with Kompas
Book Exchange with Seeds
A partnership inviting the public to exchange books for seeds — turning reading into reforestation and conservation awareness.
Programs & Initiatives
Conservation, made collaborative
YKRI mobilises partners from media houses to artists and global brands to fund, document and celebrate Indonesia's botanical gardens.
Our approach
We don't work alone we convene.
YKRI creates opportunities to mobilise resources and partners, saving Indonesia's tropical endangered plant species through cooperation rather than isolation.
Each initiative pairs the gardens with a partner media, the arts, science or industry to fund conservation while growing public knowledge and love for plants.
Partnership-first
Increasing cooperation between gardens, government, business and the public.
Resource mobilisation
Channelling financial and human resources to where conservation needs them.
Awareness at scale
Using culture and media to make conservation visible and shared.
Selected initiatives
Programs that bring conservation to life
A selection of YKRI's collaborations across media, science and the arts.
Field research
Bengawan Solo River Expedition
An expedition along Java's longest river, documenting riverine flora and the ecosystems that depend on it.
Flagship species
Bunga Bangkai Project
Dedicated conservation of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) — one of Indonesia's most spectacular and threatened blooms.
sponsored by CANON
Photography Competition & Workshop
A competition and workshop bringing photographers face to face with botanical gardens, building a public archive of Indonesia's flora.
with Adie MS
Bimasena Concert
A benefit concert with conductor Adie MS, uniting the arts and conservation to raise support for the gardens.
with Garin Nugroho
Conservation Filmmaking
Collaborating with acclaimed director Garin Nugroho to tell the story of Indonesia's plants on screen.
with Pos dan Giro
Rare & Endangered Plant Stamps
A stamp design series celebrating rare and endangered plants — putting conservation into the hands of the nation.
with Kebun Raya Bogor
Orchid Greenhouse
Building and sustaining an orchid greenhouse at Bogor to conserve and propagate native orchid species.
The impact
Culture is conservation's quiet ally.
8+
flagship collaborations
4
gardens supported
25 yrs
of partnership building
Partner with us
Bring your audience into the story.
Brands, institutions and individuals all have a role in keeping Indonesia's flora alive.