INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

PresentationPresentation from the Water Pavilion at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona 2008 ©The Author(s), all rights reserved

Watershed in North Sumatra: Opportunity to Understand Biodiversity

Seulawah Heritage Forest

(~1,4 million hectar)

Western Toba(~0,26 million

hectar)

AngkolaEcosystem

(~0,4 million hectar)

Leuser Ecosystem(~2,6 million hectar)

Vulnerability Analysis of Logging in North Sumatra

Batang Gadis Forest

Each Impact of Economic Activities towards Scenario Development Option

Mining

Environmental

Services

Logging

TourismFishery

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• In Mandailing Natal (Northern Sumatera) together CI Indonesia, IFEES, Muslim Hands and University

of North Sumatera.

Getting Community and Religious leaders understanding of River

functions

Partnership with Islamic Boarding Schools in North Sumatra to propose a new park

- Discussed with the boarding school leaders to avoid 2002 flood killed 105

people and the available freshwater ( river) for students on daily ritual wash “wudhu”. After long process strugelling with logging

company and proposed gold mining, in 2004, President Megawati declared “Batang

Gadis National Park” based on the proposal from religious leaders, head of

district and community leaders,.

Batang Gadis National Park (108,000 ha)Declared in 2004

40 000 ha rice field depends on

Batang gadis river

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