KEHATI Blue Abadi Fund – Marine Conservation Endowment (West Papua)
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Blue Abadi Fund (BAF) is Indonesia's first marine conservation endowment fund managed by KEHATI. It protects the Bird's Head Seascape in West Papua (5+ million hectares). Supports area patrol, ecotourism development, and capacity building for indigenous and local communities.
Source: https://kehati.or.id/program/blue-abadi-fund
Funding Details
- Funder
- Yayasan KEHATI (Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation)
- Funding Goal
- Conserve and sustain the marine ecosystem of the Bird's Head Seascape in West Papua, Indonesia — a marine biodiversity hotspot covering over 5 million hectares of marine protected areas. Key activities supported include area patrol, ecotourism development, and capacity building for indigenous and local communities.
- Funding Amount
- Endowment fund — specific grant amounts not publicly disclosed
- Deadline
- Unknown (Unknown)
- How to Apply
- No open application process visible on page. Contact KEHATI directly at kehati@kehati.or.id or visit blueabadifund.org for details.
- Target Region
- Bird's Head Seascape, West Papua, Indonesia
- Contact
- kehati@kehati.or.id; (+62-21) 7834-2866; blueabadifund.org
- Last Checked
- 2026-05-07 00:20
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Summary
The Blue Abadi Fund (BAF) is Indonesia's first dedicated marine conservation endowment fund, managed by Yayasan KEHATI (Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation). The fund's mission is to protect and sustain the Bird's Head Seascape ecosystem in West Papua, which covers more than 5 million hectares and is recognised as the world's largest centre of marine biodiversity. The fund supports key conservation activities including area patrol operations, ecotourism development, and capacity building for indigenous and local communities. The programme's theory of change is that healthy marine ecosystems, maintained through community involvement and proper management, can coexist with food security and local livelihood development. BAF operates on a collaborative model, involving government authorities, local communities, and international conservation organisations. As an endowment fund, the capital is preserved while returns are used to sustainably finance conservation activities over the long term. The KEHATI page provides a high-level description of the programme in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). Detailed grant-making processes, specific funding windows, and open calls appear to be managed through the dedicated Blue Abadi Fund website (blueabadifund.org). No open call for external applications was visible on the KEHATI page.
Historical Context
Blue Abadi Fund (BAF) is described as Indonesia's first marine conservation endowment fund, managed by KEHATI to protect the Bird's Head Seascape — the world's largest centre of marine biodiversity.
Why it was added
discovered from funder #41: Yayasan KEHATI (Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation)
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