Yayasan / WWF Indonesia / Yunaidi Joepoet
01 juni 2023

Overview local partners Indonesia

In Indonesia, the 13 VCA local partners employed their own approach to collaborate with their respective local partners to give even more communities a voice. Through this mechanism VCA-Indonesia has connected to 27 local partners spread across 5 sites: Papua, West Papua, East Nusa Tenggara, DKI Jakarta, DIY Yogyakarta. VCA Indonesia also managed to establish allies with other stakeholders such as arts and cultural organizations and religious leaders.

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