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BASED IN BOGOR, Telapak
Indonesia was formed in mid-1995 by NGO activists and
university graduates in the natural resources management
field, and formally established as a legal entity on
January 21, 1997.
Telapak's objective is to
conduct high quality research on key natural resources
management issues, translates the results into persuasive
policy advocacy at national and local levels, and to work
closely with local NGOs and communities to build their
own capacities as resource managers and advocates.
Telapak's
governing philosophy is that "all of Indonesia's territory is
a conservation area" in the
sense that biodiversity conservation, natural
resource-based production, and the empowerment and
livelihood security of resource-dependent communities
must be integrated in an approach to sustainability and
equity that encompassed all aspects of the land- and
seascape from the most remote forests and reefs to
farmers' fields and fishing grounds. (So too, research,
local empowerment and capacity-building, and policy
advocacy must be carefully integrated to be mutually
supportive and synergistic.)
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