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 …
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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 …
‘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 …
Food is one of the basic human needs that are needed every day for life. The issue of food is a critical discussion for the dynamics of the nation’s economic and even political development. As an agrarian and maritime country, it …
Dear, Mangrover. In order to welcome International Mangrove Day 2018 on 26 July this year, Blue Forests held a photo and video contest. We participated in this celebration as a form of support in voicing the importance of mangrove existence. Let’s …
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We are pleased to announce that we have chosen Rio Ahmad as Director of Blue Forests, effective immediately. Rio’s appointment as new Director was being conducted in Member Meeting that held on 28-29 March 2018 in Makassar. The meeting was also …
There was something unique about celebrating Indonesia Independence Day in Tanakeke Island. A lot of traditional games tested the participant’s physical skill and their knowledge about the ecosystem in the village. Children, women, teenagers, and the elderly mingled each other to …
A Charles Darwin University PhD candidate will travel to one of the world’s largest mangrove conservation conferences to discuss an initiative that aims to recover the vital ecosystem in Indonesia. Benjamin Brown said technology was available to restore entire degraded mangrove …
During our years working in the mangroves of Indonesia, we have come across several instances of fisherfolk communities eating mangrove fruits and leaves for subsistence purposes. In 1999, in order to discover new recipes, a study tour was arranged by MAP-Indonesia …
