Planting seedlings on Nusa Penida is a collaborative effort that involves a lot of people. The seedlings must first be transported from John’s nursery in Sibang Kaja, located in central Bali, to Nusa Penida, via truck, ferry, and fishermens’ boats. Once they are arrived in Nusa Penida, the seedlings are watered and cared for at the Friends of the National Parks Foundation (FNPF) nursery, run by our good friend and partner in this project, Pak Bayu. From FNPF’s nursery, the seedlings are then distributed to the participating farmers’ cooperatives on Nusa Penida for them to plant on their own lands, and some of the seedlings are planted by Pak Bayu and his staff directly.

Farmers’ cooperatives, called Kelompok Petani in Indonesian, are the predominant community-based organizations in most villages throughout the Indonesian archipelago. They are frequently composed of multi-generational family units, and the Kelompok Petani are individuals who band together in order to pool resources and returns.

On Nusa Penida, Pak Bayu and John Hardy are working with several farmers’ cooperatives, all of whom are based at the banjar-level.
(A banjar is a multi-generational Balinese Hindu family unit). The most active kelompoks, their banjars, and leaders are:

In addition, interested individuals from several other banjars around Nusa Penida have also been planting bamboo as part of this program.

To date, the non-affiliated farmers number about 32 people, and come from most of the island’s other banjars and villages, including: