This National Strategy and Action Plan: Indonesia 2012–2015 establishes "Mangroves for the Future (MFF)" as a regional initiative to strengthen the environmental sustainability of coastal development and promote the investment of funds and efforts in coastal ecosystem management for sustainable development. This initiative is supported by various countries and organizations. MFF targets countries recovering from the Indian Ocean tsunami such as India, Indonesia, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, but the initiative will also share the information and experiences with other countries in the region. The MFF member countries have established a Regional Steering Committee, and each member country also set up a National Coordinating Body (NCB). The National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) is the chairman of NCB Indonesia. Indonesia’s NCB consisted of Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affair (KKP), Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Home Affair, Wetland International Indonesia Programme (WIIP), LPP-Mangrove, and Mangrove Expert as individual expert. The membership of NCB will be reviewed every 2 years. Coastal ecosystems in Indonesia include mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds, seaweeds, estuaries, lagoons etc. These ecosystems can be conserved at natural basis and/or man made systems for their life sustainability e.g., a valuable species of crabs, fishes and mollusks for human being and food security (pag. 26). Mangroves For the Future (MFF) seeks to build and formalize a collaborative platform to bring together governments, international agencies, academia/universities, NGOs, private sectors and local communities to work towards main objectives: to strengthen the environmental sustainability of coastal development, and to promote the investment of funds and efforts in coastal ecosystem management for sustainable development. The MFF uses mangroves as the flagship species but works to conserve and improve all types of natural coastal ecosystems including coral reefs, seagrass bed, estuaries, lagoon, and wetlands. MFF’s objectives are supported by 15 Programmes of Work (PoWs), grouped under the three “pillars” of Apply knowledge, Empower civil society and Enhance governance. By making more knowledge available, and by empowering people and institutions to use that knowledge, MFF enables coastal stakeholders to play a more effective role in governance of coastal areas. Capacity building, climate change, gender equality, knowledge management, communications, and private sector partnerships are cross-cutting themes integrated throughout this framework to help achieve positive results for each PoW. Each NCB has developed a National Strategy and Action Plan (NSAP) for MFF implementation that reflects national priorities for sustainable coastal development, based on identification of the most relevant PoWs for that country. This has facilitated country ownership of the PoWs, and has helped to generate collaboration and learning among the NCB members and other national stakeholders. Action plan of the activity of MFF Indonesia up to 2016 is listed in the Table 5.1. Enhance Governance: Supporting national coastal programmes; Strengthening integrated coastal planning; Contributing to marine protected areas; Promoting management assessment and monitoring; Encouraging sustainable business practices. 3.3.2. PoW 8: Development of models to guide livelihood restoration in post-disaster situations, and methodologies to promote an action-learning approach to ensure that livelihood restoration activities are adapted to specific local needs and ecosystem conditions. Development and replication of small community-led ecotourism activities related to mangroves and other coastal ecosystems, and improve access to markets. Support the restoration of fisheries and aquaculture in tsunami-affected areas, and ensure that these efforts are environmentally sustainable. Development of efforts to add value to local use and marketing of non-fish mangrove products linked to community-based management and conservation approaches.
Indonesia · 2012-01-01