Gaharu Alam, Jaringan Perdagangan, dan Gaharu Budidaya: Studi Kasus Kalimantan Timur

Abstract

Study of natural agarwood products, agarwood trading network from village into province and cultivation of Agarwood by local community was carried out in July 2018 in East Kalimantan province. The findings of field work showed that agarwood is one commodity of non-timber products has high economic value which including of Appendix II CITES. Trading of agarwood is one of primary incomes for agarwood traders in province level, district, agarwood collector in sub-districts and seekers of agarwood from NTB (Nusa Tenggara Barat) migrant workers, Java and Bugise tribe. Besides, from viewpoint of tax incomes for government is relatively high. In 2010 the natural agarwood derived from natural forest was lack of outcomes due to forest products area was made forest conversion for estate plantation (palm oil), forestry sector (HPH/HTI) and mining sector. From this point, the shortage of natural agarwood from forest should be shifted by cultivation of agarwood carried out by group of farmer association as solution. As a result, the role of local government for instance Forestry Agency in province Level, Bappeda (Planning Agency in Province Level), Governor, and Local Parliament in Province Level should officially adopted that Agarwood commodity one of among commodities to enter in RPJMD (Leading Commodity Planning for Province) for 2020-2025. The methodology of research is applied for “political ecology” which emphasized actors movement (the role of local government, academics, NGOs, local people), participation observation, FGD (Forum Group Discussion) for active parties, and interview of informant.