2018 Annual Report marks Planet Indonesia's fifth year of operation, focusing on a community-led "theory of change" that addresses conservation issues as people issues. Here we outline how we provide socioeconomic services—such as healthcare, education, and financial capital—to local communities in West Kalimantan to incentivize the protection of surrounding ecosystems. By 2018, Planet Indonesia expanded from a four-person team to over 50 staff members working to replicate their impact across Indonesian Borneo.
Key points
- Protected over 45,000 hectares of terrestrial rainforest and 7,000 hectares of carbon-rich mangrove forest.
- Achieved a 60% reduction in tree cover loss within project sites after just two years of intervention.
- Reached more than 15,000 individuals across 3,000 households through various programs.
- Over 65% of program beneficiaries are women.
- $37,875 in community funds within Community governance bodies.
- Initiated the construction of a new research station and a songbird rescue and rehabilitation center.
Suggested citation
Planet Indonesia. (2018). 2018 Annual Report. Pontianak, West Kalimantan: Planet Indonesia.
The term ‘integrated landscape initiative’ (ILI) has gained popularity as an ‘umbrella concept’ that describes projects that aim to explicitly improve food production, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods on a landscape scale.
It describes approaches that consider the entire landscape, including its environmental, social, and economic aspects, by bringing together diverse stakeholders to manage land use in a way that balances competing needs, aiming for sustainable outcomes across the whole system, rather than focusing on isolated issues within the landscape.
