Planet Indonesia’s Post

"Empowering rural communities through sustainable practices not only fosters eco-villages but also cultivates a legacy of harmony between nature and progress.""In the heart of rural development lies the seed of eco-villages, where every growth is a testament to the flourishing partnership between nature's wisdom and human innovation." "Building eco-villages in rural landscapes is not just about structures; it's a commitment to nurturing a greener tomorrow from the roots up." "Sustainable rural development is not just a choice; it's a responsibility to co-create eco-villages that stand as symbols of resilience and environmental stewardship. #joinustoday#eco-villages#greenbuilding #jv investors

🌍 Ensuring Community Benefits in Nature Projects: A Milestone for Scotland! 🌍 We are thrilled to announce that the Scottish government has backed the development of a Community Benefits Certification Mark, a groundbreaking initiative to ensure community participation in nature projects. CreditNature is leading the way by actively piloting this community standard in Dreel Burn, Fife, covering 5,000 hectares of agricultural land. By integrating key local priorities, such as clean rivers and protecting key industries like tourism, the CreditNature Ecosystem Management Rating (EMR) methodology ensures that community benefits remain at the centre of a diverse array of land management and enhancement projects. The certification aims to provide a transparent platform for all nature markets to demonstrate best practices in long-term community involvement, with well-defined benefits. Set to launch in May 2025, this initiative has already secured £240,000 in funding from the Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS), co-backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Scottish government. The Nature Finance Certification Alliance (NFCA) will oversee the intellectual property of the certification. NFCA’s extensive network includes investors, conservation organisations, and natural capital developers, all working together to support UK nature finance. The community standard is designed to be applicable across all UK-focused ecosystem services schemes, including emerging biodiversity and nature credit methodologies. By partnering with natural capital investment platform Kana Earth, the aim is to make the standard operational from its launch next year. Other key organisations involved in the initiative, include Trees for Life Nattergal Ltd Highlands Rewilding, and The Future Forest Company, alongside many others. Collectively the aim is to ensure that nature projects not only recover nature, but also bring tangible and lasting benefits to communities and future generations. 🌿🤝 🔗 read the news coverage here: https://lnkd.in/eB7pG_TJ 🔗 find out more about the NFCA initiative here: https://lnkd.in/eVhmG9SY #Community #NatureRecovery #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Scotland #EnvironmentalStewardship #CommunityBenefits

🌿 Financial Inclusion Part 2: An alternative to the 'alternative livelihood'? 🌿 In recent years, alternative livelihoods have become the "go-to" in most community conservation models. However, in our experience, these approaches can be tricky, context-specific, and challenging to scale. But based on our data, the mean number of income sources for some 800+ farmers and fishers we have surveyed is 3.3!! (varying from 1-9 sources!). This shows that people already have multiple sources of income and livelihoods. So why do we often try to add more instead of strengthening what already exists? Financial inclusion, through savings and loan groups, provides a more resilient and adaptable model. 💡 Why Financial Inclusion? 💡 1️⃣ Access to Financial Services: Direct benefits to underserved households without the need for new income sources; it is a big ask to pick up an entirely new livelihood! 2️⃣ Intensification: Allows communities to invest financial resources in existing livelihoods (e.g. rice farmers becoming better rice farmers) instead of emphasizing additionally (e.g. rice farmers now have to farm honey) 3️⃣ Financial Resilience: Provides a safety net during crises and helps communities recover quickly. 4️⃣ Integrated Governance: Links financial management with resource management for holistic community conservation. Impact: 🌟 Reduced illegal logging, poaching, and land clearing. 🌟 Improved healthcare, education, and overall community governance. 🌟 Enhanced financial inclusion through zero-interest loans. 🌟 Strengthened financial security leading to environmental conservation. Participatory impact assessments revealed that financial security significantly drives positive change in healthcare, education, and overall community governance, important 'enablers' ➡ to environmental conservation. Financial inclusion can create a ripple effect, transforming lives and landscapes one resilient community at a time. 🌍✨ #FinancialInclusion #Conservation #CommunityConservaiton #PlanetIndonesia https://lnkd.in/gn88V378

Day 5: The Gola Rainforest and Sustainable Finance! Sierra Leonean and Liberian Ministers, Chiefdoms and Civil Society came together on Friday 25th October to discuss sustainable financing for transboundary conservation and livelihood support in the Gola Rainforest, West Africa. Gola is a biodiversity hotspot and the RSPB is working with local partners to promote the livelihoods of the local community, protect the landscape and the unique wildlife that call Gola home. It was a powerful message of hope for transboundary development and conservation, but a sense of urgency to protect the Gola Rainforest was clear. Jiwoh Abdulai, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change in Sierra Leone made a powerful case which summised the case for support perfectly: “The rest of the world should be looking at these forests as infrastructure - the same way you talk about roads and buildings for the benefit of the economy. Gola is a global good. Historically, the funding has been local - there is a clear mismatch there. We are funding a local landscape that benefits the world. We need to start looking at this as a global asset. If these forests go away, there will be repercussions for the rest of the world. We should be viewing these as global infrastructure that is important for humanity.” At the RSPB, we work in partnership with local communities and are exploring mechanisms from blended finance mechanisms, alternate livelihoods and building local capacity to manage and protect the Gola Transboundary landscape for the benefit of people, biodiversity and climate. But there is more to do! Thank you to all the partners from Sierra Leone and Liberia who travelled to Colombia to share their lived experiences from the Gola Transboundary Landscape and need for urgent investment to achieve global targets.

Communities play a crucial role in achieving #LandDegradationNeutrality (LDN) through sustainable land management systems. Some of the ways in which they contribute include; #LocalKnowledge: Communities often possess traditional knowledge about the land, which can be valuable for sustainable practices and preventing degradation.#Participation& #Ownership: Involving local communities in decision-making processes fosters a sense of ownership and responsibility, leading to more effective and sustainable land management.#CustomizedSolutions: Local communities can tailor land management practices to suit their specific needs and the unique characteristics of their environment, promoting resilience against degradation.#ImplementatingPractices: Engaging communities ensures the effective implementation of sustainable land management practices, as they are more likely to adopt measures that align with their cultural and social contexts. #MonitoringandEnforcement: Local communities can actively participate in monitoring land use and reporting any unsustainable practices, contributing to the enforcement of regulations and promoting accountability.#CapacityBuilding: Empowering communities with the knowledge and skills needed for sustainable land management enhances their ability to make informed decisions, reducing the risk of degradation.#LivelihoodsandEconomic Benefits: Sustainable land management can provide economic opportunities for communities through practices like agroforestry or eco-tourism, encouraging a balance between human needs and environmental preservation. #SocialCohesion: Building strong community ties fosters collaboration and collective action, creating a supportive environment for the implementation of sustainable land management initiatives. By integrating local communities into the process, a more holistic and adaptive approach to achieving Land Degradation Neutrality can be developed, addressing both ecological and social aspects of sustainable land management. #LandDegradationNeutrality #communityengagement George Tsitati , GEO LDN , Lena Moral Waldmeier , Neil Sims , Bennittes Kipyegon , UNCCD Youth Caucus , Kenneth Mubea , Elizabeth Wathuti , O.G.W ,Anita Soina (The Green MP)

Tomorrow is World Rainforest Day: a timely reminder to reflect on the multiple values derived from conserving and enhancing rainforests, which can be financed through carbon projects. Members Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM) recently launched a five-year Sustainability Development Plan with the Pacific Forest Alliance to support the delivery of long-term community benefits through the April Salumei rainforest conservation project in PNG. You can find out more in the post below. #naturebasedsolutions #carboncredits #climatefinance #carbonmarkets

The New Political Economy of Conservation: From Preservation to Repair In recent years, conservation has evolved significantly, shifting from traditional preservation to a focus on environmental repair. This new approach, driven by the financialisation of conservation and the commodification of natural resources, is reshaping the way we value and interact with the environment. From Conservation to Repair The traditional focus on conserving nature for its own sake has expanded. Now, locations in Africa and Amazonia are valued not just for their intrinsic ecological importance but also for their role in repairing environmental damage elsewhere. This shift reflects a broader trend where environmentalism is integrated into the growth economy, promoting economic activity through restoration efforts. Emerging Economic Order This new order introduces various payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES), highlighting the changing geography of value. Forests in Uganda, for example, are valued for their local ecosystem services and for the demand for these services globally. This dual valuation underscores a fundamental shift in how we perceive and utilize natural resources. Changing Role of the Green Movement The green movement, traditionally critical of business practices, is now increasingly intertwined with capitalist networks. Conservation organizations like WWF and Conservation International benefit financially from restoration payments, allowing them to scale their operations independently of state funding. This integration into the new economy of repair positions these organizations as significant financial actors in environmental management. Expansion of the Economy of Repair Investors and entrepreneurs are now key players in conservation. They broker deals with local communities to create restoration areas, establish biodiversity banks, and develop new markets for ecosystem services. This involvement brings new cultural and economic logic, with a diverse array of actors—from venture capitalists to GIS service providers—shaping the conservation landscape. Nature-Based Solutions Nature-based solutions (NbS) are gaining traction as a cost-effective, resilient approach to sustainable development. These solutions integrate biodiversity and climate change concerns, offering a framework for addressing environmental challenges in urban and rural areas. Institutions, governments, and organizations worldwide are directing significant efforts and funding towards NbS, emphasizing their potential to close the substantial financing gap in global conservation efforts. #Conservation #Sustainability #MarketBasedSolutions #NatureBasedSolutions #EcosystemServices #EnvironmentalEconomics #NewPoliticalEconomy #GreenGrowth #RestorationEconomy

Coinciding with World Rainforest Day this week, the April Salumei rainforest conservation carbon project has launched an innovative new five-year Sustainable Development Plan to provide long-term community benefits. The April Salumei project in Papua New Guinea conserves and sustainably manages over 600,000 hectares of globally significant virgin rainforest that was originally planned to be logged. The new Plan includes delivering improvement projects focusing on the following: 🔹 Community capacity building 🔹 Improving access to education 🔹 Improving health outcomes Learn more in our media release: https://hubs.ly/Q02B_jxT0 Contact our team to find out more about the April Salumei project carbon credits available to support your company’s sustainability goals: https://hubs.ly/Q02B_jxY0 #AprilSalumei #REDD+ #REDD #carbonprojects #carboncredits #sustainabledevelopmentplan #WorldRainforestDay #rainforestcarbonproject #rainforestcarboncredit

🌾 Landscape approaches offer a comprehensive vision that considers the broader picture of a territory's sustainability. By transcending traditional boundaries, this approach acknowledges the symbiotic relationship between the environment and its inhabitants. Community involvement becomes a cornerstone, ensuring that diverse perspectives and local knowledge contribute to the development and execution of sustainable strategies. 🌿 https://lnkd.in/eBqs-sfP #SustainableAgriculture #LandscapeApproaches #GreenFuture

Ever mixed up ‘conversation’ with ‘conservation’? I very nearly did this morning. The grammar struggle is real. The impact resourcing shouldn’t be. Alongside the stout sector growth and impact multiplication we’re seeing across Environment Hubs Aotearoa, it’s clearly evident that community conservation efforts are also expanding. However, the current funding and support frameworks are falling short of sustaining these essential initiatives. To address this, Predator Free New Zealand Trust engaged Marie Doole from Mātaki Environmental to explore solutions. Her report serves as a wake-up call and a beacon of hope, offering rich data and sector aligned narratives. It provides no holds barred, tangible, actionable solutions to benefit community groups, agencies, and funders alike. This report underscores the critical role of community involvement in the broader system of environmental restoration, conservation, and sustainability in Aotearoa. It’s a valuable resource for us as we seek to remove barriers to invest in making a meaningful impact. Dive into the report and get amongst the narrative on how we can better enable and amplify regeneration efforts. Summary and full report here: https://lnkd.in/g7ZaXRyk And, if you’re in a position to facilitate impact resourcing, then let’s start a conversation. Image credit: EcoMatters Environment Trust #communityimpact #bettertogether #researchreport #sustainablecommunities