Edition 106: Oct - Dec 2011 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Managing village water

Two communities on the slopes of West Java’s Mount Ciremai try to take control of their water needs, in the face of stiff competition

Local culture is moulding conservation approaches on an eastern Indonesian island

A community in western Bali hopes that government regulation and a shift to eco-tourism will save it from the decline of its traditional fishing industry

Environmental activists have done a lot for rural communities, but some are feeling the pinch

Livelihoods trump conservation in a Sumatran village

Taman Dayaks owe their existence to carefully nurtured resources, but they have to adapt if they want to survive

Conservation has to adapt to the constraints imposed by local customs and traditions

Winning the right to manage its own forest is not easy for a community in West Lombok

Villages hope a regulation allowing them to manage forests will protect them from commercial interests

On the island of Siberut, eating rice is both a status symbol and a sign of destruction of traditional ways

Managing village water

Staying afloat in changing tides

Empty seas and hard times

Ideals that don’t make money

Catching songbirds in a national park

Using old resources in new ways

Where custom meets conservation

Struggling for control

Seeing the forests for the trees

White rice or black sago?

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