The East Java Center for Natural Resources Conservation (locally abbreviated as BBKSDA), Forestry Department, signed a collaboration with PROFAUNA Indonesia for the protection of the flora, fauna and ecosystems in Sempu Island Nature Reserve
During the visit in September 2020, the team was very happy because it turned out that the forest trees that had been cut down were starting to regrow.
A group of farmers from Perinci village, Gading Kulon, Dau, Malang regency started their own forest rehabilitation program in collaboration with PROFAUNA Indonesia, Perhutani (State-owned forestry company), and Forest Village Community Organization
Sugianto added that, the activity was moved by the public concerns about the condition of the forests that were cut down after the reform era in 1998. In fact, within the last two years, the condition of the protected forests in Sendiki continues to deforest.
The looting in Sendiki Protected Forest, Sumbermanjing Wetan Subdistrict, Malang Regency in East Java -Indonesia, continues to occur rampantly. Monitoring by PROFAUNA Indonesia on 9 January 2020
Farmers of the Forest Farmers Group (Kelompok Tani Hutan/KTH),Tambakrejo village, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang regency, East Java has been coming to the community nursery (Kebun Bibit Rakyat/KBR) to pick up tree seedlings