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Development of Tunak Recreation Forest

Development of Tunak Recreation Forest

Development of Tunak Recreation Forest : Capacity Building for Local People Cooperation between the Korea Forest Service and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in the development of forest recreation at Tunak – Nusa Tenggara Barat had been started in 2015. This cooperation is planned to last for three years until 2018. Two main activities […]

Field Discussion on Biomass Plantation

Field Discussion on Biomass Plantation

Since 2013 Korea Green Promotion Agency (KGPA) has developed a cooperation project with Perum Perhutani on the development of biomass energy, wood pellets.  This cooperation begins with the planting of Gliricidia sp  of 2000 hectares in Grobogan Regency, which is part of Semarang Forest Management Unit.  This plantation is currently still in the stage of trial planting, […]

Korean Forestry Students Visited Indonesia

Korean Forestry Students Visited Indonesia

On 30th July until 4th August 2015, 17 Korean Forestry Students from 14 different Universities in Korea accompanied by Prof. KANG HAGMO have visited Indonesia, under the program of “Future Global Green Leader Program” arranged by Korea Green Promotion Agency (KGPA). The purpose of the visit was to gain experiences in forestry practices in Indonesia […]

Made a Courtesy Call

Made a Courtesy Call

The First Secretary of Korean Embassy and KIFC Members Made a Courtesy Call to The Director General of Natural Resources and Ecosystems Conservation, The Ministry of Environment and Forestry On Wednesday morning, 9th June 2015, the First Secretary of the Korean Embassy, Mr. LEE Sang Ick and the members of KIFC made a courtesy call […]

Capacity Building on Forest Recreation and Ecotourism Management, in Korea

Capacity Building on Forest Recreation and Ecotourism Management, in Korea

Development of Forest Recreation and Eco-Tourism Management in Tunak is one of the Korea-Indonesia collaboration projects. This project is a follow up of the MOU between the two countries on Strengthening Forest Recreation and Eco-Tourism in Forest Conservation Areas in Indonesia signed on October 2013. The activities of the project was started in 2014, by […]

KIFC Team Visited Forestry Vocational School in Kadipaten

KIFC Team Visited Forestry Vocational School in Kadipaten

On 28th May 2015, KIFC Team, consisting of Mr. Oh Key-pyo, Mr. Sugeng Marsudiarto, Ms. Lee Young Ju and Mr. Lee Ui June visited Forestry Vocational School in Kadipaten – West Java. Kadipaten is a small town, in the Majalengka Regency, West Jawa about 200 Km from Jakarta. It takes about 5 – 6 hours […]

Ceremony of Kick-Off Harvesting

Ceremony of Kick-Off Harvesting

Ceremony of Kick-Off Harvesting of Accacia mangium at The Area of Planting Cooperation Between Perum Perhutani and PT. Korea-Indonesia Forest Cooperative (PT. KIFC) On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Parungpanjang- Bogor was held a small ceremony of Kick-off harvesting of Accacia mangium in the framework of planting cooperation between Perum Perhutani and PT. KIFC (PT. […]

Preparing for 22nd Indonesia-Korea Forest Committee (IKFC) and 8th Indonesia-Korea Forest Forum (IKFF) Meetings

Preparing for 22nd Indonesia-Korea Forest Committee (IKFC) and 8th Indonesia-Korea Forest Forum (IKFF) Meetings

The Korea Forest Service (KFS) will hold IKFC and IKFF meetings on the first week of June 2015. This is a bilateral meeting on forestry development between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Indonesia that held alternately in the two countries every two years.  The last meeting was held in Jakarta in 2013. […]

Proposal for Development of Tunak Recreation Forest

Proposal for Development of Tunak Recreation Forest

As has been designed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Natural Recreation Park of Tunak will be developed by implementing the concept of Community Based Eco-Tourism.  . Community-based ecotourism is a form of ecotourism that emphasizes the development of local communities and allows for local residents to have substantial control over, and involvement in, […]

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