HISTORY

MAP Indonesia was formed in 2000 shortly after Indonesian participants from MAP’s 3rd In the Hands of the Fishers (IHOF) workshop, in Trang, Thailand, returned home to Indonesia.

MAP Indonesia program was registered as Yayasan Akar Rumput Laut (Sea-grass-roots Institute) in January 2001. Its first major project was the development of a Coastal Community Resource Center (CCRC) with local fisherfolk and NGO partner, Yayasan KELOLA, in Tiwoho Village, Bunaken National Marine Park, North Sulawesi (photo).

Included in the project were:

• CCRC construction;

• mangrove rehabilitation of 25 hectares of disused shrimp ponds adjacent to the center;
• environmental education and curriculum development;
  
• development of sustainable livelihood alternatives, including improved cookstove production, bamboo utilization, and sustainable agriculture.
  
  

Multi-disciplinary programs have since become the hallmark of MAP Indonesia. In 2002, MAP Indonesia partnered with the Asia-Pacific Study Center (PSAP) of University of Gadjah Mada, in Yogyakarta, Central Java. Partnering with PSAP, which specializes in participatory action research, proved to be the perfect complement to MAP Indonesia’s pro-active community development work. To this day, MAP Indonesia shares an office with PSAP and initializes all programs based upon the research recommendations of the PSAP/MAP action research team.

The PSAP/MAP Indonesia collaboration led to the development of an action-research/problem-solving curriculum called:  Do Your Own Mangrove Action Project, which debuted at the 10th In the Hands of the Fishers (IHOF) workshop in North Sumatera, 2003.

CURRENT STATUS AND ACTIVITIES

In 2007, Yayasan Akar Rumput Laut officially registered as Mangrove Action Project Indonesia, a legal non-profit, non-governmental organization. Today, MAP Indonesia’s 8 staff members and team of Indonesian and international volunteers run education, conservation, restoration, and development programs in 5 provinces in Indonesia, as well as assisting MAP Asia in its work throughout the region.

MAP Indonesia Annual Report 2006 (2.9 MB)

Contact:

Ben Brown, Director
Universitas Gadjah Mada - Pusat Studi Asia Pasifik
Mangrove Action Project Indonesia
Bulaksumur B-13, Jogjakarta, Java, 55281
INDONESIA
tel: ++ 62 274 901054
fax: ++ 62 274 557845
seagrassroots@gmail.com
mapindo@gmail.com