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Bridging the gaps between knowledge and practices on forested landscape governance
More informationIn February 2022, a major step was taken in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan Province, that allowed local climate-friendly and community-based enterprises to show handicraft, organic fertilizer, fruits, vegetables, and mushrooms that they produce to the policy maker, investors, and wider customers at the district level– and importantly, to share what they need to expand their businesses.
From 2019-2021, Tropenbos Indonesia (TI), with GLA funding (2016 -2020) has made an important contribution to spatial planning in Sukadana Town, the capital city of the Kayong Utara District, West Kalimantan Province. TI prepared the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) document for the Detailed Spatial Plan (RDTR) and the Sukadana Town Zoning Regulation.
Introduction of forwarded news: Tropenbos Indonesia has been given the opportunity to publish a press release of a study contributed to by Sampurno Bruijnzeel, a tropical forest hydrologist who collaborated with several researchers from The University of Cambridge to formulate research on the comparative ecosystem service contributions of mixed native forests versus tree plantations.
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