We are delighted to announce that we will be the part of the GLFx Chapter 2022, a community restoration movement supported by the Global Landscape Forum - the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on sustainable land use. We named our chapter as GLFx Kalimantan and will work together with the indigenous Dayak Ma'ayan community in Talekoi Village to create landscape-level change.
Our team consists of four passionate indigenous Dayak youth which are: Sumarni Laman as the project coordinator, Roro Garini as a financial manager, Muhammad Andi Hamka as a community engagement and educator, and Rizky Marcelino as a media expert. Together with the indigenous community in Talekoi village, we will design our program to foster action on the ground by educating, inspiring, guiding, and mobilizing youth and villagers to be part of the solutions to the landscape issues in their land and community.
Sumarni, Project Coordinator
Roro, Finance Manager
Andi, Community Engagement Officer
Rizky, Media Expert
GLFx Kalimantan's mission is to restore degraded burned forest areas in Talekoi village, protect and conserve the forests from the expansion of extractive logging, sand and coal mining, and preserve native tree species with cultural significance to the community. We also want to train locals and youth to be forest rangers, who will be on the front lines fighting fires and monitoring tree growth.
The Ironwood tree (Eusideroxylon zwageri) is one of the native tree species that we will protect and conserve. This tree is also significant to the indigenous Talekoi community because it connects them to their history and cultural heritage. Ironwood is now extremely rare and difficult to cultivate. Fortunately, Talekoi village has two mother ironwood trees that bear fruit and allow us to make seedlings. We have currently successfully nursed 52 ironwood seedlings. This is a significant achievement, and we hope to increase the number to hundreds and thounsadn, and expand the conservation area in Talekoi.
We believe that the time to act is always now, and with the support of the Global Landscape Forum, we can open the door for more Kalimantan youth and indigenous communities to be stewards in the grassroots restoration movement to protect Kalimantan forests.
