WRDR

Building Indonesia's first community-rooted framework for responding when ecological disasters put wildlife at acute risk.

Where We Stand

Capacity Building Phase

The framework exists. The field presence exists. The community relationships exist. What is being built now: protocols, trained capacity, and coordination agreements, the prerequisites for responsible deployment.

Why WRDR?

When ecological disasters hit, floods, fires, landslides, industrial contamination, the response is overwhelmingly human-centered. That is right, communities need that support, and a great deal of good work already goes into it. But the wildlife caught in the same disaster, displaced, injured, or killed, receive almost no organized response. What exists for them is rare, and nowhere near proportional to how many animals need it. WRDR is not here to compete for that attention. It exists to add capacity where almost none exists.

WRDR is not a new organization. It is a specialized emergency response unit operating under SELAMAT.IN, with the In.Allies volunteer network as its rapid-mobilization backbone. It activates when ecological disasters place wildlife at acute risk. Between disasters, the team builds protocols, training, networks, and the documented capacity that makes responsible deployment possible.

Hutan.in already has the field presence in Bontang, Kolaka, and Bogor, and the community relationships there are not new. In Bontang, community members who once hunted wildlife to feed their families are now SELAMAT.IN field partners. In Kolaka, Bajo fishing communities who lost their access to the sea share the same coastline as the anoa. These are the people WRDR is designed to work through first, not around. What does not yet exist is the protocol, the trained capacity, and the coordination framework. That is what this phase is building.

Five Gaps WRDR Addresses

Indonesia does not lack people who care. It lacks documented, replicable systems. Each gap below is real, and each is at a different stage of being closed.

Limited Capacity Nationwide

Building: Replicable Framework

Existing organizations are stretched thin. WRDR adds documented, trainable capacity and a replicable framework that government conservation offices and partner NGOs can adopt.

What This Means

Documented Capacity. Trainable, not dependent on any one person.
Replicable Framework. Built for other regions to adopt, not just Hutan.in's own.
Adds to the System. Strengthens existing organizations rather than competing with them.

No Standardized Protocol

Building: Six-Phase SOP

Response is ad hoc, no chain of custody, no welfare assessment standard. WRDR is building a six-phase SOP framework with regional annexes, designed for adoption by partner organizations.

What This Means

Six-Phase SOP. A standard sequence from first response to release or care.
Regional Annexes. Four annexes adapted to local context.
Chain of Custody. Documentation standards for every case handled.

What We Have Now

✓SELAMAT.IN field operations in buffer-zone communities, Bontang area
✓Government coordination with conservation authorities underway
✓Community responder networks in 3 direct regions
✓Field lead, associate veterinarian, and Wildlife Vet Advisor in place

What We Are Building

→Disaster triage training for field responders
→PPE and basic equipment for 3 direct regions
→Formal coordination agreements with government authorities in Kolaka and Bogor
→Pre-positioned emergency response fund
→Six-phase SOP framework with 4 regional annexes
→Legal framework (ICEL consultation in progress)

Coverage

Where WRDR activates depends on where the field presence already is, and what kind of disaster is most likely to put wildlife at risk in that place.

East Kalimantan

Risk: Peatland fire, flood
Species: Orangutan, proboscis monkey

Southeast Sulawesi

Risk: Industrial flood, nickel contamination
Species: Lowland anoa, coastal fauna

West Java

Risk: Earthquake, flash flood, landslide
Species: DAS fauna, livestock

National Network

Via local NGO partners and international wildlife disaster response networks, extending coverage beyond the 3 direct regions when partners request support.

Emergency Status

No Active Emergency

WRDR activates when an ecological disaster places wildlife at acute risk. It is not a standing deployment, it is a fund and a team held in reserve so that response is possible within hours, not weeks, when one is needed.

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