BIOTROP courier volume XXIII, quarter 3 September 2021

As one of collaboration program implementation, SEAMEO BIOTROP held a training of trainer for the FORCLIME's facilitators in Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan Province. The training aimed to transfer knowledge on extracting essential oils and their derivative products and on utilizing non-wood forest products having economic value. In collaboration with FAO Indonesia and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK), SEAMEO BIOTROP held a National Inception Workshop with the theme “Strengthening Capacities for Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species (SMIAS) in Indonesia” to provide integrated information to all stakeholders who will be involved and related to the process of preparing and developing project documents submitted by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The stakeholders consist of representatives from various government agencies, academia, private sectors, NGOs, and local community groups. SEAMEO BIOTROP also supported nine vocational schools partners in SEAMEO BIOTROP’s SMARTS-BE Program to participate in the 2021 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award Competition. The SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award is an award program for schools launched by SEAMEO in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT Japan) and the UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education. The SEAMEO-Japan Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Award aimed to promote best practices that support ESD in schools across Southeast Asia.