Strategic Join for Environmental Conservation of Two Countries
Watersheds are a hydrological unit in the form of an intact landscape starting from a forest cover area for rainwater catchment upstream, where the water is flowed through rivers and their tributaries in an area separated by topographic boundaries in the form of mountains, hills and cliffs from other hydrological units to water utilization areas in the middle and downstream to the ocean and lakes. As a hydrological unit, the boundaries of the Watershed Area are different from the boundaries of administrative areas, whether villages, sub-districts, districts, provinces or even countries. As an ecosystem, watersheds consist of physical components in the form of soil, water and rocks and biotic components in the form of vegetation and humans as well as social and economic components so that their governance must be integrated across sectors. Through the Timor Island Watersheds (TIWA) program, Indonesia's Resilient Innovation with support from Conservation International (CI) – Global Environment Facility (GEF), supports the Directorate of Watershed Management Planning and Evaluation (PEPDAS) of the Directorate General of Watershed Management and Forest Rehabilitation (PDASRH) of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia wants to ensure transboundary collaboration in managing watersheds on the border of Indonesia and Timor-Leste which currently shares 8 Transboundary Watersheds can be realized in the future to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6.5.2 on shared water governance in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. With the realization of this collaboration, it is hoped that there will be changes in the governance of the transboundary watershed for the better so that food and water security in the border watersheds, especially the Talau-Loes and Mota Masin watersheds, can be achieved, which will ultimately support the sustainability of livelihood activities and people's lives in the border watershed area of Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
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Safeguarding Consultation in Malaka Regency: Strengthening the Grievance Mechanism
In Malaka Regency, consultation on grievance and safeguarding mechanisms was carried out by Inovasi Tangguh Indonesia (InTI) in villages in the Mota Masin watershed area, namely South Alas, Alas, Kota Biru, and North Alas, involving village governments, traditional leaders, religious leaders, women, and community elements. The discussion focused on the public's understanding of the complaint submission mechanism that has been running and the need for a clearer mechanism in the context of program implementation. The consultation on safeguarding the MITLTW/TIWA program in Malaka Regency is a space to understand the practice more fully. The discussion also took place openly and departed from the real experience of the community in each village.
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Bentang Lintas Batas (Last Series) - A Just and Sustainable Watershed
The Bentang Lintas Batas Series ends in Alas Utara Village, concluding it's a socio-cultural learning node from eight villages in two transboundary watersheds of the Republic of Indonesia – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Talau-Loes in Belu Regency and Mota Masin in Malaka Regency. Through a socio-anthropological approach, Socio-Cultural Consultation and Research is carried out by placing the communities of Alas Utara Village as the main subject. Social realities are not only recorded through discussion forums, but are understood through direct interaction and field observations.
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Inovasi Tangguh Indonesia facilitates the Initial Workshop on the Establishment of the Transboundary Watersheds Working Group in Malaka Regency
Betun, Malaka, February 27, 2026 - Inovasi Tangguh Indonesia (InTI) facilitated an initial workshop on the establishment of the Transboundary Watersheds Working Group (Pokja DAS LBN) in Malaka Regency. Located at the Nusa Dua Hotel in Betun city of Malaka, InTI supports the local government of Malaka Regency within the framework of the Timor Island Watersheds (TIWA) program to facilitate the establishment of the Working Group to support the achievement of Transboundary Watershed governance, especially in the Mota Masin Watershed of Malaka Regency which borders the Covalima area in Timor-Leste. This workshop is a continuation of the stakeholder mapping and analysis activities as well as the Transboundary Watershed governance policy that has been carried out by InTI since mid-2025 as well as the audience of the results of the stakeholder mapping study to all stakeholders of prospective Pokja functionaries which was held in November 2025.
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