Greetings

On behalf of the Government of Nusa Tenggara Barat, I welcome you to the Rinjani‑Lombok MIDAS Management Agency.

Rinjani‑Lombok is one of the very few landscapes in the world to hold two UNESCO designations at once, a Global Geopark and a Biosphere Reserve: recognition of a place where geology, biodiversity and Sasak culture have shaped one another for centuries. That recognition carries responsibility. It asks us to protect what makes this landscape unique, while ensuring its communities share fully in the value it generates.

That is why we established a single Agency to govern both designations under one mandate, rather than leaving their management fragmented across separate offices. MIDAS exists to convene government, business, academia, communities and media around one shared objective: improving the welfare of the Rinjani‑Lombok communities through inclusive and sustainable economic diversification and transformation.

I invite investors, development partners and institutions who share this vision to engage with the Agency directly, and to help build Southeast Asia's leading model for sustainable investment in an internationally designated landscape.

BAPPEDA's role is to ensure that provincial planning is coherent, evidence-based and delivered, and the Rinjani‑Lombok MIDAS Management Agency is a clear example of that principle in practice.

The Agency's programmes are built to align directly with the RPJMD of NTB Province and the province's longer-term development agenda, translating a landscape-level vision into budget lines, working groups and measurable Year‑5 benchmarks that provincial planning can track and support. Coordinating through BAPPEDA keeps the Agency's work integrated with the rest of NTB's development priorities, rather than operating as a standalone initiative.

We are proud to coordinate an agency that treats planning discipline and international ambition as complementary, not competing, priorities, and we look forward to supporting its continued growth.

Rinjani‑Lombok MIDAS exists to do one thing well: turn this landscape's natural and cultural capital into durable, inclusive economic value, for the people who live here first, and for the partners who choose to build alongside us.

Day to day, that means running four flagship programmes (Rinjani Society, Rinjani Selects, Amorf Creative Hub and the Rinjani Sustainable Investment Council), each with its own output, its own budget and its own measurable impact, but all feeding a single ecosystem of research, enterprise, investment, trade, conservation and culture. It means holding ourselves to the same standard we ask of our partners: transparent governance, a Board of Managers with clear separation between oversight and spend, and reporting that stands up to scrutiny from government, donors and communities alike.

Whether you are a government agency, an investor, an NGO or a local entrepreneur, there is a defined pathway into this ecosystem. I encourage you to explore the site, understand how we are structured, and reach out: this Agency was built to be worked with, not just read about.