Kemala partners are working towards an Indonesia where local community rights over natural resources are recognized and protected. Assistance is being provided to strengthen community institutions and technical skills, to improve the capacity to protect their rights and their environment.
Stories from the field, bring to you documented field cases illustrating the work KEMALA partners are involved in by highlighting the outcomes and impacts of project activities. Stories from the field will also focus on documenting the most effective strategies and tools used by partners to achieve sustainable community based natural resource management. In this case it is wise to keep in mind the fact that Indonesia is as rich in its cultural diversity as it is in its biological diversity. Each ethnic groups thus has its unique way of interacting, be it social, political, or interacting with the natural environment. 'Best practices' used in a certain locality, will not necessarily be automatically transferable or replicable in other communities. There is a strong emphasis among KEMALA partners on 'adaptive management' approaches where activities are creatively interacted, combined or sequenced to achieve the most favorable results for people and their natural environments.
Stories for this month:
Forging Links and Having Impacts Beyond their Immediate Partners, a photo essay.
KEMALA in the Era of Reformasi; Notes from a Conversation with Zadrak Wamebu
Swiftlet Bird Nests Harvest in East Kalimantan
BIODIVERSITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS: Mapping the land, reconnecting generations