For immediate release 28 September 2009

Jayapura, (28/09)- Coinciding with the official laying of the cornerstone ceremony of residence hall for housing WWF staff and guests in WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region office, the WWF Green Office Programme in Papua was finally launched. WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region office built in the middle of 2009 has adopted energy-efficient principles. Both staff and guess residence hall are located in the office area in Post 7 Sentani.

WWF Netherland representative, Nationale Postcode Loterij and Director of Conservation WWF-Indonesia Klaas Jan Teule attended the event. Klaas mentioned some points why we need to support natural resources conservation work in Papua carried on by Loterij. First, itmaintain natural resources conservation itself. Next, it can promote education and other social aspect for the people living near conservation area.

Director of WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region , Benja V. Mambai expressed his deepest thanks to the Government of Jayapura District, Papua Provincial Government, WWF Netherland, Loterij, and all WWf staff in Papua for supporting WWF-Indonesia Papua Program. The construction of the buildings is supported by Nationale Postcode Loterij from Netherland. In the future, all office buildings and and its secondary buildings such as library and residence hall will become a Green Office-certified office complex adopting energy-efficient principles and eco-friendly practices.
In Papua, WWF-Indonesia started its operation in 1980 and has helped government initiate crucial conservation area in Papua. WWF Papua Program is known as WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region covering Provinces in Papua and West Papua and focusing in terrestrial conservation and marine-species program. WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region works in six field offices, Sorong Field Office for Abun Regional Marine Conservation Area; Wasior Field Office for Cendrawasih Bay National Park; Merauke Field Office for Transfly Landscape and Ecoregion Program; Mapi Field Office for Indigienous Peoples-Based Conservation; Wamena Field Office for Lorentz National Park, and Jayapura office for Pilot Project of Sustainable Natural Forests Management by Community and REDD Pre-implementation in Papua. Those six offices continually do coordination with Program Coordination Office in Jayapura. WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region has been working with government and other partners to promote sustainable development by focusing on ecological and socio-culture aspects in Papua.

Starting this October to October 2012, WWF-Indonesia Green Offfice program in Program Coordination Office in Jayapura is aiming at: 1.Maintain total electricity consumption (1250 kwh until 2012); 2.Maintain total paper consumption at 7 rim permonth until 2012; 3.Refuse Styrofoam products; and 4. Conduct waste management system for organic, inorganic, and paper waste. It is expected that at the beginning of 2010, WWF-Indonesia office in Jayapura will get green office certification from WWF-Finland as the initiator and international license-giver.
WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region office and WWF-Indonesia Jakarta are the first WWF-Indonesia offices that has started adopting Green Office intiative.
Besides Green Office Program, a reforestation initiative called NEWtrees also launched in Cyclops Wildlife. The pilot area is dedicated to Amos Ondi as the land owner. WWF hailed Ondi's initiative for supporting NEWtrees.

Notes to editor:

• About WWF-Indonesia

WWF is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with almost 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. WWF started working in Indonesia in the early 1960s. In April 1998, WWF-Indonesia Foundation was established as a WWF global network’s independent national organization. WWF-Indonesia Jakarta office leads and coordinates 23 field offices and more than 300 staf. WWF-Indonesia conservation programme takes place in protected areas in 16 Indonesian provinces.

• About WWF GreenOffice

In brief, Green Office program is: 1. A simple and practical Environmental Management System (EMS) developed by WWF-Finland particularly for office environment; 2. WWF's effort to help and support the environmental managers; 3. An educational program to encourage employees conducting eco-friendly practices; 4. A solution for companies to help reduce their operational cost.

Thera are several countries in WWF Global Network that have adopted Green Office Program, for instance Africa (WWF Kenya), in Asia (WWF China, WWF India, WWF Indonesia, WWF Pakistan dan WWF Vietnam) and in Europe (WWF Finland, WWF Italy dan WWF Turkey).
 

Green office is measured by 3 main indicators:

• Total Electricity Consumption(kWh);
• Total Paper Consumption(Kg);
• Total Waste Production (kg)(and or waste management).

Both the environment and the companies will benefit by adopting Green Office. The WWF Green Office Diploma will be given to offices complying to the agreed minimum requirements, have succeeded in effective EMS implementation, and gone through WWF audits. Offices that have received the diploma and become a member of WWF Green Office Network has the right to use WWF Green Office Logo for marketing and communication purposes, as recognition of the eco-friendly practices that they have performed.
For more information:
Benja V Mambai
Director of WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region Program
Cellphone : 08124805243
Email : bmambai@wwf.or.id
Maria Sherlly
Communications Marketing
WWF-Indonesia Sahul Region
Cellphone : 08114804329
Email: msherlly@wwf.or.id