SOUTHEAST SULAWESI
Kolaka sits at the edge of an ecosystem that evolved in isolation for millions of years, where conservation and the communities around it now depend on each other.
Why Southeast Sulawesi?
Sulawesi's millions of years of biological isolation produced an ecosystem found nowhere else on Earth. Species such as the anoa, the world's smallest buffalo and an Endangered species, exist nowhere else. If their habitat disappears, there is nowhere else for them to go.
Hutan.in works from Desa Huko-Huko, Pomalaa, within one of Indonesia's largest nickel-producing landscapes. Mining has transformed both land and sea, with sediment runoff affecting coastal waters and the livelihoods of Bajo fishing communities that have depended on them for generations.
Our response brings conservation and community wellbeing together. We support anoa habitat monitoring, mangrove and terrestrial restoration, community waste management, and the development of a mangrove-linked aquaculture model with the coastal villages of Desa Totobo and Desa Towua. Through this model, households receive tilapia fingerlings for every verified living mangrove, linking ecological recovery directly to local livelihoods.
What We Do Here
Research
We are building a systematic anoa habitat monitoring program in Kolaka, using a camera trap network with quarterly data review. The anoa is Endangered and found only in Sulawesi's forests, and baseline monitoring here is the evidence base for everything that follows.
What We Support
Camera Trap Network. Systematic placement across anoa habitat to build a baseline population picture, with quarterly review.
Evidence-Based Planning. Monitoring data informs where conservation effort matters most as mining pressure expands.
Endemic Species Documentation. Contributing to the biodiversity record for a species with nowhere else to go.
In.Conserve · Adopt.In
Through In.Conserve and Adopt.In, planting in Kolaka covers both mangrove coastal edges and inland forest corridors, with a mangrove-linked aquaculture model in development for the coastal villages of Desa Totobo and Desa Towua.
What We Support
Habitat Connectivity. Species selection guided by ecological role for endemic Sulawesi wildlife, particularly the corridors the anoa depends on.
Mangrove-Linked Aquaculture. A pilot in Desa Totobo and Desa Towua where each verified living mangrove earns a household a tilapia fingerling.
Bajo Community Livelihoods. Restoration designed around the practical needs of the fishing communities who share this coastline.
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