Civic Engagement in Asia

Mochamad Indrawan is a trained ecologist and conservation biologist with more than 3 decades of field experiences.  Indrawan's voluntary  rainforest conservation work  since 2007 included continuous facilitation of indigenous peoples and local communities whose joint endeavor is focused on the establishment of community conservation areas.  Indrawan served as a member of 2 IUCN specialist groups (World Commission on Protected Areas and Red List Authority), and also as a research associate at Kansas University, USA, as well as visiting scholar at Kyushu University, Kyoto University, Japan.  Indrawan's research on Japanese socio-ecological system (satoyama) during his past tenure as Asian Public Intellectual (API) Senior Fellow resulted in cross countries’ comparisons with Indonesian agroforestry systems.  Among the books Indrawan have jointly edited were “Biologi Konservasi” and “Civic Engagement in Asia: Lessons in Transformative Learning in the Quest fora Sustainable Future” which was supported by APN – Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research.  Indrawan is also proactively participating in international scholarly cooperation, e.g. serving as a member of UKRI -  UK Research and Innovation’s Peer Review College.  Believing a megadiversity country like Indonesia needs to develop an adequate number of citizen scientists.   Indrawan is also engaging  with Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation (Yayasan KEHATI), with whom he focused  the mission to rekindle public interests in the biological science of taxonomy.  The books he is currently jointly editing are “Barefoot Taxonomists in a Megadiversity Country” (in Bahasa Indonesia), and “Environmental Governance” are both coming to a conclusion.   Indrawan's latest endeavor involved advising "Plastic Finance", a wonderful new business start up from Indonesia who aim to mobilize plastic heroes from the former "scavengers" of Indonesia.

• 1 Building Livelihood Soverignty for the Mekong Region - Tran Thi Lan.-  2 Building Recognition for the Resource Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities - Antoinette G. Royo, Andhika Vega Praputra, Joan Jamisolamin, Neni Rochaeni.-  3 The Heartware of Ecological Sustainability in the Asian Context-  Dicky Sofjan.-  4 Transformative Learning for Thailand’s Small-scale Farmers - Supa Yaimuang.-  5 The Role of Citizen Science in Policy Advocacy & Building Just and Ecologically Sustainable Communities in Thailand - Penchom Saetang.- 6 Creating an Enabling Environment for Lao Youth to Engage with the Community Development Process  - Khamphoui Saythalat.-  7 How Biodiversity and Culture can Fuel economic Prosperity: the Case of Traditional Textile artisans of East Sumba, Indonesia - Chandra Kirana.-  8 Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of a Community in Quezon City, Philippines - Nestor Castro.-  9 Facilitating Household-level Biogas Production: a Case Study From the Indonesian Island of Lombok - Niken Arumdati.- 10 Urban Reform in Indonesia - Ahmad Rifai.- 11 A Decade of Fighting Box Jellyfish Health Issues -  Lakkana Thaikruea.- 12 Citizens’ Initiatives in the Fukushima Radiation Disaster: Measuring and Sharing Fukushima - Mariko Komatsu.- 13 Democracy in the Wake of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster- Hiroko Aihar.- 14 Fighting Slavery in Southeast Asian Waters -Sompong Srakaew and Patima Tungpuchayakul.- 15 Female-driven climate and Environmental Action: Champions from Pakistan - Areej Riaz.- 16 Development Challenges in Papua and West Papua-  Alex Rumaseb.-  17 In These Troubled Times, Could Every Classroom Become a Site of Transformation? The Story of the SENS Program - Theodore Mayer.- 18 SENS and Its Impacts on Me: A Reflection from Karbi Anglong-  Sabin Rongpipi .- 19 SENSing the Truth amidst a Crisis at the Personal, Social, and Environmental Crisis Levels: Learnings andContributions towards Sustainable Development in India in India - Mahesh Amandkar.- 20 Sustainability and communities of faith: Islam and environmentalism in Indonesia -  Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya & Ibrahim Ozdemier.-  21 Policy Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development in Malaysia: A Reflection-  Hezri Adnan.- 22 Step by Step from Cambodia Towards ASEAN - Heng Monychenda.-   23 Civic Engagement for a Just and Sustainable ASEAN- Erna Witoelar..- 24 Reflections on Civic Engagement and Key Issues raised in this volume- Chheang Vannarith, Maung Maung Yin, Theodore Mayer.