Mendawak Landscape

Mendawak is an ecologically significant, yet largely unprotected landscape in West Kalimantan, encompassing critical orangutan habitat, deep peatlands, tropical forest, and the province’s largest mangrove expanse. Like many forest landscapes in Indonesia, it is dominated by concessions interspersed with community-managed forests. Wildlife populations are fragmented. Forest habitats are governed by differing commodity-specific regulations. Rural communities face challenges in scaling sustainable economic initiatives.

Sangga Bumi Lestari works to demonstrate how Indonesia’s forest landscapes can support both biodiversity conservation and economic development. By fostering multi-stakeholder management agreements, promoting forest-positive policies, and building the capacity of rural people, we advance innovative models for sustainable development that can be replicated elsewhere.

Through this dashboard, we demonstrate how Mendawak’s land-use stakeholders can collaborate to align conservation and economic growth.