Ecological Threat :
The Kerumutan village, located in Kerumutan Sub-district, Pelelawan District, was adjacent geographically with the Kerumutan Nature Reserve. The Kerumutan landscape is the area consisted of the core region (the Kerumutan Nature Reserve covering of 93.223 ha, the Protected Peatland Area (the area of the potential expansion) covering 52.213 ha, and the Intervention Area (that has influence and impact on the conservation of the Kerumutan Peatland Forest ecosystem) covering of 1.176.734 ha. The total Kerumutan area is 1.322.169 ha (based on the calculation and analysis of terrestrial image). The Kerumutan Peatland Forest Ecosystem has an important role in water conservatory, carbon warehouse, and habitat for important species especially the Sumatran Tiger (Sanderson, and. Al, 2006) that is protected and endemic species. Therefore, the existence of Kerumutan landscape is important to be conserved. In the intervention area there are multi-stakeholders forest and land utilization, such as plantation forest, productive plant forest, palm oil plantation, community forest, fishers, and other development activities implemented by the government.





Project Development Goal:
Planning program to achive ecological justice for woman group within the sustainable natural resource management through the development of alternative income.


Project Development Objective:

1. Established woman group-based sustainable natural resource management system
2. Established alternative income based on sustainable natural resource management by woman group.

Expected Outputs:

1. Participatory Map and Baseline Data regarding village geography and socia cultural potentials.
2. Established woman group-based sustainable natural resource management system.
3. Established woman business group based on sustainable natural resource management
4. Existed alternative income based on woman business group.


Activities to be Conducted:
1. Conducting consolidation with variuos community components.
2. Conducting consolidation with woman group
3. Planning on training and preparation of participatory mapping
4. Planning on research of geographical data and community social cultural potentials
5. Participative planning regarding mapping and final report
6. Planning on the estabslihment of sustainable natural resource management
7. Planning on organizational management training and sustainable natural resource management
8. Conducting consolidation with various stakeholders
9. Monitoring and Evaluation.


Project Participants and/or beneficiaries:
1. Direct : 50 members of farmer group
2. Indirect : 1000 Houshelods