism packages arrangement

• Water resource

Inventory of water resources

Identification water utilization by community

• Carbon

Being a pilot project for the DA-REDD+, which focuses on forest carbon baseline determination

C. Utilization

c. Community Empowerment

• Cooperation and partnerships with universities, NGOs and related agencies

• Strengthening institutional capacity and competence of the community

• Facilitate the marketing of products

DA-REDD + At Meru Betiri National Park

There are 40 PSP : 17 PSP in the core zone, 14 PSP in the forest zone, 3 PSP in the rehabilitation zone, 4 PSP in the utilization zone and 2 PSP in the special use zone.

DA-REDD+ ACTIVITY (done by MBNP Staff)

1. Constructing PSP (Permanent Sample Plot)

2. DEVELOPING GIS

P 30 P 30

3. ENHANCE COMMUNITY LEVEL INSTITUTIONS THROUGH MUSHROOM CULTIVATION TRAINING

4. CONDUCT TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, POLICE AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF ON MBNP PROTECTION

6. CONDUCT AWARENESS RAISING THROUGH SOCIALIZATION AND EXTENTION

Th. 2011

Th. 2012

Th. 2013

Th. 2014

Thank you very much

Support from many stakeholders directly or indirectly is needed for forest protection in Meru Betiri National Park