If local communities are to come together and shape their social, economic and ecological futures, they need strong governance institutions: clear riles, norms and decision-making processes. Here’s where Planet Indonesia steps in.
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Learn about how the Conservation Cooperative (PUMK) has helped the community of Gema Ratu in Rambai Hamlet from the perspective of one of our village partners and tutors, Julius.
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This year, the CEO of Yayasan Planet Indonesia, Novia Sagita, and Executive Director of Planet Indonesia International, Adam Miller had the pleasure of joining the Nature Positive Delegation at COP 28 in Dubai.
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Meet Eka Legiowati, she is an inspiring literacy tutor actively engaged with numerous students working in Mengkalang Jambu Village in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. She works to foster an environment of learning within her community, helping elevate education and literacy levels for her students to compete effectively in the national job market. She also helped form a Conservation Cooperative in her village. We interviewed Eka to hear about her experiences and the impacts she has seen in her community after forming a Conservation Cooperative.
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For World Oceans Day 2023, we are highlighting the communities we support in the Karimata Marine Reserve and the work they are doing for their part in conserving the world’s oceans.
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The Indonesian songbird trade is decimating wild bird populations. With a long cultural history dating back centuries, keeping songbirds in cages outside the home and entering birds into singing competitions is symbol of sophistication and wealth. We are working to address the illegal songbird trade through our Wildlife Trade Unit, Songbird Rescue and Rehabiliation Center, and enforecement and restoration in songbird natve habitat.
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Communities living within Kubu Raya have adopted a rule to plant 10 new seedlings for every mangrove tree that gets cut down. This ruling has allowed residents to see an incredible increase in mangrove forest health. Read more about this story as featured by the Pontianak Post in this blog.
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We spoke with Agustar, who serves as the Head of the Mengkalang Jambu Village, one of the villages that has initiated the concept of community-based no-take zones (CBNTZs) to hear his thoughts on this conservation strategy and what it is like to have Planet Indonesia’s support.
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This year has been an extraordinary year for our Healthy Family Initiative as we continue to face down a global pandemic, challenging us to continue to add COVID-19 related support to our regular programming.
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Our Conservation Cooperative model that was developed a few years ago is experiencing exponential popularity among many villages in West Kalimantan, Borneo. We are excited to be adding many new partners to our conservation programing.
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Collecting data through interviewing local experts living alongside wildlife allows us to gain a better understanding of the wildlife we help conserve. We call this method Pooling Local Export Opinions and we compared it to our more traditional methods of studying wildlife. See how they compare in this blog!
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Just as the year 2021 got started, the 6th temporary fishing reserve - impacting six villages located within Kubu Raya, came to a close. These fishing closures are important to the communities we partner with by providing them with more economic resilience and food security.
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Building trust and showing up are what truly matters to make an impact in conservation. In this blog, our Executive Director discusses lessons learned through Planet Indonesia and advice about increasing conservation impact around the globe.
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This past year has been extraordinarily challenging for our global community. However, despite the overwhelming challenges, we are excited to report many incredible highlights over the past year that you enabled us to do with your donations.
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This year, we celebrated our six year anniversary of conserving at-risk ecosystems through our village-led partnerships. This was an incredible milestone for our work and our staff who are dedicated to addressing some of the world's greatest challenges.
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Through Conditional Cash Transfers, we continue to adapt to the needs of our communities even during a global pandemic. Our demonstration to a needs-based approach is what makes our innovation programs so impactful.
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This crisis has highlighted failures in our field as well as new opportunities to deliver impactful solutions to repair systemic unsustainable relationships between society and nature. Here are some of our solutions to build a resilient future.
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Strengthening organizational systems and team building to better facilitate positive impacts of social change.
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Announcing our newest project site that will increase our conservation impact to cover 710,000 hectares of conserved natural habitat.
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A new up-and-coming framework has been identified as a solution to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and reduce rural socio-economic hardships.
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