The importance of incorporating social and cultural dimensions into sustainability and conservation planning in Indonesia cannot be overstated. Private and public sector failure to understand and accommodate local community dependence on natural resources and cultural sites has undermined numerous conservation projects and lead to failure of otherwise sound business operations. Daemeter has a qualified and experienced in-house team to provide innovative solutions in addressing and resolving social issues in natural resources management.
Our services includes:
- Social and Cultural Surveys
Daemeter conducts well-designed and implemented field and interview-based social and cultural surveys, including formal social impact assessment (SIA), to understand local systems of resource management and governance, dependence of communities on natural and other ecosystem and spatial patterns of resource use.
- Community Engagement
Effective communication through community engagement is vital to creating social management plans and building social capital. Daemeter conducts a wide range of activities to undertake community engagement such as conflict identification and mapping, social risk assessment, community relation training and communication program facilitation.
- Conflict Resolution
Conflict is common in natural resource sectors in Indonesia, as many people rely on increasingly limited land and the natural resources it provides. Poorly managed conflict can drain a company and communities of the financial, time and human resources required to implement responsible practices, raising costs, eroding chances for success, and damaging reputation. Daemeter can assist with anticipating and avoiding conflict, mediating conflict when it occurs, and facilitating conflict resolution.
- Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder engagement is an essential feature of long-term sustainable business planning. It helps to align business practices with the stakeholder needs and expectations, thus creating conditions that enable success. Daemeter has proven experience in facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues in natural resource management, including community consultations to survey issues of concern, formal public consultation for FSC and RSPO certification, work shop leadership and coordination of complex, multi-stakeholder processes such as revision of the HCV Toolkit for Indonesia.
- Public Consultation
Public consultation is an essential part of the process for developing credible resource management plan and building support for their implementation. Daemeter has conducted public consultation as part of HCV assessment process, certification audits and Free Prior Informed Consent procedures.
- Strategic Planning for Social Engagement
Daemeter can lead companies in developing coherent, well designed, over-arching strategy for building effective social programs that support sustainability objectives.