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26 April 2021 Indonesia
Tropenbos Indonesia helped develop an approach to identify areas with high conservation value within a landscape. At the end of 2020, updated guidelines were published, which are expected to become an invaluable tool for companies, NGOs and governments.
15 April 2021 Indonesia
Face-to-face meetings were central to the work of Tropenbos Indonesia until COVID-19 abruptly put an end to them in early 2020. Against all odds, the organization saw an opportunity to increase its outreach and involvement with stakeholders all over the country.
11 December 2020 Indonesia
Villages in Indonesia that have obtained a social forestry permit are allowed to develop enterprises, called social forestry business units (KUPS), so they can benefit from the forest while also protecting it. For further development after being established, with the village government’s decision letter the KUPS can access Bangpesona grants from the Directorate General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
12 October 2020 Indonesia
When there is a will, there is a way. A group of Laman Satong village community members in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan have made their dream come true. This video shows how the community members of Laman Satong organized themselves and with help of Tropenbos Indonesia set up an ecotourism business “Laman Besolek” around the beautiful waterfall inside the deep forest of Gunung Palung National Park "Riam Berasap".
30 June 2020 Indonesia
Tropenbos Indonesia facilitated participatory mapping in several villages in Ketapang District. The results are scaling up and will be adopted in district spatial planning.
22 October 2019 Indonesia
Forest fires have been wreaking havoc in large parts of Indonesia, most of them set deliberately to clear land for oil palm plantations. A recent government moratorium on expanding oil palm in forest areas could help preventing forest fires in the future, but the lack of accurate spatial data is a main barrier to implement the moratorium, says Edi Purwanto.