Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Empowering Communities for Dugong Conservation in the Lease Islands, Indonesia

Grantee Name: Coral Triangle Center

Hotspot: Wallacea
Location: Indonesia
Amount: $131,981
Dates: Jun 2022 – Aug 2024
Keywords: Awareness, Buffer zones, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Fisheries, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Marine, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Governance

Promote the improved management of the newly declared marine protected area in the Lease Islands of Maluku, with an emphasis on dugong conservation. Help to establish formal state recognition of traditional cultural mechanisms for control of marine areas.

Strategic Direction : 1 Address threats to high priority species