Participatory Land Use Planning

The Green Prosperity Project Portfolio

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Context

Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) aims to help people obtain spatial plan certainty and accurate land use data. This will enable them to make more precise village development plans in accordance with their needs. It is hoped that household income will increase and regional economy will improve.

Participatory Land Use Planning strengthens the capacities of people and local institutions to manage land and resources, asserts the village administrative borders as well as the renewal and integration of land use inventories, and improves the spatial planning at the district and provincial level. It also decreases various risks related to land use, such as land dispute, overlapping land uses, licensing uncertainty, and other issues that may hinder investments.

Approach

The approach to Participatory Land Use Planning has components as follows: 1. Village Border Setting/Resources MappingSpatial plan certainty is an important foundation for the effective management of natural resources, agricultural commodities, and renewable energy infrastructure. Setting village borders will result in accurate village boundaries that will enable the village administration to prepare Medium Term Village Development Plans and Village Fund Allocation.

2. Quick Assessment of District Readiness This component consists of a two-stage assessment of district candidates regarding their capacity and commitment, as well as their provision of investment opportunities to support the conservation of the environment and the low-carbon-emission economic growth in line with the objectives of the Green Prosperity Project. The district government must be willing to develop land use information and a transparent licensing process that can be accessed by MCA-Indonesia, as well as by relevant service and planning agencies, and by communities.

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3. Geographic Information System To effectively administer the supervision, regulation, and reporting on PLUP, MCA-Indonesia collects, stores, manages, and uses geospatial information. This technology provides crucial support to PLUP’s various activities. The system maps areas and administrative borders, and provides basic geospatial information on land use, land coverage, road networks, hydrology, types of soil, and ecological zones. The data can be used to make primary and secondary mapping from spatial analysis of various geospatial data.

Current Status

• Up until March 2016, the Green Prosperity Project has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with 33 of 41 target districts.

• The PLUP team is helping to prepare the Village Border Setting Guidelines in 4 initial districts, namely Merangin, Muaro Jambi, Mamasa, and Mamuju. The guidelines use a process mandated by the government of Indonesia, combined with best international practices and modern surveying and mapping technology, and the active and beneficial involvement of women and vulnerable community groups.

• The four initial districts have launched the regulations to support PLUP activities, namely a Regent Regional Regulation on the Determination and Assertion of Village Borders,

and a Regent Decree regarding the establishment of the Team for the Determination and Assertion of Village Borders.

• Up until November 2016, the PLUP Team has completed the determination and assertion of village borders for 114 villages in Merangin and Muaro Jambi, Jambi province as well as Mamuju and Mamasa, West Sulawesi province.

• The Green Prosperity Project has conducted a Quick Assessment of District Readiness in 37 districts.

• PLUP is bridging the settling of land disputes. The village border-setting activities have also become the mediation platform to resolve village border conflicts, as has happened in three villages in Mamuju District, West Sulawesi. In December 2015, in conjunction with the implementation of the first phase of PMaP activities in the district, three villages—Mappu Village, Salutiwo Village, and Bonehau Village—signed an agreement with regard to borders and land use. The resolutions achieved by these three adjoining villages among others include the borders and designation of custom and historic sites areas, as well as the use of wasteland for agriculture or plantation.

• The PLUP team has released an online Geographic Information System (GIS) for Compact projects. The Online GIS has been beneficial in the planning and inventory of project sites, among others.

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