The Role of Women in Protecting Indragiri Hilir’s Coastal Resources
Natural resource conservation faces many challenges, one of them being gender roles and gender discrimination. On the whole, the conservation world is still dominated by men, despite the fact that women are among the social groups most vulnerable to environmental change and that women often play major roles in the day-to-day management of local natural …
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Realizing the Potential of Local Fishery Resources in Kampung Yepem, South Papua via Creating Preserved Shrimp and Fish Products
Papua’s coastal regions are home to the largest mangrove ecosystems in all of Indonesia. One such mangrove ecosystem, which remains largely pristine to this day, is in Kampung Yepem, a village in Asmat regency, South Papua province. Geographically speaking, Kampung Yepem is located within Agats district, and is mostly made up of coastal mangrove forests …
Making Food from Mangroves in Indragiri Hilir Regency, Riau Province
Communities in Ingradiri Hilir regency, have created initiatives aiming to boost their livelihoods through various means. One such initiative is through the processing of mangrove materials into edible products. Many of these processing methods were learned through Blue Forest’s Mangrove NTFP (non-timber forest products) Processing training event. This training, held in Sapat ward, Indragiri Hilir …
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Past and Present on Tanakeke Island
About an hour into the boat ride from Takalar City (population, 10,000) in South Sulawesi, we begin to see empty plastic bottles floating on the surface of the sea—thousands of them. These are not the younger kin of the great garbage flotilla purportedly washed together in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. These are floating …
The Fish Farmer Field School
‘Tambak’ is the common Indonesian name for a brackish water fish pond, classically supporting a polyculture of milkfish (Chanos chanos) and brackish water shrimp. There is historical evidence of 400-year-old tambak in South Sulawesi, naturally constructed in the lower meanders of river estuaries. Not until 1964, in response to increasing demand from Japan for shrimp …
Climate Change Adaptation with New Livelihoods and Mangrove Rehabilitation: Lessons from the Indragiri Hilir Coast
Mud crab fishermen in Parit 18, Sapat Subdistrict showing their catch (Wahyudin Opu/Blue Forests) Even though it is located far from the center of the crowd, Andi Masrapi’s house (45 years) rarely looks empty. Apart from being a place to live, the wooden stilt house in Parit 18, Sapat Village, is also used as a …
Empowering From Their Own Villages: Learning from Coastal Field Schools on Organic Fertilizers in Mioko Village
“Wow, this is how to make our fertilizer by ourself, easy peasy. This fertilizer is from our nature, for our needs. We have learned not to spend money to buy fertilizer anymore.” That was Rina’s answer when we asked, “What did Rina think after knowing that there are many natural ingredients in this village …