Ecosystem Restoration Project
Ecosystem Restoration is the “process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed” (SER Primer, 2004). Ecosystem Restoration will provide forest utilization holder with the awareness and ability to produce a wider array of economic, ecologic, and social benefits. Ecosystem restoration is an endeavor to restore biotic (flora and fauna) and abiotic (soil, nutrient and hydrological cycles and other natural processes) elements to production forests in order to restore biological equilibrium. Biological equilibrium is the interaction between biotic and abiotic elements that optimizes ecosystem function and productivity (Minister of Forestry Regulation P.18 Menhut-II/2004).
Legislation form the basis for ecosystem restoration is:
- Government Regulation No.6/2007 on Forest Arrangement and Formulation of Forest Management and Utilization Plans.
- Government Regulation No.3/2008 on amendments to Government Regulation No.6/2007 on Forest Arrangement and Formulation of Forest Management and Utilization Plans.
Scope for Business Enterprises of Global Green in project area:
1. Biodiversity
- a. Cultivating medicinal plants
- b. Bee and ant heap farming
- c. Habitat management
- d. Agroforestry systeme. Reintroduction of indigenous flora and fauna
2. Biodiversity
- a. Water service
- b. Ecotourism
- c. Protection and biological diversity
- d. Environmental security and protection
- e. Carbon capture and storage
3. Non Timber Forest Product
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Rattan, sago and bamboo through: harvesting, enrichment, habitat management, environmental security and marketing non-timber product.