Solve Education: Forest Protection Through Education

Best outcomes in forest conservation are achieved when local communities living in the forest landscape take ownership, adopt and combine best practices in protection with traditional modes of harvesting forest produce. 




Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has implemented various programmes to encourage and support such practices in areas which are proximate to its concessions. GAR embarked on an education programme targeted at children of school-going age. Key concepts like the importance of forests, high-risk activities and fire prevention are taught using characters which are easy to relate to and presented in a fun way to appeal to the target audience. 




A pictorial book was released via schools in various areas in Indonesia and has proven to be very popular. We believe there is a lot of scopes to expand upon this concept to inculcate desired values and knowledge to children particularly in vulnerable areas. Our challenge is to scale up while still be able to collect the impact report.