The People of Ciwaluh Signing a Collaboration with the Mts. Gede-Pangrango National Park

Part 2

Wednesday, 13 August 2008 is a historical day for the people of Ciwaluh. On that day, located in the office of the national park in Cibodas, Bogor, they had a meeting with the Head of Gede-Pangrango National Park. Representatives of Ciwaluh people came to the meeting, facilitated by Telapak.

Kacip Fatimah, the Golden Leaves from the edge of the Mountain

That afternoon Mang Asari, Mang Narim and Mang Odang have just returned from hunting and gathering Kacip Fatimah in the forest of Halimun Mountain. They were have been gone for three days to search for this magic leaves which has a very specific medicinal purpose. Weariness shown in their faces. There were 7 people and for three days they only got 50 kgs of fresh Kacip Fatimah leaves. This is way bellow their harvest volume last year. This is even when they have gone further deep into the forest. Gathering Fatimah is an additional income for them. Usually it gives them a very significant extra income. The price of a kilogram of dried Kacip Fatimah is very expensive.

The People of Ciwaluh Signing a Collaboration with the Mts. Gede-Pangrango National Park - Part 1

Living in harmony with the nature is the spirit of the people of Kampong Ciwaluh. They are different from other people who have the tendency of destroying the forest. The people of Ciwaluh has this conservation spirit from long time ago. This spirit and behaviour has spared the kampong from drought, flood, and erotion. The forested area in Ciwaluh is part of the Mts. Gede-Pangrango National Park area.

Ciwaluh is Heading for Organic Certification

Even though the life style and farming system of Ciwaluh community is done naturally and in harmony with the nature, it is still not an easy thing to get international acknowledgment as a community with organic way of living and producing.

Nangela, the new Writhe of Organic Village

Nangela is one of the kampongs of Desa Pabangon, Leuwiliang SubDistrict, Bogor. Nangela has a population of 150 families or 700 people. It is 15 kilometres away from the capital of Kecamatan Leuwiliang. The kampong is surrounded by Perhutani forest area. Nevertheless, since 2002, the status of forest area has changed into Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park area. Being isolated and far from nearest towns, nangela is not as much touched by development projects. Eventhough the village can be reached by motorbike or car, but the condition of the road which is heavily damaged hampered the resource mobilisation stripe.

Post-Production Training for Kidney Tea

The market of basic commodity today is demanding a product with high quality which is fulfill healthy criteria, environmentally friendly and free of harmful chemical compounds.

It is realized that product quality is the most important for consumers satisfaction, so the monitoring towards product quality is high priority.

Organic Vegetables Training

On Sunday, May 25 2008, Kelompok Tani Lindung Harapan has conducted an exchange visit to an organic vegetable demonstration plot (demplot) in Dramaga, Bogor. This DEMPLOT is owned and managed by farmer group Pak Tani ORGANIK which is founded since April 2004. They are conducting vegetable cultivating with organic way. There were plenty of farmer group who has visited and making a training of the organic vegetable cultivating.

Nenas Gati, An Organic Pineapple from Tapos Village

Gati pineapple(Bromeliaaceae) is a kind of specific pineapple from Bogor. Gati is a name of a village in Desa Sukaharja, kecamatan Cijeruk, Kabupaten Bogor. It is still a mystery why the pineapple that is planted in this area has different taste even though the same variety is planted in other place. The community of Gati village plants the pineapple among the trees in Salak mountain area which is bordering their village.