INDONESIA'S SECRET FORESTS: Underground water world

In Java’s cultural heartland, a hidden world of caverns, clear water and mysterious creatures has created an ecosystem like no other. The real treasure lies deep underground, in a mysterious world of rivers and caverns, adorned with crystals, stalactites and stalagmites and inhabited by unusual creatures. Sculpted by water over millions of years, this subterranean system is a magnet for adventure seekers and a key reservoir for local communities. But erosion, pollution and overuse threaten to contaminate the water and harm the unusual geological formations. This underground world is inseparable from the world above, and land use on the surface affects both the quality and the quantity of the system’s water. Therefore, funded by the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Kanoppi Project, a joint effort of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), is bringing a multidisciplinary team from Watershed Management Technology Center, the regional planning agency, and community representatives together to study the watershed’s problems and develop plans and policies for better management at the landscape level.

Related photographs to the video:
CIFOR. 2020. Underground landscape in Gunungkidul District, Yogyakarta.
(Available on https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/albums/72157711767432402).
Other related outputs under Kanoppi Project
Article in CIFOR annual report and relevant blogs on the project
CIFOR. 2019. CIFOR Annual report 2018: Forests matter, page 15. Bogor, Indonesia: Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Available on https://annualreport2018.cifor.org/livelihoods-from-forests-and-trees/honey-nuts-teak-and-indigo/.
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). 2019. What’s good for business is good forforests in Indonesia (Available on https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/whats-good-for-business-is-good-for-forests-in-indonesia/).
Evans, M. 2019. The future of social forestry in Indonesia. How to propel community forest management by 750%. (Available on https://forestsnews.cifor.org/60457/the-future-of-social-forestry-in-indonesia?fnl=en).
Journal papers based on case studies conducted in Gunungkidul District, Yogyakarta
Maryudi, A., Mulyana, B., Nawir, A. A., Sekartaji, D. A., Siswoko, B.D., Sumardamto, P., Supriyatno, N., Soraya, E. and Yuwono, T., 2017. Beyond good wood: Exploring strategies for small-scale forest growers and enterprises to benefit from legal and sustainable certification in Indonesia, Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. Vol. 118 No. 1 (2017): 17-29 (Available on https://www.cifor.org/library/6382/).
Related blog:
Croft-Cusworth, C. 2017. Getting a good price on good wood.
(Available on https://forestsnews.cifor.org/51907/getting-a-good-price-on-good-wood?fnl=en).
Maryudi, A., Nawir, A. A., Sekartaji, D. A., Sumardamto, P., Purwanto, R. H., Sadono, R., Suryanto, P., Soraya, E. and Riyanto, S., 2017. Smallholder Farmers’ Knowledge of Regulations Governing the Sale of Timber and Supply Chains in Gunungkidul District, Indonesia. Journal of Small-scale Forestry (Springer). Vol. 16 No. 1 (2017) (Available on https://www.cifor.org/library/6181/).
Other produced videos and related blogs
CIFOR. 2018. Secrets of the Mutis Honey Hunters.
(In English available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWTDdLTp3Rs)
(In Indonesian available on Rahasia pemburu madu Mutis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Zs-UhnwFo&t=7s).
Related blog:
Dayne, S. 2018. New children’s book teaches the sustainable traditions of West Timorese honey hunters. (Available on https://www.foreststreesagroforestry.org/news-article/new-childrens-book-teaches-the-sustainable-traditions-of-west-timorese-honey-hunters/).
CIFOR. 2016. Mutis Timau Forest Honey (Available on https://youtu.be/qR-WFOYju94).
Related blogs:
Croft-Cusworth, C. 2016. Wild honey harvest.
(In English available on: http://blog.cifor.org/43871/a-living-tradition-with-sweet-rewards?fnl=en).
(In Indonesian available on: http://blog.cifor.org/44479/tradisi-panen-madu-hutan-masyarakat-olin-fobia?fnl=id).