{"id":224693,"date":"2024-12-11T06:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T05:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=224693"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:51:14","slug":"creating-sustainable-futures-enhancing-agarwood-production-in-west-sumatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/creating-sustainable-futures-enhancing-agarwood-production-in-west-sumatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating sustainable futures: Enhancing agarwood production in West Sumatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Padang Laweh, West Sumatra, the Social Forestry Business Group (KUPS) Putra Harapan is striving to create sustainable livelihoods while preserving the local environment. With support of the Strengthen the Roots programme, the members of Putra Harapan attended multiple trainings and built a washing place for agarwood leaves amongst others, enabling them to improve the quality of the agarwood-leaves herbal drink through a more hygienic manufacturing process.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f79310b96a09b47d36a3afa3491b49b\"><em>Header photo: Training on standard operating procedures for production activities and marketing strategies for agarwood leaf herbal drink products (c) KKI Warsi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>KUPS Putra Harapan currently has seventeen members (ten women and seven men, incl. five youths). The goal of this community enterprise is to cultivate marketable products from the agarwood trees that are growing in the village forest. The women produce herbal drinks from the leaves and the men extract essential oil from the stem.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_c32cccd2741d338a6ad42aeb82184d80\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is agarwood?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Agarwood is a fragrant, resinous wood formed when certain trees are infected by mold, prompting them to produce a dense, aromatic resin. This resin-embedded wood is highly priced for perfumes, incense, and traditional medicine. Four tree families are known to produce agarwood:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Thymelaeaceae<\/em>:<\/strong> Mainly <em>Aquilaria<\/em> species, found in South China, Southeast Asia, and India.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><strong>Burseraceae<\/strong> <\/em>and <strong><em>Lauraceae<\/em>:<\/strong> Found in Central South America.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Euphorbiaceae<\/em>:<\/strong> Found primarily in tropical regions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Agarwood is revered globally, known as \u2018oud\u2019 in Arabic, \u2018gaharu\u2019 in Indonesian, and \u2018chenxiang\u2019 in Chinese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alternative livelihoods<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The group started ten years ago with the mission to build alternative livelihoods for people who were illegally mining for gold in the forest and river. In the past three years they received financial support from the District Forest Management Unit (KPHL Sijunjung), which was used for the construction of a production house where the drying and distillation machines are housed. The group is also in close contact with the village head (the <em>Wali<\/em>) about the opportunities for financial support from the village government, especially for training activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Support from Strengthen the Roots<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>In the past two years, KUPS Putra Harapan\u2019s progress has been bolstered by support from the Strengthen the Roots project, an initiative of IUCN NL and Wilde Ganzen that in Indonesia, is implemented by IUCN NL partner organisation KKI WARSI. This project supports community organisations in Bolivia, Ghana, and Indonesia that are dedicated to protecting nature in and around their communities. By equipping these organisations with the skills and some funds to mobilise local support for their work, Strengthen the Roots fosters grassroots-driven environmental and social development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Last year, with Strengthen the Roots funds, the group could pay the Essential Oil Network for a training on the use of the distillation equipment and KKI Warsi provided trainings on organisational capacities. The funds were also used for agarwood leaf choppers, production tables and chairs and the construction of agarwood leaf washing stations that comply with production standard operating procedures.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Training in fundraising and mobilising support<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Furthermore, with support from KKI Warsi, and using the skills they obtained in the Mobilising Support trainings as part of the Strengthen the Roots programme, the group is busy to get the legality permits for harvesting and marketing the agarwood products, including a \u2018Certification of Cultivation of Gaharu Plants\u2019 from the West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Centre (BKSDA) and a license from the Agency for Drug and Food Control (BPOM) to sell the agarwood products. This legalisation effort is still in process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Evelien van den Broek, senior expert environmental justice, visited the group in Padang Laweh in February 2024 and was highly impressed. \u2018The group members showcased their community enterprise through a well-prepared presentation and served delicious herbal drinks made from agarwood leaves. Their enthusiasm, the meticulously cared-for agarwood trees, and the fully equipped production house are all promising indicators of a thriving community business in the making.\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Agarwood-Cultivation-Land-Mapping-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224698 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Agarwood-Cultivation-Land-Mapping-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Agarwood-Cultivation-Land-Mapping-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Agarwood-Cultivation-Land-Mapping-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Agarwood-Cultivation-Land-Mapping-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Agarwood-Cultivation-Land-Mapping.jpeg 900w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 576px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 576\/1024;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Agarwood cultivation and land mapping (c) KKI Warsi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Forest for a Just Future programme<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>With the Forests for a Just Future programme of the Green Livelihoods Alliance, IUCN NL contributes to more sustainable and inclusive governance of tropical forests, in a way that promotes climate mitigation, water provisioning, biodiversity and human rights and that safeguards the rights and livelihoods of IP&amp;LCs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/forests-for-a-just-future\/\">Read more about the programme<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_c32cccd2741d338a6ad42aeb82184d80\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"smallteam-members__name12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n\t<div 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