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Amy Lumban Gaol
Amy Lumban Gaol is the World Agroforestry Centre’s Communications Coordinator for the Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi (AgFor) project based in Makassar, Indonesia. She coordinates an integrated communications strategy within the three provinces where AgFor is working (South and Southeast Sulawesi and Gorontalo), including video production, writing stories and promoting AgFor through various media. Her interests include photography, social media and humanitarian activity.
The eponymous tree is being replanted on Indonesia’s Sandalwood Island, now known as Sumba, by farmers trained by the World Agroforestry Centre A group of farmers gathered at the home of Elton Ndohang in Kanatang Village, East Sumba,...
President Joko Widodo has bestowed the right to manage customary forests on nine indigenous communities, heralding the end of decades of uncertainty and the beginning of a new era of secure right to land. The World Agroforestry Centre...
Farmers and governments on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia are celebrating all they have achieved in the five years of a Canadian-sponsored development project The Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi: Linking Knowledge to Action (AgFor) project is closing its...
Nearly 18 years after the establishment of the Nipa-Nipa Grand Forest Park conservation area in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, new, broadly-supported legislation marks the beginning of its collaborative management and the end of a lengthy democratic process....
A district government in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia plans to integrate agroforestry and associated methodologies into its medium-term development plan. The Government of Kolaka Timur District in Southeast Sulawesi Province has embraced sustainable agriculture and agroforestry for...
Government representatives in South and Southeast Sulawesi provinces in Indonesia have agreed to sustain the work of an integrated agroforestry–environment–governance project beyond its end. Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi: Linking Knowledge to Action (AgFor) is funded...
Jeneponto in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, has officially begun to implement a sustainable livelihoods and conservation strategy that was facilitated by the Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi project. The launch of the strategy was marked...
A Regent’s Regulation has become the first official local ruling in the province of South Sulawesi for rewards for ecosystem services. After going through a long and exhaustive process, the people of Bantaeng District now have clearer rules...
Government agencies, NGOs and farmers’ groups are working together to ensure the preservation of the Nipa-Nipa Grand Forest Park in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, thanks to facilitation by the Canadian-funded Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi project. The Nipa-Nipa...
Policy makers, governments and international organizations increasingly recognize the urgent need for the forestry sector to improve its communication capacity and activity across countries and regions. More than 35 communication workers, resource mobilizers, natural-resources managers and foresters...
The Kajang indigenous people of Bulukumba, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia have finally overcome the long impasse over recognition of their customary land. After several years of meetings, consultations and regulatory proceedings, the council plenary meeting of the...
Farmers in Indonesia are learning how to grow coffee to improve their livelihoods and ensure their household needs. By Hendra Gunawan and Endri Martini A few years ago, a mixed orchard based on coffee trees was hard to...
In growing numbers, smallholders in Gorontalo, Indonesia manage tree nurseries as an alternative income source. The World Agroforestry Centre through the AgFor Sulawesi project is sharing new knowledge and experience for the benefit of farmers. Tree nurseries are...
Farmers in Indonesia are more optimistic about surviving the increasingly long dry seasons thanks to the World Agroforestry Centre improving their understanding of agroforestry and drip irrigation. By Amy Lumban Gaol Up until recently, for farmers...