Internship Description: Papua, Indonesia contains some of the largest remaining tracts of forests in Southeast Asia; these forests are important for storing carbon, protecting biodiversity, and supporting local communities’ livelihoods. WWF has been at the forefront of promoting enabling conditions for community-based economies in Papua, including forestry. When local communities have the appropriate legal frameworks and technical skills, they can manage their forests sustainably and derive livelihoods, while in other settings community forests may results in tradeoffs between forest conservation and human wellbeing. To monitor the ability for community forests to provide protection to the environment while supporting community livelihoods, WWF and its partners are monitoring the soci