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The Development
of Regulation
Related to
Implementation
of Timber Legality
Verification System
in Indonesia

Back-Door
Relaxation of Legal
Timber Scheme
Weakens Forest
Governance
Reform, Threatens
EU Market Access
for Indonesia’s
Furniture Exports,
and Undermines
Brand Indonesia

Disobedience of
TLAS, Provisions
Disavowal of
Forest and
Peatlands
Protection

JPIK in Climate
ChangeConference
in COP 21
UNFCCC:
Important Role
& Challenge of
Independent
Monitoring to
Empower SVLK

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JPIK Monitors SVLK
Implementation in
North Sumatera,
North Kalimantan,
and North Maluku
Publication for
Applying SVLK’s
Cerfication
Has Not Fully
Implemented
JPIK Monitors
SVLK
Implementation in
North Sumatera,
North Kalimantan,
and North Maluku
Police’s Passive
Response to
Complaints for
Illegal Logging

Indication in
Central Kalimantan
Forgery of Timber
Legality Certificate
(S-LK) in East Java

JPIK National
Meeting 2015

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The Development of Regulation Related to
Implementation of Timber Legality Veriication
System in Indonesia
By: Arbi Valentinus (FLEGT-VPA National Expert)
TLVS as an Indonesia Pioneer
Timber Legality Veriication System (SVLK) in
Indonesia (known as SVLK) is an instrument
to good governance by veriicate the
certainty about harvesting the legal wood,

transporting, processing, trading by foresty
business in Indonesia. The implementation
of this system is in accordance with a goal
of illegal logging and illegal timber trade’s
eradication, which stand along with law
enforcement. SVLK built by Indonesia
with initiative and action from multisector
since 2001 -NGO and civil society groups
including indigenous people, businessmen/
private sector, academicians/university,
government, and also forest sustainability
caretaker- which leads into a regulation of
Forestry Minister (Permenhut) P.38/2009 in
the year of 2009.

For export purpose, V-Legal1 Document is a
main component of SVLK’ full application,
as a customs declaration which explained
the legal capacity of forestry products’ that
exported from Indonesia. V-Legal Document

issued by Veriication Institution for Timber
Legality (LVLK) as a part of wood legality
certiication.
The valid regulation that related to the
implementation of SVLK are Permenhut
43/2014 juncto ( jo) PermenLHK 95/2014
issued by Ministry of Environment and
1 V-Legal Document means a legal veriication, either
as an export license (V-Legal Document) or stamped
V-Legal in a product, packaging, and/or transportation
documenation.

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Forestry. (previously was Ministry of Forestry), Permandag
89/2015 –replacing Permendang 97/2014 jo 66/2015– a
provision about export of forestry goods and Permendag
97/2015 –replacing Permendag 78/2014 jo 63/2015– provision
about importing forestry goods which issued by Ministry of
Trade, and also Peraturan Presiden 21/2014 about ratiication

FLEGT-VPA.
The implementing regulation from Permenhut 43/2014 jo
PermenLHK 95/2014 (SVLK) and export provision as in
Permendag 97/2014 is Perdirjen BUK P.14/2014 jo P.1/2015.
(Note: for Document V-Legal refer to Annex 7 Perdirjen BUK),
along with Surat Edaran Dirjen BUK SE.14/2014 about the
implementation rules to carry out SVLK. On the other hand,
for import sector, the implementation rule from Permendag
78/2014 is Perdirjen PHPL P.7/2015 about the implementation
practice of due diligence, issuance of import declaration and
import recommendation for forestry goods.
Acceptance and International Support
Government undertakes acceptance and international support
to SVLK. At the same year with the release of Permenhut
P.38/2009, Indonesia and European Union (EU) were in
the middle of negotiating a partnership about Forestry Law
Enforcement, Governmenance and Trade (FLEGT). Both sides
were inally agreed to bind it into a Voluntary Partnership
Agreement (VPA) on 30 September 2013.
In this case, SVLK is a key point in the VPA where

this system accepted as a veriied system in terms
of legality assurance of Indonesian wood products,
also an innovation to prevent illegal logging and
illegal log trading (http://silk.dephut.go.id/app/Upload/
hukum/20140715/4113c610651757feb3347a29f3bdb38c.pdf).
VPA has been ratiied from both sides, either Indonesia or
European Union in April 2014 –Indonesia: through Presidential
Decree 21/2014– and carried out on 1 May 2014; with current
status as a last step of SVLK full implementation assesment
to apply the application permit of FLEGT as a concrete
embodiment of international acceptance and a support to a
continous good governance.
Agreement is also made from another important state
markets are Australia, Japan, United States, South Korea,
and China. Australia, as an example has acceded to the
treaty Country Spesiic Guideline (CSG) that based on SVLK.
(http://silk.dephut.go.id/app/Upload/informasisvlk/20150225/
e515d2065415391cd964319b97d28090.pdf).
Newest Provision in the Current Regulation
The updated point that written in the Permenhut 43/2014 jo

PermenLHK 95/2014 and Perdirjen BUK P.14/2014 jo P.1/2015 is
the executable provisions about Confromity Declaration (DKP)
and Export Declaration.

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Confromity Declaration (DKP), a part of
SVLK, can be applied to logs and log
products that came from private forests (not
a type of natural log), with logs distribution
comes from the certiied private forest that
has S-LK. This might be a consideration
to circulate “low risk” log products which
is applicable to private forests, registered
shelter (TPT), small-scale industry (IKM) or
industries that produce or use low risk log
as their raw material. The recipient of log or
its products that uses confromity declaration

(DKP) is obliged to do a check/examination
to ensure the information’s justiication and
validity that spread with DKP. For export
purpose, Document V-Legal uses for
exporter that has S-LK (processing industry
or business unit trade/exporter-nonproducer) with the guarantee for legality
assurance through veriication by Institution
for Timber Legality Assurance (LVLK).
Export Declaration (DE) is not a part of
SVLK, only a customs declaration that is
an alternative to V-Legal Document. This
is written in agreement within 3 ministers
–Environment and Forestry Minister,
Minister of Trade, and Minister of Industrial
Afairs– as a temporary mechanism outside
SVLK, which is efective on 1 January
to 31 December 2015. This applies to
Furniture and Crafts’ small-scale Industry
(15 tarif shelters in Group B) that didn’t
have timber legality certiication (S-LK), in

terms of export purpose, goes along with
a qualiied source with S-PHPL (Certiicate
of Sustainable Management of Production
Forest Management)/S-LK/DKP. This DE is
a temporal mechanism to make a transition
to SVLK, via V-Legal Document. This
temporal mechanism has deprived with the
enactment of Permendag 89/2015 as the
export provision of industrial forestry goods.

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Permendag 89/2015, about export
provisions for forestry goods, has
the recent update for instance
mechanism removal for registered
exporter of forestry industrial
products and so does temporary
mechanism of Export Declaration
(DE); previously until 31 December
2015, replaced with Provision
Article 4 clause 2. Note: Permendag
89/2015 established on 19 October
2015 and applicable 30 days since
the establishment date.
Article 4 clause 1 and 2 Permendag
89/2015 stated that in clause 1:
Export for industrial forestry goods
as explained in article 2 clause 2
categorize as Group A is mandatory
to be documented with V-Legal
document that issued by LVLK;
clause 2: Export for industrial
forestry goods as explained in
article 2 clause 2 categorize as
Group B might not be documented
with V-Legal Document but should
be attached with documentation
proving that the raw materials come
from supplier that S-LK certiied
or accordance with the good
governance provisions of forestry
products as written in the law. The
clear application is currently in reevaluation process (as for customs’
sake) and might be re-evaluate a
further explanation for instance
in accordance with Presidential
Decree 21/2014 which has issued.
(related to ‘products coverage’ in
the Annex I for VPA)
The application’s continuance
of Article 4 clause 2 Permendag
89/2015 so far shows in ‘Circular’/
Explanation from Head of Foreign
Trade, Ministry of Trade, which
is an explanation on Provisions
Regulation of the Minister of Trade
Number 89/M-DAG/PER/10/2015 to
Number: 1912/DAGLU/SD/11/2015
dated 18 November 2015 and
Number: 1920/DAGLU/SD/11/2015.
(Circular Letter Number: 1920/

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DAGLU/SD/11/2015 is downloadable
http://silk.dephut.go.id/index.php/
article/vnews/135).
This brings concern to several
parties, especially cross-ministry,
related to agreement 3 ministers
also the implementation plan of
SVLK in terms of V-Legal Document
(or similar to FLEGT permit as a
framework of VPA joint venture)
in the near future (2016). Note: As
per PermenLHK 95/2014, V-Legal
Document is efective per 1 January
2016; included 15 tarif booths
for forestry products, furniture
and crafts that previously stated
in Annex 1B Permendag 97/2014
(now refer to annex 1B Permendag
89/2015).
As in Permendag 97/2015 –
replaced with Permendag 78/2014
jo 63/2015– and Perdirjen PHPL
P.7/2015 about importing forestry
goods, the revision are (i) ‘the
enactment date’ changed to 1
January 2016 (measuring law and
its enterpreneurs’ readiness to be
implemented), and (ii) clariication
for terms and conditions of due
diligence as a foundation for
issuing import declaration and
import recommendation (KLHK) that
afterwards become a ground rule
for import approval (Kemendag).
Importing forestry goods guarantees
with DKP (logs distribution from the
starting point/harbor to industrial
point or registered shelter (TPT)
or even in the warehouse) which
in accordance with data and
result from due diligence will be a
foreground of Import Declaration,
Import Recommendation and
Import Approval. In connection with
Permendag 97/2015 about import
provisions, it is planned to establish
circular from Director General
Sustainable Management of Forest
Products KemenLHK.
Presidential Decree 21/2014 about
FLEGT-VPA ratiication encompasses

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the brances of FLEGT-VPA
agreement. Things that are
in scope of the agreement
contains products type
in FLEGT permit (Annex
I VPA), legality deinition
that includes standardize
legality veriication for
industy (Annex II VPA),
implementation of FLEGT
permit (Annex III and IV
VPA), explanation of legality
guarantee system and
its role of each elemets
(government, accreditation
institution, legality veriicator,
auditors, and independent
monitors) also reconciliation
for each supply chains
(Annex V VPA), application
assesment of SVLK as a
ground rule of FLEGT’s
implementation (Annex
VIII VPA).
Annex VI VPA contains
periodic evaluation (PE),
Annex VII VPA contains

independent market
monitoring (IMM) so
does social safeguard
which underlie ‘Impact
Monitoring’ (in Article
12 VPA). Annex IX VPA
contains the transparency
of public information (as a
main component in VPA
for SVLK’s implementation
monitoring, also for Record
of Discussion/RoD from Joint
Implementation Committee/
JIC and annual report as the
other instruments of VPA).
Additional Information:
Annex I VPA about scope
of products has been in
accordance with Permendag
97/2014 (Annex 1A and 1B
Permendag); Annex II and
Annex V VPA about SVLK
has been in accordance
with Permenhut 43/2014 jo
PermenLHK 95/2014 and
Perdirjen BUK P.14/2014
jo P.1/2015; Annex IV VPA

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about FLEGT permit has
been in accordance with
Annex 7 Perdirjen BUK
P.14/2014 jo P.1/2015; Annex
VIII VPA about assesment for
implementation readiness
which includes export
license (V-Legal Document)
has been in accordance
with Annex 7 Perdirjen
BUK P.14/2014 jo P.1/2015
and import provisions in
accordance with Permendag
78/2014 also Perdirjen PHPL
P.7/2015; and Annex IX VPA
has been in accordance
with UU 14/2008 about
transparency of public
information.
Renewal Draft for
Provisions of SVLK
Implementation
In compliance with
continous good governance,
recently there undergoes
a multifactor process to
elaborate renewal draft

UU 32/2009 about
forest conservation and
management, UU 18/2013
about forest’s prevention and
eradication, also Presidential
Decree 21/2014 about
establishment of FLEGT-VPA.
Related to subject/auditee,
the draft renewal will cover
the permit of harvesting
woodlands (IPHHK), KPH,
IPPKH, timber utilization
by mining permit (IPPKH),
village-owned forest, and
timber processing industry
(IPKR).

for provisions of SVLK
implementation (in drafting
progress), especially to
revise for Permenhut
43/2014 jo PermenLHK
95/2014 also to change
Perdirjen as the guidance.
This renewal provisions
will contain a preamble
update, terms that related
to the contens especially
for the subject and auditee,
monitoring process, Raw
Materials Legality Veriication
(VLBB), an advanced step
for fraud report from timber
legality veriication result,
and also provisions for
multi-location and group
certiication.
A preamble update in
the renewal draft have
coverages of UU 13/2006
jo 31/2014 about witnesses
and victims’ precautions, UU
14/2008 about Transparency
of public information,

Regarding Raw Material
Legality Veriication (VLBB),
it will be put as temporary or
transision mechanism. VLBB
applied to distributors that
haven’t been S-LK/DKP, with
assurance that logs come
from source with S-PHPL/SLK/DKP certiicate from
Timber Legality Veriication
Institution (LVLK). This case
is similar to in technical level,
which considers an efort
to prepare the application
of FLEGT permit in nearby
future (in terms of VPA).
In terms of ‘unfulillment’ in
timber legality veriication,
auditee should complete
the inexpediency indings
for later they could re-apply
for certiication application,

either to the previous
veriication institution or the
new one.
In accordance with multilocation certiication and
group certiication: Multilocation Certiication can
be assigned to owner of
Private Forests’ and owner
rights of land management
(HPL). The multi-location
certiication done by
sampling to ‘members’ of the
multi-location certiication,
with consequences of
cancellation if there’s a
stepping back action or
unfulilled requirement
from the ‘members’ of
multilocation certiication
(including the follow-up of
complaints’ report). Group
Certiication applies to Private
Forests’ Owner and owner
rights of land management
(HPL). Group certiication
can be done by census
to its ‘members’ of group
certiication, if a bailing-out
happens, they could be taken
out of the group certiication
therefore the certiicate is
still valid (after removing the
bailing member).
Related to monitoring:
the renewal draft will
cover things related with
information access, security
guarantee, and inancial
support.

Concluding Chapter
Thus, as a concise development, to accomplish
the perfect implementation of SVLK should be
strengthen its application and entirely execute
the explanation above, as a continuance to
good governance and to be internationally
accepted and supported yet to eradicate illegal
logging and illegal timber trade.

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Jpint Press Release :
JPIK dan EIA

Back-Door Relaxation of Legal Timber Scheme Weakens
Forest Governance Reform, Threatens EU Market Access
for Indonesia’s Furniture Exports, and
Undermines Brand Indonesia
JAKARTA & LONDON, NOVEMBER
2ND 2015. The last minute exemption
of 15 product-groups from Indonesia’s
timber legality verification system (SVLK)
threatens to block EU market access for
these products, delay or sabotage a longnegotiated EU-Indonesia timber trade
agreement, and undermine Indonesia’s
forest industry reputation, NGOs have
warned.
The warning, from Indonesia’s Independent
Forest Monitoring Network (JPIK) and the
London-based Environmental Investigation
Agency (EIA), followings the 19th October
passage of Trade Minister Regulation No
89/M-DAG/PER/10/2015, which substantially
weakens the SVLK.
Under Indonesia’s SVLK (Sistem Veriikasi
Legalitas Kayu – Timber Legality
Veriication System), all wood products
exporters’ operations must be audited for
compliance against a legality standard
covering raw material inputs and factory or
trade practices. Positive audit results are
rewarded with so-called VLK certiicates
enabling them to acquire a “V-Legal
document”, an export license legally
required to export wood products.
While this system applies to exports to
all markets, it is also the foundation of a
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long-negotiated Voluntary
Partnership Agreement
(VPA) between Indonesia
and the EU. Once the VPA
is activated, timber products
without associated V-Legal
documents will be rejected at
EU ports, and cannot be sold
on the EU market. Similarly,
products accompanies by
V-Legal documents will also
be exempted from the EU
Timber Regulation (EUTR),
which prohibits illegal wood
in the EU and requires EU
companies to conduct due
diligence on wood products
purchases. As such, V-Legal
documents are the crucial
key for Indonesian exporters
seeking to unlock EU market
access.
The new regulation
permanently exempts all
exporters of 15 wood product
customs codes (HS Codes)
from the requirement to
undergo SVLK audits, while
maintaining their ability to
export. While exempted
companies – many of
which have multi-million
dollar exports – must still
use SVLK certiied wood,
no checks that they do so

will be required, providing
signiicant opportunities
for laundering uncertiied
or illegal wood into supply
chains.
The Ministry of Trade
exemptions have been
vociferously opposed by
Indonesia’s Ministry of
Environment and Forestry,
and have similarly prompted
the EU’s Ambassador to
Indonesia to raised concerns
in a 23 October letter to the
Trade Minister.
“The Trade Minister
Regulation introduces
structural inconsistencies
in Indonesia’s long-term
eforts to improve forest
governance through
implementation of the
Timber Legality Veriication
System (SVLK), and
threatens the proposed
scope and timeframe for
the implementation of the
Indonesia-EU Voluntary
Partnership Agreement
(VPA)” stated Zainuri Hasyim,
JPIK National Coordinator.
Faith Doherty, Forest
Campaign Leader at

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EIA agreed, saying “the
Trade Ministry Regulation
introduces an eleventh-hour
back-door exemption for an
elite group of companies
with friends in high places.
It violates the aims and
mechanisms underpinning
both the SVLK and the
VPA. The consequence is
that either the VPA must
be re-negotiated, the SVLK
licensing system must be redesigned, or the exempted
companies are structurally
blocked from accessing
the EU market. This bad
regulation – ironically
produced to hasten deregulation – needs to be
ammended immediately.”
The Indonesian Government
is planning to announce
VPA implementation as a
headline ofering at the
UN climate change talks
in Paris in December, at
a time when major forest
ires in Indonesia have
produced more carbon
emissions than Japan does
in a year, and which have
on occasion surpassed the
daily emissions output of the
entire United States.

Editor’s Note: 
• JPIK (Jaringan Pemantau Independen Kehutanan) is an
independent Forest Monitoring Network established on
September 23th 2010 by a network of 29 NGOs stretching from
Aceh to Papua. JPIK’s core mandate is to monitor and strengthen
the SVLK and its implementation, as a key tool in bringing about
better forestry and trade governance.
• EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) is an independent UKbased campaigning organisation committed to bringing about
change that protects the natural world from environmental
crime and abuse.
• The SVLK (Timber Legality Veriication System) is a mandatory
requirement for all timber producers, processors and exporters
to be independently audited for compliance with a Legality
Veriication standard that includes criteria, indicators, veriiers,
veriication methods, and assessment norms developed through
a multistalkeholder negotiation process.
• V-Legal documents certify that timber products for export fulill
the timber legality veriication standard embodied in the SVLK.
• A Timber Legality Veriication Agencies (LVLKs) are independent
legal entities that verify timber legality against the SVLK and
issue V-Legal Documents under license from the Ministry of
Environment and Forestry.
• The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) is a major
component of the 2003 EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance
and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan. The Indonesia-EU VPA and
has been negotiated by the Government of Indonesia and the
European Union since 2007, was signed on September 30, 2013,
and ratiied by both parties in 2014.

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Joint Press release JPIK with FWI

Disobedience of
TLAS, Provisions
Disavowal of Forest
and Peatlands
Protection
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Disobedience for the application
of TLAS and provision disavowal for
forest found in the implementation.
Government should retighten the
supervision and grant it with penalty
for companies that evidently disobey
the implementation of TLAS.
JAKARTA, DECEMBER 22TH 2015.

Timber Legality Assurance
System (TLAS) built by
Indonesian government to
prevent illegal logging or
illegal log trading. SVLK’
implementation is an
attempt to a forestry good
governance in Indonesia.
SVLK’ is mandatory to each
forestry companies from
upstream to downstream
level. Implementation of
SVLK requires companies
to obey the rules, such as
avoid social conlict with
society near consession,
not using log from the
conservation forest and not
using log that isn’t certiied
SVLK. These three aspects
are some of the prerequisite
to pass veriication process.
An assesment made
by Independent Forest

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“A penalty should be given to companies
that disobey SVLK either in upstream and
downstream level,”
Muhamad Kosar, Dinamisator JPIK.
Monitoring Network
(JPIK), FWI, KSPPM, PW,
and AMAN in North
Maluku found that several
companies are disobedient
to the implementation of
SVLK especially in North
Sumatera, North Kalimantan
and North Maluku. “A
penalty should be given
to companies that disobey
SVLK either in upstream
and downstream level,”
said Muhamad Kosar, a JPIK
Coordinator.

Up until now, conlicts still
raise between society
and HTI company, PT.
Toba Pulp Lestari (PT. TPL)
in Simalungun District,
North Sumatera. Illegal
logging and mugging to a
indigenous people’s owned
incense forest to PT. TPL
is a trigger to conlict and
deprive the society’s source
of life. Another inding from
the assesment is PT. TPL
also did a logging along the
river and conservation forest

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in their consession.
HTI company, PT. Adindo
Hutani Lestari in Nunukan
District, North Kalimantan is
surprisingly disobey to SVLK
provision. On the consession,
PT. Adindo Hutani Lestari
found an illegal logging and
opening new area that is
in an inner peatland area.
“Opening new area in an
inner peatland area and
harvesting in conservation
area is clearly against SVLK

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provisions,” explained Kosar
in a press conference. Other
than that, this company has an
indication for forcely occupy
community’s land as a result
from unclear bordering and not
crossing FPIC (Free Prior and
Informed Consent).
Disobedient indication found
in the distribution chain from
the log supply in primary wood
industry on the downstream
level. One of the identiied
companies is PT. Panca Usaha
Palopo Plywood in the Luwu
District, South Sulawesi. This
biggest timber company in
Sulawesi has an indication of
receiving big pile of woods
from uncertiied source. HPH
PT. Mohtra Agung Persada in
Halmahera Tengah District,
Norh Maluku is their supplier.
Data from Industrial Plan for the
Fulillment on Raw Materials
(RPBBI) until November 2015
showed that PT. Panca Usaha
Palopo Plywood still receiving
woods from PT. Mohtra Agung
Persada for 10.155,11 m3. This
shows the lack of supervision
related logs distribution from
the government. “RPBBI
Documents from KLHK should
preserve the consumption of
legal logs for industrial level,”
said Mufti Barri, campaign
spokesperson FWI. “Forest
convertion without any SVLK
from PT. Mohtra Agung Persada
leads to a conlict and impact
to power support in Central
Halmahera. Lack of information
access related to company’s
activities is the main obstacle
for society’s supervision.
Information transparency in
managing forest is the key for
society to know which legal and
illegal company.” as a closure
statement from Mufti on his
press conference.

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Editor’s Note:
• Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) is an
independent forest watch which
individually committed to make
implementation of datas and informations about Indonesian forests widely open so that guarantee the prolong goods processing.
• JPIK is Independent Forest Monitoring Network which established
on 23 September 2010 that concerned and declared by 29 NGOs
and NGO network that actively
supervise the implementation of
timber legality assurance system
in Indonesia from Aceh to Papua.
• the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance
of the Archipelago or AMAN is
an independent social organization (ormas) that consists of local
community throughout the nation
• Kelompok Studi dan Pengembangan Prakarsa Masyarakat (KSPPM) is centre and civil advocacy in
North Sumatera
• Internal policy about Zero Deforestation impose by company group
of Asia Paciic Resources International Ltf (APRIL), Raja Garuda
Mas Group (RGM) which its subsidiary company like PT. Adindo
Hutani Lestari and the afiliation
PT. Toba Pulp Lestari should implicate the policy. Forest and peat-

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lands conservation is part of zero
deforestation
PT. Panca Usaha Palopo is a downstream level of woods processing
industry. This company gets the
Timber Legality Certiicate (S-LK)
from the Certiication Institution PT.
Mutu Agung Lestari with certiicate
number LVLK-003/MUTU/LK-031
PT. Toba Pulp Lestari has SVLK
Certiicate/PHPL issued by PT. Ayamaru Sertiikasi
PT. Adindo Hutani Lestari has PHPL
certiicate from PT. Sarbi International Certiication on October 21,
2013 that valid until October 20,
2018
PT. Mohtra Agung Persada is a licensed company with IUPHHK-HA/
HPH according to SK.400/Menhut-II/06 dated July 19, 2006. In the
practice, PT. Mohtra Agung Persada hasn’t had SVLK certiicate. In
November 2015, community coniscates pile of logs produced by PT.
Mohtra Agung Persada (Ref: http://
portal.malutpost.co.id/en/daerah/
halteng/item/8158-kecewa-warga-messa-sandra-kayu-milik-ptmohtra-agung). Certiication Institution PT. Lambodja Sertiikasi
announced that plan to take timber
legality certiication in November.

JPIK in Climate Change Conference
in COP 21 UNFCCC: Important
Role & Challenge of Independent
Monitoring to Empower SVLK
By: Zainuri Hasyim

SVLK’s contribution for reducing
gas emission of greenhouse
efect which might be through
from illegal logging. Meanwhile,
industrial personnel claimed that
they gained proit from the
implementation of SVLK.
Putera Parthama
(Dirjen PHPL KemenLHK)

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Climate Change Conference
in COP21 UNFCCC that
held in Paris, November
23th to December 12th, 2015
concerned about SVLK as
an instrument for forestry
good governance which
gives and impact for reduce
gas emission of greenhouse
efect.
A panel discussion with the
subject “Timber Legality
System for Environment
Improvement” took place
in Indonesian Pavilion on
December 5th 2015. Zainuri
Hasyim, a JPIK Coordinator
invited as a speaker
together with Putera
Parthama (DirectorateGeneral PHPL KemenLHK),
Agus Sarsito (MFP), and
industrial and furnitures’

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businessmen. Luca Perez,
Policy Oicer of DG
Environment Commission
also attended the discussion
that organized by KLHK and
MFP.
Putera emphasized that
SVLK’s contribution for
reducing gas emission of
greenhouse efect which
might be through from
illegal logging. Meanwhile,
industrial personnel claimed
that they gained proit from
the implementation of SVLK.
On the other hands, Luca
Perez, as a representative
from EU, compliments
the big achievement of
Indonesia in developing
and reining SVLK by
contributes private sector

and civil society. EU hoped
that FLEGT can accomplish
the ultimate mission in
upcoming years.
JPIK underlined the
important role of
independent monitoring
is to strengthen SVLK’s
accountability. JPIK
claimed that challenges
they’re facing are lack of
information access, security
protection for the observer,
lack of coordination
between the centre and
its provinces, and also
level enhancement of the
regulation.
Those challenges have
been coped by JPIK a
SVLK’s independent

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monitoring. As an example
that two diferent opinion
from two ministries against
SVLK that currently need to
clarify. Upgrading level of
SVLK (from Minister Policy
to Government Policy) might
be the possible solution.
JPIK hoped that the solution
arise for those obstacles
along with the execution
of SVLK might translucent
in cooperation between
Indonesia and European
Union. The fervor of the
government to embrace
SVLK, either regulation
or implementation in the
ield, is a proof to improve
forests good governance in
Indonesia.

JPIK Monitors SVLK
Implementation in
North Sumatera, North
Kalimantan, and North
Maluku
By : Muhammad Kosar
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Picture 1 Damaged Peatlands.

For the purpose of assuring PHPL, JPIK
monitors Business Permits for Timber
Forest Production Utilization-Industrial
Plantation Forest (IUPHHK-HTI) PT. Toba
Pulp Lestari in North Sumatera and PT.
Adindo Hutani Lestari in North Kalimantan.
Monitoring began in August - September
2015, in North Sumatera JPIK colaborate
with Kelompok Studi dan Pengembangan
Prakarsa Masyarakat (KSPPM) as one of an
active institution of providing community
assistance around consession area PT.
Toba Pulp Lestari and Yayasan Leuser
Picture 2 Uncertiied Pile of Logs.

Lestari (YLL) as a focal point of JPIK North
Sumatera.
As a result from ield monitoring,
eventhough HTI PT. Toba Pulp Lestari
and PT. Adindo Hutani Lestari has a PHPL
and VLK certiicates, but that hasn’t fully
guaranteed that they are not involve to
illegal activity. From ield monitoring shown
activities that caused a convertion of natural
forest, social and land conlict, decreased
land and capacity and quality of water from
both of HTI companies.
Beside of that, in the same month, JPIK
monitor IUPHHK-HA PT. Mohtra Agung
Persada in North Maluku. This is a joined
activity with the Indigenous Peoples’
Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) in
North Maluku. The harvesting log from PT.
Mohtra Agung Persada distributed it to be
raw materials in timber primary industry
with destination Palopo, Buru, Kuala
Kapuas, Banda Luwu, Tidore, Lampung,
Surabaya, Gresik and Tanjung Priok.
V-Legal documentation is not found in the
logs’ body or an aidavit of log legality
(SKSKB), even worse there hasn’t been any
documents found related with certiication
process to that company.

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PHPL) and Timber Legality Assurance (VLK)
coducted by Assesment Institution for
Sustainable Management of Forest Products
(LPPHPL) or Veriication Institution on
Timber Legality (LVLK) as per in Permenhut
43/2015 jo PermenLHK 95/2014.

Publication for
Applying SVLK’s
Cerfication Has Not
Fully Implemented

As a part of strengthening SVLK,
the utmost point is open access and
information for public. LPPHPL and
LVLK play a role to provide access and
information to management unit that will
have an evaluation. The usable access
and information is an important aspect to
monitor performance appraisal PHPL and
timber legality veriication done by JPIK as
written in Annex 4 Perdirjen BUK P.14/2014
about independent monitoring guidance
which independent monitoring has rights
to access necessary document or public
information as their support.
Yet in application of LPPHPL and LVLK
neglect to provide an access to public
documents or information required to
independent monitoring. JPIK as an
independent monitoring complain to
LPPHPL and LVLK about providing access

By: Dhio Teguh Ferdyan

To accomplish JPIK’s active contribution in
forestry good governance, is contribution
to ensure credibility and accountability
of SVLK implementation. As an example
for strengthen SVLK is monitoring by
Performance Assessment of Sustainable
Management of Forest Production (PK-

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and information. One of the
mentioned information on
complaints from JPIK is lack of
announcement for evaluation
plan or evaluation result that
is not published to the portal
of Timber Legality Information
System and Ministry of
Environment and Forestry.
From JPIK monitoring to SILK
website and ministry, it’s found
several LPPHP and LVLK without
th evaluation plan and result, as
written in Annex 3.1 Perdirjen
BUK P.14/2014 about Guidelines
of Performance Evaluation of
Sustainable Forest Management:
F.8.

G.12.

G.13.

Result of the decision
followed with result of
appraisal can be read
through ministry’s
website (www.dephut.
go.id dan www.silk.
dephut.go.id) dan website
LPPHPL
LPPHPL published every
publishing, modification,
congelation, amandment
and termination of
S-PHPL (also for S-LK) in
the LPPHPL website and
ministry’s website (www.
dephut.go.id and silk.
dephut.go.id) at least 7
(seven) days after the
decision
The publication of
S-PHPL (so does S-LK)
should be attached
with resume of auditee,
an audit result which
contains the information
concerning LPPHPL’s
identity, auditee’s identity
and assessments’ result
that has a justiication
for every PHPL indicator
and every LK’s veriier
that refers to reporting
guidelines as written in
the provisions

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Police’s Passive Response
to Complaints for Illegal
Logging Indication in
Central Kalimantan
By: Wancino (JPIK Central Kalimantan)

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JPIK eforts in monitor the
credibility of SVLK keep
ongoing to maintain the
implementation of SVLK
in the ield. One of them
is to monitor forestry
management that indicates
fraud. As a further action
embodied in a direct report
to several institutions like
ministry and its related,
even to police department if
contains criminal case.
JPIK Central Kalimantan
has an undergo case study
related to permit sector’s
fraudulence and provisions
in Central Kalimantan –a
leading zone for forest
fraudulence– explained in
this report:

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Law breaking to plantation permit, logs
and environment made by companies
that opens a new land in several areas
in Central Kalimantan, is the richest
rainforest in Indonesia
An obvious linkages between series of
palm consession, a corrupted head of
region and one of the embezzlement of
the well-known politican lately
An embezzlement endeavor from several
palm companies to authorities amounting
million rupiah to stop the investigation of
illegal activities related to that company
The betrayal of local government to
indigenous people and facilitate a
profound diversion of the local resources
to the private sectors

uncontrollable IUIPHHK-HA. This creates a
land conlict vertically or horizontally that
includes businessmen and government. This
conlict appears as a result of a limited public
access from the government especially in
terms of intransparency permit that took
away indigenous people’s rights.
In tracing of those indings, JPIK Central
Kalimantan reports to the police which are
Polres Gunung Mas and Polres Lamandau to
later process the indings from JPIK Central
Kalimantan to the companies that illegally
converts forest in both areas. Nonetheless,
from the passive response from both police,
JPIK Central Kalimantan initiates to forward
it to Regional Police Central Kalimantan. On
November 7, 2015 JPIK Central Kalimantan
has an opportunity to forward the report
about forest converting and corruption for
land permit to 4 palm plantations to the
Police Headquarter.

Result of monitoring made by JPIK Central
Kalimantan found a new technique of illegal
logging done in corporation with forest
convertion in palm consession, also the

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Forgery of Timber
Legality Certificate
(S-LK) in East Java

Assumption of certiicate forgery found
when LVLK Sucoindo did a re-certiication
to PT. Usaha Loka in Malang on September
2015, where UD. Narda Jati Jaya is one of
the suppliers PT. Usaha Loka. UD. Narda Jati
Jaya enclosed the VLK cerftiicate; Timber
Enterprise Association Jombang (APIK)
number 072/LVLK-009/XI/2014 issued by
LVLK Transtra Permada on November 24,
2014 where on the certiicate listed UD. Ika
Jati, UD. Barokah, UD. Rimba Asri, UD. PK
Mojopahit and UD Narda Jati Jaya as the
associate. Meanwhile, the original certiicate
of VLK APIK Jombang no. 072/LVLK-009/
XI/2014 issued in January 6, 2015 by LVLK
Transtra Permada where APIK Jombang’s
associates are UD. Ika Jati, UD. Barokah, UD
Rimba Asri and UD Yani Indah Jaya.

By: Muhammad Ichwan (JPIK East Java)

Since the irst time SVLK implemented,
there are several individuals take an
advantage of SVLK to keep sell and trade
illegal logs either from natural forest or
plantations. This happens in East Java in
September 2015; LVLK Sucoindo found
an attempt to utilize SVLK with forgery the
VLK certiicate by UD. Narda Jati Jaya in
Desa Catak Gayam, Sub-district Mojoagung,
Jombang.

Picture 2 Original Certiicate of APIK Jombang.

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Picture 3 Fake Certiicate of APIK Jombang.

Since the irst time SVLK implemented,
there are several individuals take an
advantage of SVLK to keep sell and trade
illegal logs either from natural forest or
plantations.
This counterfeiting exposed
when one of PT. Usaha
Loka’s supplier, which is
UD. Ika Jati enclosed VLK
APIK Jombang certiicate
which difer from VLK APIK
Jombang enclosed by
UD. Narda Jati Jaya. Saw
the diferences in these
two certiicates caused a
conirmation made by LVLK
Sucoindo to LVLK Transtra
Permada as the certiicate
issuer and leaded to

conclusion that UD. Narda
Jati Jaya wasn’t an associate
to APIK Jombang.
VLK certiicate
counterfeiting made by
UD. Narda Jati Jaya was
against the law and an
example to weaken SVLK,
which supposedly should
be under supervision of
several parties to reduce
the opportunity for illegal
logs inside SVLK’s system.

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JPIK East Java set this
case as important to
strengthen the law related
to “Standard and Guidence
for the Implementation of
Sustainable Management
of Forest Products’
Evaluation (PHPL) and
Timber Legality Veriication
(VLK), to reinforce the
utilization of SVLK and limit
the opportunity to weaken
SVLK.

JPIK National Meeting
2015
National Meeting (Pernas)
was held on September
16th -17th, 2015 is an annual
high level meeting in JPIK
by National Coordinator
(Dinamisator Nasional) to
invite spokesperson from
each Focal Points. The
purpose of this National
Forum is to consolidate and
coordinate the network,
also to evaluate and do a

stragic plan, then to choose
National Coordinator, Board
of Trustee, and JPIK’s Focal
Point.

National Dynamist
1. Zainuri Hasyim
2. Christian Bob Purba
3. Muhamad Kosar

As a result from the National
Forum, the new National
Coordinator (Dinamisator
Nasional), Board of Trustee,
and 24 Focal Points have
chosen. Here’s the result
from Pernas 2015:

Board of Trustee
1. Arbi Valentinus
2. Mahir Takaka
3. Mardi Minangsari
4. Wirendro Sumargo
5. Ery Damayanti

Focal Point
Focal Point

Nama Focal Point

Lembaga

Aceh

Juli Ermiansyah Putra Pena

jesputra@gmail.com

Sumatera Utara

Doni Syahputra

YLL

dony.saputra.m@gmail.com

Sumatera Barat

Mora Dingin

Qbar

mora_qbar@yahoo.co.id

Riau

Prasetya Aan

Yayasan Mitra Insani prast.fate@gmail.com

Jambi

Umi Syamsiatun

CAPPA

umi@cappa.or.id

Sumatera Selatan

Yuliusman

WBH

yoesplg@yahoo.co.id

Bengkulu

Martian Sugiarto

Ulayat

martian@ulayat.or.id

Lampung

Febrilia Ekawati

YKWS

bekantan28@gmail.com

Jawa Bagian Barat

Irwan Dani

 PHMN

hanjuangmuda@gmail.com

Jawa Tengah - DIY

Andrianto

SPPT

andre6309@gmail.com

Jawa Timur

M Ikhwan

PPLH Mangkubumi

pplhmangkubumi@gmail.com

Kalimantan Barat

Baruni Hendri

Titian

baruni.hendri@gmail.com

Kalimantan Tengah

Wancino

Kaharingan Institute wancino@yahoo.com

Kalimantan Selatan

Juliade

LPMA

lewu_tatas@yahoo.co.id

Kalimantan Timur

Ahmad SJA (Among)

PADI

amonglumut@gmail.com
among_lumut@yahoo.com

Kalimantan Utara

Kamirudin

GAPETA BORNEO

gami18@ymail.com

Sulawesi Selatan

Mustam Arif

Jurnal Celebes

mustamarif@gmail.com

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Email

Focal Point

Nama Focal Point

Lembaga

Email

Sulawesi Tenggara

Imanche Al Rahman

Komnas-Desa

imanche_alrahman@yahoo.com

Sulawesi Tengah

Rizal

Evergreen

rizalcadas@yahoo.com

Sulawesi Barat

M. Ikhsan Welly

Walhi Sulawesi
Barat

yanmarindo_sulbar@yahoo.co.id

Gorontalo

Hasyim*

Sekretariat Nasional
jpikmail@gmail.com
JPIK

Papua Barat

Pietsau Amafnini

Jasoil

Papua

Lyndon Pangkali*

Sekretariat Nasional
jpikmail@gmail.com
JPIK

Maluku

Jean Hendry Souisa*

Sekretariat Nasional
jpikmail@gmail.com
JPIK

menawi2001@yahoo.com

* To be conirmed as a Focal Point of JPIK

PROFILE OF INDEPENDENT FOREST MONITORING NETWORK
NATIONAL COORDINATOR
Zainuri Hasyim, known as Zen, was born in Sumenep
on 1974. He graduated from Univesity of Riau and now
works as a Director of Yayasan Mitra Insani (YMI) and has
actively being in JPIK since 2010. Since then, Zen is pointed
as a Focal Point JPIK for Riau province. Zen’s capability
and capacity is adequate for SVLK issue that made him
a National Dynamisator IFMN on 2014 and still ongoing.
“Declare or keep on silence” is his life motto. Zainuri
Hasyim could be reached through email: zainurihasyim@
gmail.com and phone: +62-811-754-409.

“Declare or keep on silence”
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Muhamad Kosar, was born in Sukabumi on 1982. Kosar
has involved in CSO’s world since 2000 as a founder of
ABSOLUTE, an environment CSO in Sukabumi District. His
national career in CSO started with Telapak as a volunteer
on 2002. In 2010, Kosar pointed as a Focal Point JPIK for
West Java Province. His active involvement especially for
SVLK’s issue made him chosen as a Person of Inluence
Nasional JPIK since September 2015. “Past is a relection,
Present is a Challenge and Future is a Chance” is his life
motto. He can be reached through email: mkosar@fwi.or.id
and phone: +62-813-1872-6321.

“Past is a relection, Present is a
Challenge and Future is a Chance”

Christian P. P. Purba, friendly known as Bob, was born
in Pematang Siantar in 1972. This alumni from Institut
Pertanian Bogor (IPB) started his career in CSO as a
volunteer in Telapak since the mid 1998 that inally leads
him as the Vice Director of Telapak. His prowess and
concern to environment made him trusted as Executive
Director of Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) in 2004-2008, and
2013-now. As an active member of JPIK, Bob has given the
authority to be a JPIK National Dynamist to make JPIK as
a credible institution of independent forestry watch. “With
willingness to work hard, at least something can be earned.”
is his life slogan Christian ‘Bob’ Purba might be reached
through email: bob@fwi.or.id and personal phone number:
+62-812-110-5172.

“With willingness to work hard, at
least something can be earned.”

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