Developing the Balikpapan Bay and Watershed Management Plan
In East Kalimantan (the Indonesian section of the island of Borneo), the Indonesia Coastal Resources Management Project (CRMP) focused on ecosystem-based management of Balikpapan Bay and its watershed — the commercial and industrial hub of the province's coastal ecosystem. Activities taking place along the shoreline in the Bay include a lumber industry, oil drilling and refining, capture fisheries, aquaculture, and harbor support services. The project activities in East Kalimantan began in 1998 with a vision to develop a model for river basin ecosystem-based and inter-jurisdictional management planning for Balikpapan Bay while enhancing awareness, building partnerships and networks, and strengthening provincial and local government capacity to implement the plan. The strategic goal of CRMP’s East Kalimantan program was to integrate land and water management through locally tailored coastal resources management partnerships. The CRMP’s major partners in East Kalimantan included the ...