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The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) PD 396/06 Rev.2 (F)
‘Strategy for Developing Plantation Forest : A Conflict Resolution Methodology in Indonesia ’
Background
There have been many changes in forestry during the last decade in Indonesia . The economic crisis beginning in 1997 has increased huge losses of natural forests. The illegal and excessive harvesting of commodity and precious timber from natural forests continues. As a result of such condition a significant decrease in the availability of many tropical species as a raw material source of wood-based industries in the country. Since traditional commercial timber of tropical forests is decreasing, the industries have to adjust their machinery to process smaller logs for sawn lumber and plywood. Nowadays, natural forests produce smaller diameter logs, less volume per hectare of a given species and timber of lower quality than those harvested in the past. On the other hand, log from plantations have the advantages of greater volumes per hectare of uniform wood, with shorter rotation. Since the late 1980s the government of Indonesia has endorsed the establishment of industrial forest plantation.
The ITTO PD 396/06 ‘Strategy for Developing Plantation Forest : A Conflict Resolution Methodology in Indonesia ’ is aimed to achieve sustainable management of plantation forest in Indonesia through development of a strategy for collaborative plantation forest management which is emphasizing on a conflict resolution approach.
The major outputs will be:
(1) Documents on the development of a strategy for collaborative plantation forest management in Jambi and South Kalimantan and its implementation;
(2) A practical mechanism of plantation forest establishment through collaborative forest management;
(3) Trained personnel on collaborative plantation forest management and on plantation forest establishment;
(4) Institutional setting that encourages local communities and industrial commercial plantation forest companies to rehabilitate degraded forests and lands through collaborative plantation forest management; and
(5) Collaborative plantation development in the form of local community and company partnership and production sharing.
Target beneficiaries of the project are local communities, industrial commercial plantation forest companies, local and central governments, and wood-based industries.
For the first year operation, The ITTO PD 396/06 ‘Strategy for Developing Plantation Forest : A Conflict Resolution Methodology in Indonesia ’ is now seeking for National Consultants to fill the position as follow:
1. Forest Policy Expert (National Consultant)
Qualification and experience, the person should:
• Have a Doctoral degree in Forest Policy or Master degree in Forestry with at least 5 year experience related to Forest Policy
• Have experience in implementing Forest Policy on Community Based Forest Management
• Fluent in English both oral and written
Responsibilities
• To create a development of a strategy of collaborative plantation forest management in Jambi Province and or in South Kalimantan Province .
• To co-ordinate with workshop committees and present paper(s) on Development of a strategy of Collaborative Plantation Forest Management in Jambi Province and or South Kalimantan Province, and serve as a resource person.
• To prepare development of a strategy of collaborative plantation forest management in Jambi Province and or in South Kalimantan Province , in the forms of final reports and publications
• Under the coordination of the Project Coordinator, he/she should be formulating the legal framework of conflict resolution approach with the Legal Framework Specialist.
• Period of assignment will be 2 months.
2. Legal Framework and Institution Specialist (National Consultant)
Qualification and experience, the person should:
• Have a Doctoral Degree in Legal Framework and Institution, or Master of Science with 4 years experience in Legal Framework and Institution.
• Be experience in implementing Legal Framework and Institution on Community Based Forest Management.
• Fluent in English both oral and written
Responsibilities
• To create a mechanism of collaborative plantation forest management development in Jambi Province and or in South Kalimantan Province ;
• To co-ordinate with workshop committees and present paper(s) on Mechanism of Collaborative Plantation Forest Management Development in Jambi Province and or South Kalimantan Province, and serve as a resource person in the workshops ;
• To prepare final mechanism of collaborative plantation forest management development in Jambi Province and or in South Kalimantan Province , in the forms of reports and publications;
• To facilitate the communities around plantation forest area to perform their local framework, institution, and organization of collaborative plantation forest management in Jambi province and South Kalimantan Province .
• Under the coordination of the Project Coordinator, he/she should be formulating the legal framework of conflict resolution approach with the Legal Framework Specialist.
• Period of assignment will be 4 months
3. Sociologist/ Anthropologist (National Consultant)
Qualification and experience; the person should:
• Have a Doctoral Degree in sociology or anthropology, or Master Degree in sociology or anthropology with 5 years experience, or Bachelor Degree with 7 years experience in sociology or anthropology; experience in community based forest management is preferable
• Fluent in English both oral and written
Responsibilities
• To conduct a socio-economic survey of the communities around the industrial commercial plantation forest in Jambi Province and or in South Kalimantan Province ,
• To produce reports and publications on the socio–economics of the communities around the industrial commercial plantation forest in Jambi Province and or in South Kalimantan
• To present the survey results in the workshops
• Fluent in English both oral and written
• Period of assignment will be 2 months
4. Forest Planning Specialist (National Consultant)
Qualification and experience, the person should:
• Have background at financial works for at least 4 years, Doctoral degree in forest management or Master degree in forest management with 3 years experiences, or Undergraduate degree with 7 years experiences in forest planning;
• Have experience in community forest planning and management
• Fluent in English both oral and written; and
• Be fami lia r with ITTO Auditing system.
Responsibilities
• To conduct surveys and to plan the demonstration site of collaborative plantation forest management in Jambi Province and South Kalimantan Province ;
• To prepare a proposal of demonstration site plans;
• To present the proposal of demonstration site plan in workshops;
• To implement the demonstration site plans in the field in Jambi Province and South Kalimantan Province ;
• Period of assignment will be 6 months
Those who are interested must submit their application together with Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Technical Proposal via e-mail to: deep_forest82@ yahoo.com or stratcollpd396@ yahoo.co. id not later than January 25, 2008 .
Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
Vacancy for National Consultant at ITTO Project
