ABSTRACT
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) stresses the importance of protecting and using biodiversity in a sustainable manner. In particular, the CBD Ecosystem Approach summons the contracting parties to adopt economically and socially sound conservation strategies. The Central Sulawesi rainforests in Indonesia are part of the global Wallacea biodiversity ‘hotspot’ (Myers et al. 2000), and are among the world’s most biologically valuable eco-regions (Olson and Dinerstein 1998). Due to their exceptional contribution to global biological diversity, the conservation of Central Sulawesi rainforests is an important case for an application of conservation strategies in line with the CBD Ecosystem Approach.
