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The Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance (IPCA) is a non-profit biodiversity conservation organization focusing on the tropical Pacific region. Our current field projects are located in Indonesia and New Guinea.

Our main program is with the Asmat community of southwestern Papua, Indonesia, in the vast lowlands of Lorentz National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the largest and most diverse protected area in the Asia-Pacific. Our conservation successes include halting destructive commercial logging and fishing operations.

IPCA takes a slightly different approach to conservation. Rather than imposing an external strategy for protecting biodiversity, we work as facilitators to local communities who request our help. IPCA provides information, training, equipment and other support to these local stakeholders to help them conserve and manage their natural resources. This partnership with local peoples is essential to establish community-owned and community-driven conservation.

The best hope for conservation comes from mobilizing local support and capacity for sustainable management of natural resources in a living landscape that protects biodiversity while incorporating the aspirations of local people for a better life. The goal is to ensure that forests, rivers, and seas, the species within them, and the services they provide, remain intact for future generations.