Sep 14, 2020

International Webinar on Indonesian BioD

We presented the WILDS Project at the International One-Day Webinar on Indonesian Biodiversity, hosted by the Indonesian Institute of Life Science and Ministry of Science and Technology / National Research and Innovation Agency, to celebrate the country's 75 years of independence. You can watch on YouTube here (starting 1:50 time remaining).

The event, focused on “mainstreaming biodiversity conservation, bioprospection, and bioeconomy for sustainable livelihood” aims for biodiversity "to be regarded as immense resource for the nation as well as the nature, for conservation as well as sustainable use, giving benefit for the people directly and indirectly. This event will try to bring up issues from biodiversity conservation, the potential of biodiversity for bioprospection, and biodiversity valuation for bioeconomy. The webinar will invite various speakers from Indonesian researcher, practices, government, and foreign research collaborators, and target participants from different background so hopefully the biodiversity issue can reach as many sectors and stakeholders as possible."

From a WILDS Project perspective, we will highlight how a meaningful bioeconomy must not only value biodiversity while it is health and of direct economic utility to humans, but must also consider the value of harms that humans cause to biodiversity. We will highlight how accounting for harm, and pursing it via litigation, can form an important part of a healthy bioeconomy.