MLA Multidisciplinary Lanscape Assessment |
Mamberamo
West-Papua, Indonesia
Malinau Kalimantan | Gunung Lumut - Kalimantan | Papua | Sumatra
The MLA approach to biodiversity surveys appealed to staff in the West Papua office of Conservation International (http://www.conservation.or.id ) and CI requested CIFOR's help in its implementation in the Mamberamo area. CI-Papua is developing a program in this huge and highly biodiverse area to strengthen conservation and environmental management. It must cooperate with local communities to ensure their participation in decision-making processes and their support for the creation of a Mamberamo Conservation Corridor, which could link currently established protected areas through strategically placed "indigenous forest reserves".
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Location of the two case study villages in Mamberamo. The inset map shows West Papua |
Women group scoring the importance of different landscape units |
For CIFOR, the cooperation with CI was a welcome chance to see the MLA approach applied in a 'real life' conservation planning context. A three-phase training programme was launched in May 2004 to build the capacity of about 20 participants from CI itself, Papuan Universities and government offices. The first step was a training in principles, background and methods of the MLA approach. Practical field training in Mamberamo was carried out in July 2004; trainees carried out a full survey in Kwerba and Papasena I. A third phase, in September 2004, brought trainees to Bogor to familiarize themselves with analysis of field data and writing results.
After the field survey, the local communities expressed enthusiasm for a continued relationship with CI, supporting conservation activities that concur with their hopes for sustainability of the forest.
About this project (from CIFOR newsletter 2004)
Publications:
Sheil. D., van Heist, M., Boissiere, M., Liswanti, N., Basuki, I., Wan, M., 2004. Building capacity for multidisciplinary landscape assessment in Papua: three phases of training and pilot assessment in the Mamberamo Basin. A report of MLA Papua activities to USAID (major donor).
Boissière, M.; Van Heist, M.; Sheil, D.; Basuki, I.; Frazier, S.; Ginting, U.; Wan, M.; Hariadi, B.; Hariyadi, H.; Kristianto, H. D; Bemei, J.; Haruway, R.; Marien, E. R. Ch.; Koibur, D. P. H.; Watopa, Y.; Rachman, I. and Liswanti, N., 2005. Pentingnya Sumberdaya Alam bagi Masyarakat Lokal di Daerah Aliran Sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan Implikasinya bagi Konservasi. In: Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol I (2) : 76 - 95.
Liswanti, N., Boissière, M., 2006. Pelatihan MLA (Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment) untuk mendukung program konservasi di Mamberamo, Papua Barat. Jurnal Tropika Indonesia (Januari – Juli).
