PRCF works with communities to develop their village institutions, including formal and informal community groups focused on conservation of natural resources and on development of sustainable community livelihoods. We help establish these groups, provide training, facilitate meetings, support funding sustainability, often provide seed-funding, and engage them in planning. We work towards ensuring that these community groups develop the capacity to run on their own, and led by members of their communities. Once these groups have built their capacity to successfully continue on their own, PRCF is available to provide additional support as needed.
Institutions we have supported or presently support
Indonesia
- Village Self-help Group in the Ransi Panjang region of Sintang district
- Jasa Menenun Mandiri cooperative in West Kalimantan
- Community-based forest management groups and cooperatives in Kappas Hulu, Sintang, and Sambas districts
- Community-led Sea Turtle Conservation Group in Paloh Beach, Sambas district
Cambodia
- Community fishery groups in the Srepok River within the landscape of Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary
- Community-based Ibis conservation Village Self-help Groups in villages within the Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary landscape
- Community Protected Areas within the boundaries of Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary
Vietnam
- Community Based Organisation to protect the endangered Francois’ Langur in the Lam Binh/ Sinh Long landscape, northern Vietnam
- Village Co-management Committees in the Lam Binh/ Sinh Long landscape, Tuyen Quang province
- Community Conservation Teams in Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang province
- Village Fisheries Management Network for collaborative management of Ba Be Lake, Bac Kan province
- Conservation groups protecting White-eared Night Heron in South Xuan Lac, Bac Kan province
Myanmar
- Forest Management Groups in the Khe Shor Ter Community Forest in northern Karen State
- Community-based Forest Conservation groups in the landscape of Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary
- Community-based Forest Conservation groups in the Pauk Sa region of Rakhine state