The Asian Regional Learning Exchange on Social Inclusion and Youth was jointly organized by the Coalition for Tenure Justice in Indonesia (KT), International Land Coalition (ILC), Samdhana Institute, and Tenure Facility (TF). This event brings together selected partners, members, and organizations working to advance community tenure security. The learning exchange began with a three-day field...
Monday, August 29, 2022 The night temperature at Wisma Nangun Kerthi Bedugul is quite cold and windy. There were about 30 people gathered in the room, following the Indigenous Youth Camp: Engaging and Empowering Youth as Leaders for Forests and Communities. The title was indeed “camping”, but because of the weather at that time –...
Friday, December 16, 2022 “This is Koming, sis..” Wow… 15 years ago Koming was still a child, still sucking milk. And now Koming is in college. Not only Koming, there are also Feby, Devi, Adit, and others. Twenty years ago, their parents initiated the formation of JED (Village Ecotourism Network). At present, hope they will...
Adat Dalem Tamblingan, October 4, 2022 Re-Glorification Program of the Mertajati Forest Tamblingan has been carried out since 2018. Together with the Indonesian Dedicated Grant Mechanism managed by The Samdhana Institute, the program is aimed at developing the Costumery Adat Dalem Tamblingan Four Villages forest in Buleleng Regency as a tradition-based learning center for sustainable...
September 15-16, 2021 Nusa Penida, also known as Nusa Gede, is the largest of the three small islands in southeastern Bali. There are three periods of development of Nusa Penida related to food and food sources, namely in ancient or prehistoric times, stories in chronicles, and in the era of globalization. Through records of research results...
Nusa Penida Island has tons of potential on seaweed farming even before tourism sector expansion. Unfortunately, from all region of Nusa Penida, seaweed production only concentrated on one location, namely Dusun Semaya. The problem of seaweed becomes more complicated as the vast development of Nusa Penida at the moment. Hotel and restaurant waste pollutes the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit economic activity in Indonesia in general, lowering income levels and also people’s welfare. One of the areas most affected by the pandemic is Bali Province, considering that the majority of activities are closely related to tourism and contact with outsiders. Bali’s economic growth rate in the first quarter of 2021...
It has been a month since the spreading of a new Corona Virus (COVID-29) epidemic, until it has now declared as a global pandemic. It also has affected all the tourism sectors and their workers in Nusa Penida. The traffic of speedboad is less crowded, car rent business is not as high as before, not...
Cepuk is known as bebali cloth, a sacred cloth used for ceremonial needs. Only Nusa Penida produces this weft, mainly because of its main function as a protector from elements or evil influences. Cepuk is also believed to be a magical cloth for treatment. That is why the cepuk is actually used as a “tapih”,...
This year, 2019, Purnama sasih Kapat (the forth fullmoon) falls on Sunday, October 13th. Based on several sources (both primary and secondary), The forth fullmoon is the best time to hold a prayer ceremony. Right now, the sun is right on the equator, so the sun is shining hot and at 12 noon our shadow...
