The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Indonesia - Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN)

About us

Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN) is a non-profit organization which was established in Indonesia in 2014.

With the mission to protect lands and waters on which all life depends, YKAN provides innovative solutions for realizing harmony between people and nature, through effective management, non-confrontational approaches, and building collaborative partnerships with all stakeholders for a sustainable Indonesia.

We are finding solutions to face the current greatest challenges against people and nature.

Advancing adaptation and mitigation efforts and protecting the marine, lands, and clean waters, Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN) is currently working in more than 10 provinces in Indonesia through Terrestrial Program and Oceans Program.

Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara. (YKAN) believes that development and conservation can happen simultaneously.

Terrestrial Program supports sustainable and low emission forestry practices based on science and encourages multi-party collaboration between government, corporations, and the public in the form of aligned partnership. These efforts are manifested in four strategies:

Climate Change Mitigation Framework at the National and Subnational Levels
YKAN supports partnership for green development commitment through mobilization of enabling technical and financial resources, and implementation of natural climate solutions through green growth compact prototype initiatives.

Sustainable Forest Management
YKAN supports sustainable production forest management (Pengelolaan Hutan Produksi Lestari or PHPL) by promoting mandatory PHPL certification through providing natural production forest concession technical supports. 

Each oil palm plant is carefully placed on a grid, with more than 100 trees for each area of ​​land the size of a football field
Sustainable Palm Oil
YKAN facilitates protection of high conservation value areas (HCVA) by technical support to the Government of East Kalimantan Province and Berau Regency. 

to Wungun Forest of the Mapnan People in Long Duhung, Berau, Kalimantan Timur
Community-Based Natural Resources Management
YKAN supports community empowerment through SIGAP approach by facilitating rights for access and management to manage natural resources, develop sustainable livelihood, and strengthen village governance.