Halting biodiversity declines through enhanced community wellbeing in Indonesia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £331,776
WHERE Indonesia
Summary
Poverty, marginalisation and lack of opportunity drive small-scale, yet pervasive deforestation and biodiversity loss across Indonesia. This project will tackle these drivers in two key biodiversity landscapes: Batutegi Protection Forest and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. The project will improve the lives of ~3,000 women and men, in ways that strengthen links between human prosperity and ecosystem protection, including conservation agriculture and agroforestry, scholarships, provision of essential healthcare, and employment linked to wildlife reintroduction, SMART patrolling and long-term monitoring.
Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan - Batutegi Forest Management Unit, West Kalimantan Provincial Government Education Office, KSDAE - Directorate General of Nature Resources and Ecosystem Conservation, Health in Harmony, Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park Authority (BBBRNPA), UNILA - Lampung University, Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI)
Regions
East Asia
Biomes
TROPICAL FOREST
Production
FORESTRY
Threats To Biodiversity
OVER EXPLOITATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, LAND USE CHANGE
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