Empowering communities to improve livelihoods, influence decisions on land use and management, and preserve cultural heritage

Community development in general is an effort to strengthen people’s access to better socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions.

To achieve this goal, the BNF Community Development Team has implemented a community assistance program to help improve the quality of their lives and welfare by prioritizing sustainable optimization of local resources (local resource based). This approach is an effort to improve community welfare whilst maintaining harmony with the environment, particularly focussing on the role of humans as part of the ecosystem.

Active Projects

Social Forestry

Social forestry is a sustainable forest management system used in state forest areas or private/customary forests. It is implemented by local communities to improve their welfare, maintain environmental balance, as well as maintain local socio-cultural dynamics. The social forestry program provides opportunities for local community...

Ecotourism

With 20 years of experience carrying out research, conservation and community empowerment in the Sebangau area, BNF has taken the initiative to develop wildlife observation ecotourism in Sebangau National Park landscape. The aim of developing ecotourism is to raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity...

Sebangau Community Development

BNF’s peat-swamp forest protection program aims to empower community groups around the Sebangau National Park area to actively participate in reforestation activities, through Community Seedling Nurseries. The aim of this program is to support an increase in the number of seedlings planted in Sebangau National...

Rungan Community Development

After 20 years of experience in research, conservation and community empowerment in the Sebangau Landscape, BNF is now developing community empowerment programs in the Rungan Landscape. The goal is to protect natural resources from degradation and deforestation, while at the same time encouraging people to...