Newsletter 1Q2018 Jan-March

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Dear stakeholders, project partners, community groups, readers,

Welcome to the first edition of the MY forest watch Newsletter, our outreach in disseminating information on the MY forest project, especially to the National Stakeholder Committee and valued partners.

In line with the project, Strengthening Non-State Actor Involvement in Forest Governance, our stakeholders – NGOs, civil societies, local communities, the Orang Asli, the corporate sector and the public at large – are the most important elements in effecting better management of our forests.

As we strive to empower non-state actors in influencing forest policy – in capacity building, skills and knowledge training, sharing of experience and information, and networking – you, the stakeholders, are essential in ensuring the project’s success.

Alongside the website and Facebook page, this quarterly Newsletter will add a further layer in MY forest’s information-sharing platform, putting together relevant updates, news and green issues, as well as ongoing and proposed activities, in an easily digestible format.

Such a platform will not only help share information about MY forest as a whole, but is also a means of publicising each activity carried out by the project’s stakeholders and partners, and their results and achievements.

I therefore exhort you to treat this Newsletter as your very own, and send regular updates on your actions and strategies, concerns and celebrations, so that all stakeholders, partners, sponsors and interested parties can be apprised on the implementation of this project in Malaysia.

As you will see below, the Newsletter has collated stories and news relating to MY forest’s activities, while also highlighting action by the project’s regional implementation agencies in Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, as well as project coordinator BirdLife International and other partners.

It is my hope that this Newsletter gives us the opportunity to learn and glean information and inspiration, and propels us towards achieving the objectives of MY forest of giving non-state actors a voice in improving the use and protection of our green spaces. 

Thank you for being part of MY forest. Together, we can make things better for our natural heritage, for our forests and our wildlife.

Tan Sri Dr. Salleh Mohd Nor
MY forest Advisor

MY COMMUNITY

Under the project, "non-state actors" can be defined as all entities outside of the government sphere, and here it includes NGOs, civil society organisations, local community groups, Orang Asli groups, interested parties, the academia, the public, the media and the corporate sector.

They are the ones to benefit the most from capacity building under MY forest, and whose stories will be captured under the MY Community theme.

In this edition of the newsletter, you can read about the MY forest Launch Ceremony and the call for all Malaysians to protect our forests, and several MY Community sessions organised towards better governance of our forests.

Read on about:

• When MNS Branches around the country got together for a conference on the Role of MNS as a Non-State Actor in Green Governance
• Civil society organisations sitting at the Central Forest Spine Roundtable to share information and brainstorm ideas on pushing for greater protection for Peninsular Malaysia's green backbone
• The annual Orang Asal celebrations, during which a seminar highlighted 10 years of the UN Declaration of Rights for Indigenous Peoples

MY WATCH

Meetings and training sessions
Training sessions and meetings towards the successful implementation of MY forest in its target areas
Project Inception Workshop, Manila, hosted by the Haribon Foundation
New partnership brings proven forest governance strategies to SE Asia 
 
  

MY STAKEHOLDERS

MY forest National Stakeholder Committee meeting

1 April 2018: Launch of Perhilitan's Anti-Snare Campaign

Belum Rainforest Summit (BRainS)

national stakeholder committee list

MY FOREST

The news as it is reported
What's happening in our green spaces and the issues related to MY forest target areas

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FROM OUR PARTNERS

BirdLife International
Satellite tracking app empowers communities to protect their own forest

Burung Indonesia (Indonesia)
Pihak Nonpemerintah Perkuat Kelola Hutan (Empowering non-state actors in forest governance)
12.7.2017: PENGUATAN peran para pihak nonpemerintah dalam tata kelola kehutanan di Indonesia terus mendapat dukungan, termasuk melalui pendanaan dana dari hibah Uni Eropa (UE). Program pe­nguatan melalui dukungan internasional tersebut juga diselenggarakan di Malaysia, Filipina, dan Papua Nugini.Program tersebut bertujuan mendukung pemantauan, perencanaan, dan pe­nguatan kebijakan kehutanan di Tanah Air, termasuk inisiatif FLEGT-VPA, REDD+ dan Restorasi Ekosistem... MORE

Tata Kelola Hutan Lestari Melalui Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu di Manggarai Barat (Forest governance via timber legality verification system)
25.3.2018: SVLK dapat menjadi alat untuk mewujudkan pengelolaan hutan lestari dan tata kelola kehutanan yang lebih baik. Meskipun implementasi adalah keharusan menurut peraturan perundangan-undangan, namun pelaksanaannya di lapangan masih cukup jauh dari harapan. Untuk itu, Burung Indonesia bersama Komite Mbeliling atas dukungan Uni Eropa menyelenggarakan kegiatan focus group discussion dengan topik percepatan implementasi SVLK di Manggarai Barat... MORE

Strengthening Non-State Actor Involvement in Forest Governance in Indonesia (CIDT training)


Haribon Foundation (the Philippines)
Empowering People through the Forest Governance Project (FoGoP)

Tenkile Conservation Alliance (Papua New Guinea)
Improving Forest Governance in Papua New Guinea
Saving the Tree Kangaroo in Papua New Guinea - Tales from the Torricelli Mountains
Conservationists urge NGOs to be more community oriented

Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT)

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