Life at WRI Indonesia

Forests are complex places that attract an intertwining network of positive and negative forces. Indonesia is a place that knows this all too well with its incredible expanse of rainforests being both a place of immense life and horrifying destruction.

The role of Community-based Forestry Instructors (PKSM) is very important, not only for educating people but also to encourage others to become instructors.

Read Anindita Prabawati, a Young Researcher at WRI Indonesia, about her experience in contrasting her assumption and reality during field research.

Currently, this article is only available in Indonesian.

Oleh Thontowi Suhada, Peneliti Muda WRI Indonesia.

Read a writing from WRI Indonesia's Researcher, Hendrika Samosir, regarding the role of women in Tandun village.

Read a reflection from WRI Indonesia's Research Analyst, Nanda Noor, on his journey at an environmental think-tank.

Wiraditma Prananta, a young researcher at WRI Indonesia, shares the reason why being a researcher is a good choice for the younger generation.

Follow the story of Dwiki Ridhwan, Wahana Riset Indonesia researcher, doing field work in a remote village in a forest area called Gajah Bertalut (GB). Usually he is in the village almost a week every month. Sometimes, he also went into the forest.

Finding initial information with a short amount of time becomes a challenge for researchers in the field, and more challenging is how to find a fun way to get information and data so that research does not seem monotonous and boring. Follow the experience of Hendrika Tiarma Wulandari Samosir who had the opportunity to visit Tandun Village, Rokan Hulu District, Riau to conduct preliminary assessment related to land governance in this region.

The habits of people in Mangun Jaya, Banyuasin, South Sumatra is still dominated by a culture of extraction that takes natural resources directly without processing it first. Yet, the management of oil resources offers huge and rapid profits that encourage people to engage in high-risk areas. Find out more from Hendrika Samosir's story about people's lives in Mangun Jaya.