Mentawai Conservation Foundation
Ancient Forest Ecosystem:
The Heart of Mentawai
Siberut's primary rainforest is the last untouched fortress of biodiversity. A sanctuary for ancient endemic species.
Logging Aftermath — Active Concession, Siberut
The Crisis
Active destruction.
Documented. Named.
Commercial logging operations across the Mentawai archipelago currently threaten 254,384 hectares — 67% of total landmass. Without intervention, primary forest will fragment into non-viable patches within 12–18 months, pushing endemic primate populations below minimum viable thresholds.
Local communities currently receive 5.6% of timber profits whilst bearing the full environmental cost of extraction.
Active Logging Concessions
PT Salaki Summa Sejahtera
64,000m³ extracted annually
Minas Pagai Lumber Corporation
North & South Pagai Islands
PT Koperasi Andalan Madani
Active operations, Siberut
PT Sumber Permata Sipora
New permit, March 2023
30+ Small IPK Operations
Minimal oversight
Kloss Gibbon
Siberut Macaque
Pig-tailed Langur
Endemic Primates
65% of mammals on Siberut are endemic — found nowhere else on Earth. All are threatened by current extraction rates.
Structural Conservation Finance
Hard-coded into
the economic engine.
Not dependent on it.
MCF is pioneering Structural Conservation Finance — a model where the funding to protect nature is embedded directly into the economic infrastructure of the Mentawai Bay Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Every commercial transaction within the SEZ will automatically route 1.75% to the MCF conservation mandate via the Torqua Green Reserve.
MCF is established in strategic partnership with Mentawai One Pte Ltd, the master developer of the SEZ. As Mentawai One's commercial engine grows, so does MCF's conservation capacity — automatically, proportionally, and without dependence on charity or political budgets.
Full Torqua Frameworkof every qualifying SEZ transaction
Governed by MCF Singapore · Singapore fiduciary control
Fiduciary Oversight
Tier 1 — Singapore
MCF Singapore holds ultimate fiduciary authority over all conservation funds. A 5-member board (3 Singapore directors + 2 Indonesian community representatives) governs all capital with annual Big 4 public audits.
Local Stewardship
Tier 2 — Indonesia
Yayasan Konservasi Mentawai manages local allocation via a 7-member board: 4 Mentawai community elders and 3 scientific/technical experts. Indigenous sovereignty is structurally embedded.
Operations & Transparency
Tier 3 — Field
On-the-ground execution with real-time transaction visibility via the Formance Ledger blockchain, an independent anti-corruption officer, and a secure whistleblower system.
Strategic Partner
Mentawai One
MCF is established in partnership with Mentawai One Pte Ltd, master developer of the Mentawai Bay SEZ. Mentawai One provides the economic engine; MCF operates as its independent conservation conscience.
Built-In Anti-Corruption Architecture
Indonesia scores 37/100 on the Corruption Perceptions Index. MCF's governance addresses this structurally — not by policy, but by architecture. All Torqua transactions are recorded on the Formance Ledger (public blockchain), an independent anti-corruption officer oversees field disbursements, and dual-signature protocols apply to all material capital movements. Corruption is disrupted at the infrastructure layer before it can take root.
The People
64,000 people.
Stewards for 4,400 years.
The Mentawai people have stewarded Siberut's ecosystems for millennia through the Sikerei — their traditional knowledge system, healing practices, and deep ecological understanding passed across generations.
Today, they receive 5.6% of the profits from timber extraction that destroys their forests, their culture, and their future. MCF's mandate is not only ecological — it is economic justice.
A $25M community transition fund provides 24-month income replacement for families currently dependent on logging, paired with skills training, healthcare, and micro-enterprise support.
"Mentawai Bay will be defined not only by what we build — but by what we protect, restore, and return to the people."
Ecological Inheritance
Found nowhere else on Earth.
65% of Siberut's mammals are endemic. Once these ecosystems fragment beyond recovery, these species cease to exist — not just here, but everywhere.
Primary Rainforest — Siberut
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1981
Marine Sanctuary
Target: 65% Protected Waters
Kloss Gibbon
Endangered
Siberut Macaque
Vulnerable
Coastal Reef System
Critical
Primary Forest
12–18 mo. window
Participate
The window is
closing.
$250 million. Five years. A systematic, legally-enforced, financially self-sustaining framework. The only question is whether intervention happens before the ecological threshold is crossed.
Direct Capital
Fund the Mandate
Deploy capital directly into concession acquisition, community transition, and enforcement infrastructure. Every contribution scales the protective boundary.
Scientific & Institutional
Research & Partner
Read our comprehensive strategy, access field data, and explore research or institutional partnership opportunities across our four-jurisdiction network.
Active Service
Deploy to Field
We require ecologists, legal practitioners, anti-corruption specialists, and community development professionals for active deployment in intervention zones.