Biodiversity Corridors in Growing Cities

Indonesia builds its new capital Nusantara in a region of exceptional natural value, turning the site into an opportunity to integrate biodiversity conservation into urban development. Rapid urban growth threatens forests and wildlife in the peri-urban area, so joint efforts will protect urban biological diversity. The pro-ject strengthens the capacities of local communities, government authorities, civil society and private actors to establish two biodiversity corridors linking three key forest areas in the Nusantara landscape. It employs training, participatory planning, and modern biodiversity monitoring tools to reduce conflicts between people and wildlife, improve livelihoods and support the formalisation of the corridor. An interna-tional knowledge exchange with Berlin shares ways to embed nature into cities. The project creates solu-tions that benefit people, biodiversity and the climate alike and can be applied far beyond the project area.