Bridging Organizations to Improve Conservation Fit in the Coral Triangle Initiatives

155 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 for wave bufering as a coastal defence. This research builds upon several years of study in Singapore and Southern Thailand. The application of our research to mangrove restoration projects in Indonesia will ill some of the important knowledge gaps we currently have, and contribute to an increase in restoration success in Indonesia and the wider region.

95.1 Ms. Oh Rui Ying, Rachel

Warga Negara : Singapura Jabatan : Masters’ Student Institusi : National University of Singapore No. SIP : 342SIPFRPSMIX2013

96. Bridging Organizations to Improve Conservation Fit in the Coral Triangle Initiatives

Tujuan Penelitian : Meneliti bagaimana organisasi-organisasi yang berfungsi sebagai jembatan antar kepentingan dapat berperan dalam upaya konservasi CTI Coral Triangle Initiatives dan berkontribusi dalam tata kelola laut multilevel di Indonesia Bidang Penelitian : Ekologi Daerah Penelitian : Bali, Jabar Bogor Lama Penelitian : 9 sembilan bulan mulai 7 Oktober 2013 Mitra Kerja : Fakultas Ekologi Manusia IPB Dr. Arif Satria Abstract Regional-scale ocean governance m Southeast Asia’s Cora Triangle CT must contend with remarkably complex contextual diversity. Options for conservation are constrained by social, economic, and political complexities expressed at multiple scales and the limited inluence of central governments over marine resource management. How can regional and locai-scale conservation actions be 156 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 better connected? How can the diferent systems of practices formal, informal, knowledge and beliefs across scales be better integrated? Bridging organizations, i.e. independent agencies that facilitate multi-party collaboration, are being increasingly examined as a potentially powerful means to achieve these aims. My proposed research will explore this prospect in the CT context, and is guided by the central question: how can the emergence of bridging organizations contribute to multi-level ocean governance in the Coral Triangle? Through a comparative case study of bridging organizations in Indonesia, this proposed research will employ a sequential mixed method approach to critically examine if and how such organizations can “bridge” regional and local-scale conservation eforts i.e. foster better ‘conservation it’. It will employ social network analysis SNA to examine the network of relationships that link actors involved in conservation activities across space and time. Moreover, the proposed research will critically examine how bridging organizations can serve as platform to articulate and navigate trade-ofs social, economic, ecological therein. Research indings will have direct implications for conservation policy and practice for coastal communities and national governments in the CT. At stake are biodiversity and ecosystems of global importance, and the wellbeing of millions of people who depend on those ecosystems.

96.1 Ms. Samantha Marie Berdej