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Bogor, 21-22 October 2015 790 Bernyet handicraft boiled fish woven bucket has been made by communities in Bondowoso Regency several years ago because boiled fish product is being important commodity of Bondowoso Regency. BONINDO Company buying the bernyet from the communities to sell the boiled fish products. This condition will automatically triggers the communities to develop and support bamboo planting program as bamboo is a very important raw material for bernyet products. Six regencies namely: Banyuwangi, Situbondo, Jember, Lumajang, Probolinggo, Pasuruan and Bondowoso itself have been incorporated into the bamboo cluster program that this is an aset of community awareness to support the cluster program. 3.3 Community empowerment At a Sulek village, Sumberwringin, Bondowoso Regency, community surrounding Sulek mountaineous regions has developed vegetatif propagation of black bamboo to support the bamboo plantation program as well as utilized the bamboo as furniture raw material to increase community welfare. Local Forest Service has motivated and willing to help the communities to increase the cooperative activities. Local Forest Service will provide the community by supplying bamboo planting materials from tissue culture to be planted for the development of bamboo cluster program in Bondowoso Regency. Perhutani Forest Estate of Bondowoso supports bamboo cluster program and awares that as forest management authority, Perhutani has to act as community empowerment facilitator for the forest surrounding communities, and simultaneously provides learning about the importance of forest preservation Anonymous, 2015. Communities empowerment could be implemented by many ways, one is by increasing the knowledge of the communities about propagation on bamboo to produce planting materials. At the one workshop, researcher from the BBPBPTH Yogyakarta has socialized the production of planting stocks by means of vegetative propagations Figure 5 Ilovebws, 2014. By this event, we hope that the community will be provided with more knowledges to support the development of bamboo cluster program in Bondowoso Regency. Providing the communities with IDR 1.3 billion fund from the Ministry of Forestry to develop cluster program, could trigger the communities to conduct more activities to support the program.

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Local Forestry and Estate Services stated that boiled fish woven bucket handicrafts and woven bamboo as well as other handicrafts made of bamboo by communities arise up to 131.99 billion in 2015? The home industries are scattered in 15 villages and 10 sub-districts, the raw materials is imported from other areas Anonymous, 2011. BONINDO Company that produce boiled fish needs bamboo raw material about 1000 culms per day as well data 2011, the raw material was from outside areas, while the raw material of bamboo in Bondowoso is only 4.1 million culms, is not enough to supply the existing industries. Such condition is a big chance to the development of bamboo cluster program in Bondowoso. While waiting for the plantation development provides the raw material for the companies, bamboo plantation of communities as well as imported raw bamboo material from other regencies could serve as the substitute. Generally, 4 years old culms of the plantations is ready to be harvested and clumps will be totally cut and replanted after the age of 30 years old Sutiyono, 2012. Bogor, 21-22 October 2015 791 Bali is other place to market or trade bamboo. There is a big chance for marketing bamboo products to Bali as Bali’s culture mostly use bamboo as the raw material. Two products that are traditional boxes sokasi handicraft and woven bamboo bedeg become famous in Tigawasa village, Bali. Two trucks of supply from East Java arrived to anticipate the shortage of local stock of raw materials every week Arinasa, 2005. . Bali’s handicrafts mostly made of bamboo or Bali’s enterpreneurs will buy bamboo raw material from Bondowoso. The distance of Bali and Bondowoso is not far, then the bamboo price in the market is relatively cheap. Petung bamboo in Malang, East Java, offers bamboo poles, bottom diameter of 6.0 inches; fresh cut; 3 year’s old and up; air dried; insecticide treatment 20 ft container contains: length 9.5 ft = 450 poles USD 17poles CNF Asia mainport, USD 20poles CNF US-CA-AU-EU Mainport; Length 19 ft = 275 poles USD 35 poles CNF Asia Mainport; USD 40 poles CNF US-CA-AU-EU Mainport UD. Timber Nusantara, Malang, East Java, Indonesia, in http:www. indonetwork.co.idalloffersbambu-petung.html. Petung bamboo with the size of 15m length, and 11cm diameter, in Bali, it is right for building’s material, saung small size shelters, pillars, to be used as furniture, desks, chairs, cupboards etc Anonymous, 2015.

5. CONCLUSION