Catalysing “Food Forests” and Community Resilience
Over the last 20 years, 27% of the forest cover in the Citarum watershed of Indonesia has been lost. Unsustainable farming and deforestation have left the watershed and its communities coping with soil erosion and flooding, which is increasing food insecurity and stress over water resources.
This 10-year project will create organic agroforestry systems and increase native tree cover while supporting 7000 families (134 000 indirectly) to stabilize and potentially double their income while reducing soil erosion and risks of flooding.
The Citarum River Basin is the most strategic river basin in West Java Indonesia, home to 9 million people and supplying about 80% of Jakarta’s raw water. The rapidly diminishing montane forest here is recognized by WWF as one of the 200 most critical global ecosystems.
Frequent flooding over the last 3 years has resulted in over 100 deaths, destroyed over 14 000 houses and caused over 170 000 local people to become homeless and jobless (source: BNPB, 2019).
Upper Citarum Watershed, West Java, Indonesia
Agroforestry
Yagasu (Yayasan Gajah Sumatra)
include arabica coffee, orange, mulberry, damar, eucalyptus and jackfruit
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