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Global philanthropy Climate Breakthrough has awarded Indonesian environmental activist Gita Syahrani $3 million in grants along with capacity-building resources to support her projects in developing alternative economic models for local governments across Indonesia.
JAKARTA — Indonesian environmental activist Gita Syahrani, who has worked for years to push local governments to adopt sustainable economic policies, has been named a recipient of this year’s multimillion-dollar Climate Breakthrough Award. Since 2017, Gita has led the Jakarta-based Sustainable District Association , a group of nine district governments taking collective action toward greater sustainability. It has targeted to protect at least 5.5 million hectares of forest and 2 million hectares of peatland by 2030 while improving the welfare of at least 1 million families.
Gita said Indonesia’s greatest wealth of biodiversity, cultures and stories were in the districts across the archipelagic country. Her work with LTKL focuses on helping district governments develop a blueprint for a sustainable economy, which can be eventually adopted by others with a similar vision.
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