LMMA Network activities in Indonesia are primarily taking place in two areas of Eastern Indonesia: 1) Padaido Islands, Biak, West Papua, and 2) southern Ambon Island in the Moluccas Islands (see map below; pink circles indicate areas of LMMA activity).

LMMA activities in the Padaido Islands covers 11 small islands and seven villages on the east coast of Biak. In the late 1990s, a local NGO, Yayasan Rumsram, in collaboration with BCN and later the Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (Yayasan KEHATI), worked intensively to promote community-based coastal zone management here. Since 2003, the Secretariat for the Program on Coastal Resources Management (SekPro PLKL), a local NGO in Biak, has continued with these activities.

The LMMA program was introduced in the Padaido Islands in March 2002. Stakeholders began using LMMA concepts and officially joined the Network in September 2002. Data collection training took place in October 2002 and actual data collection started in November of that year. Since then, local communities have carried out participatory mapping and zoning activities and set up local institutions and rules for the management of the Padaido Islands and East Biak coastal area. Currently, this community-based management scheme is being officially adopted by the local government. Due to the experiences and local expertise developed here, Padaido Islands-Biak is a potential site for a Community-Based Small Island and Coastal Zone Management ‘Learning Center’ in West Papua and the Southeast Moluccas Islands.

Programs in the Moluccas are concentrated in Rutong Village in the Ambon Bay sub-district of Baquala, Ambon City. The LMMA program in this region was jointly developed between the community, Faculty of Fishery & Marine Science of Pattimura University (UNPATTI), and Yayasan (Foundation) Paparisa early this year. In April 2004, Yayasan Paparisa and LMMA Indonesia conducted two workshops facilitated by Dr. M.K.J Norimarna (Rector of Christian University of Maluku), Dr. J.J. Wenno (Faculty of Fishery & Marine Science of UNPATTI) and Cliff Marlessy (LMMA Indonesia/KEHATI). The workshops covered project planning and introductions to Adaptive Management and the Learning Framework. The Moluccas 2004 program proposal was developed based on the outputs from these workshops.

There is interest from other areas in both regions, particularly in Tablasupa, Jayapura, Papua and also Taniwel, Seram Island, Moluccas. Communities in Tablasupa plan to establish two LMMAs and conduct baseline biological and socio-economic surveys this year.

For more information on the Indonesia LMMA Network, please see:

Stories from the Field

Indonesia LMMA 2007 Calendar

Indonesia LMMA 2005 Annual Report

Indonesia 2006 Evaluation Report

For more information on Indonesia marine conservation work, please see:

GEF Small Grants Programme - Indonesia Spotlight