Life at WRI Indonesia

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.

How is the position of women in Kenegerian Gajah Bertalut today? Is the establishment of a political power based on a nation state (kingdom/republic) that places men in a privileged position, affecting women's access in the public spaces? Read more in this article.

This article does not want to discuss how the monopolist can transform into a single ruler. There are more interesting things, when this game can be found in real life.

Brown bag meeting is an opportunity to all WRI associates and staff to share knowledge, cross train each other, and develop our skills. Read more here.

Please read the story from Bunga Goib - one of the Wahana Riset Indonesia researcher, about her trip to three villages in Air Sugihan Sub-district, South Sumatera.

WRI Indonesia and Singapore Institute of International Affairs, with support from Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, hosted a workshop called “Making Green Finance Count: Impact Investing for Indonesia's Agricultural Sector” on Friday, October 20th, 2017 at the Ritz Carlton Jakarta.

WRI Indonesia was delighted to receive a visit from 24 undergraduate students and two professors from the Institut Teknologi Bandung’s Forestry Engineering program on October 27, 2017. Check out the story here.

We often only heard verbally about the data of peat restoration from the stakeholders, but did not witness the real field conditions. Read more Dedy Mahardika's experience when doing research on peatland restoration.