The implementation of a community-based transboundary management plan for the Betung Kerihun National Park, West Kalimantan (Phase II)

Indonesia

This proposal is Phase II of the ITTO sponsored Project PD 26/93 Rev. 1 (f) " Development of Betung Karimun Nature Reserve as a National Park, Phase I". The first major objective of this Phase II project is to establish the foundation for community-based conservation and development program that will maintain the long-term integrity of Betung Kerihun National Park (BKNP). The second major purpose is to develop an effective system for managing a trans-boundary national park with the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary (LEWS), Sarawak, Malaysia. Through a series of activities, it plans to develop a weel-managed and well functioning national park where local communities and/or other stakeholders actively participate and receive fair benefits from the park establishment. These activities range from stakeholder consultations at village, district, province, national and international levels to institutional capacity building, human resource development, park boundary consolidation, applied biological research, and community development. Inthis case, the international level of consultation will be carried out with the Sarawak Parks and governments. Through this process we hope to develop a community-based integrated conservation and development program over wide areas or eco-regions that transcend the jurisdictional boundaries between Sarawak and West Kalimantan.