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’s main sources of livelihood are coffee, kapulaga, and kumis kucing that they plant between the trees in the forest. This is an agroforestry system. Realizing that their livelihood depends on the forest, the farmers organization of Ciwaluh have agreed to meet with the National Park Authority to discuss their responsibility and benefit from managing the forest.

Equiped with their conservationist spirit and practices, they believe that the national park authority will support and endorse their agroforestry system, which will protect the forest in the national park.

The meeting with the national park was facilitated by Telapak, an environmentalk organization based in Bogor, West Java. Telapak has been known to work with indigenous people, farmers, and fishers for environmental sustainablility, economic empowerment, and cultural integrity.

The meeting went very well. Even the Head of the National Park met with the farmers directly, along with almost all regional, section and resort heads. The national park authority confirmed their support for the people’s initiative to protect and wisely utilize the forest area of the national park.

Continued to Part 2,


West Java Medical Plant Cooperative to gather with Telapak works in Nangela Village is supported by HPSP (Holticultura Partnership Support Programme) dan Japan Enveronmental Education Forum (JEFF)


Versi Bahasa =
http://usadhaid.blogspot.com/2008/10/masyarakat-ciwaluh-bekerja-bersama.html