How Can a Mining-Dependent Indonesian Island Develop its Tourism Sector? A Natural Resource Governance Specialist Provides Insight

Lengga Pradipta is part of the Human Ecology team in the Research Centre for Population at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Lengga was a participant in Advancing Accountable Resource Governance in Asia Pacific in Belitung, Indonesia, in January 2018. As the course progressed, Lengga spoke with NRGI about researching Belitung’s aim to develop its tourism industry and move away from a mining-based economy.