By: Davit Purwodesrantau

Palangka Raya - The Katingan Rattan Farmers Association (P2RK) has joined the Forest Management and Stump-To-Forest Gate Chain-Of-Custody Certification Evaluation model certification scheme by SCS global services - a certification body accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to evaluate the management and supply chain of forest products.

Under the FSC/SCS certification system, the forest management enterprises (FMEs) carried out by P2RK have met the certification standards with good and responsible forest management models and allow support to use the FSC logo in the global market with regular FSC certificates/SCS supervision. P2RK's success in obtaining the FSC FM certificate is a milestone as the first producer of Non-Timber Forest Products in Indonesia to obtain an FSC certificate.

The rattan management area that has been mapped by WWF Central Kalimantan program covers an area of 30,126 hectares which is outside the conservation area or included in the community management area spread across 6 sub-districts and 21 villages, this area has previously followed the process of assessment and HCV assessment which covers an area of 340,464.63 hectares.

P2RK proposes a plantation area that has met the requirements of the low intensity SLIMF FMUs criteria to participate in the certification process covering an area of 690.58 hectares with 209 farmers and 270 plots of land, while the estimated annual commercial production of rattan commodities included in the scope of the certificate ranges from 1,002.75 tons / year covering nine types of rattan, including

No Common Name Local Name Species
1 Taman Rattan Sigi Regency Rattan Tebu caesius
2 Irit Rattan Irit Rattan Sugarcane trachycoleus
3 Crocodile Nest Foundation Rattan Katip Rattan Cane spec
4 Coir rattan Feather rattan Daemonorops coir
5 Semambu Rattan Tantuwu Rattan Sugarcane scipionum
6 Ahas Rattan Ahas Rattan Korthalsia cheb
7 Manau Rattan Marau Rattan Sugarcane manan
8 Bujungan Rattan Bujungan rattan, Daemonorops fissa tuber
9 Potik Rattan Rattan Gum Korthalsia rostrata

In the audit and assessment process that has been carried out by SCS global services auditors, there are several recommendations that must be followed up and have been fulfilled in the form of principles and criteria as outlined in the criteria for low intensity SLIMF FMUs.