{"id":13692,"date":"2019-06-07T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:34:42","slug":"building-confidence-through-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/building-confidence-through-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Building confidence through communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the third blog in our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/series\/women-in-fisheries\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women in Fisheries series<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perched at a wobbly table in FORKANI\u2019s workshop room, the floorboards above me creak and a yellow spider bearing black polka dots falls onto my arm. The skies outside are dark even though it is only mid-morning; torrential rain falls outside, cooling the air and dampening the noise from the village. But the gloom outside has not permeated FORKANI\u2019s office. Over the many voices bursts the infectious laughter of Mursiati, known to everyone as Nusi. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nusi first became involved with FORKANI in 2007 when she was invited to a training course in writing. She loved to write and had already produced articles for her university newsletter as a student, so she was eager to attend the course. A freelance designer was there too, someone who had done remote layout work for a range of clients from provincial tourism boards and <a href=\"https:\/\/adventuregamers.com\/online-casinos\/apps\">gambling apps<\/a> operators to small regional publishers before a volunteer stint brought him to the archipelago. He helped with the newsletter&#8217;s visual side for a while, but it was Nusi who stayed with the project long-term. After the training, she became involved in producing the newsletter of the four NGOs working in the Wakatobi Archipelago \u2013 FORKANI, FONEB, Komanangi and Komunto \u2013 to share information about their projects and educational messages about the environment, with communities throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the years have passed, Nusi\u2019s role has diversified. \u201cNow, I do everything!\u201d she laughs. She is involved in many of the projects that FORKANI runs, including the fisheries management project on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Darawa,+South+Kaledupa,+Wakatobi+Regency,+South+East+Sulawesi,+Indonesia\/@-5.5452539,123.8521392,15z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x2da72135d271ac37:0x73af006edefcbe90!8m2!3d-5.5480275!4d123.860664\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darawa Island<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She has led this project through many stages, beginning by educating the community about the life history of octopus \u2013 explaining their short life cycles and how a break from fishing pressure for just a few months can allow octopus to grown much bigger and fetch better prices. Following this, she trained women to collect data on octopus catches, and to present those data back to the community, so that they can better understand the state of the fishery.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/building-confidence-through-communication\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 331px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 445px; height: 335px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/building-confidence-through-communication\/caught-in-a-downpour-in-sampela_preview\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13697\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Caught-in-a-downpour-in-Sampela_preview.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Vik Mohan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Caught-in-a-downpour-in-Sampela_preview-476x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Caught-in-a-downpour-in-Sampela_preview-644x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Caught-in-a-downpour-in-Sampela_preview-441x331.jpg\" width=\"441\" height=\"331\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Vik Mohan\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 441px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 441\/331;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Torrential rain in the Bajo village of Sampela | Photo: Vik Mohan<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 335px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/building-confidence-through-communication\/img_20161031_152929\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13693\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161031_152929.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1038\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Blue Ventures | Claudia Matzdorf&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Blue Ventures&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Claudia Matzdorf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161031_152929-482x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161031_152929-651x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161031_152929-446x331.jpg\" width=\"446\" height=\"331\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Claudia Matzdorf\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 446px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 446\/331;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Nusi en route to Darawa village | Photo: Claudia Matzdorf<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Communication is key<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FORKANI team periodically receive the octopus catch data from their local data collectors, and have thought creatively about the many ways in which they can convey those data, once analysed, back to the fishing communities. They want the communities to understand the information they themselves have collected. With this kind of long-term dataset, fishers can see the changes in numbers and sizes of octopus over time &#8211; but only if the data are put together in a way that speaks to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nusi is a colourful figure with apparently unlimited energy and good humour, and although she is involved in many elements of FORKANI\u2019s work, communication is clearly her forte. She has been involved in developing creative ways to communicate the information about trends in octopus catches, in formats that are easy to digest and relevant to the community\u2019s interests and concerns. She noted that FORKANI\u2019s first attempts &#8211; using printed bar charts that resulted from the scientific analysis of their data &#8211; were not successful. Community members had little familiarity with bar charts or how to read them, and didn\u2019t connect the abstract concepts of catch rates with their daily lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pull-right\"><b>&#8220;<em>These are your data. <\/em>Your<em> octopus.&#8221;<\/em><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FORKANI have since tried presenting catch data in the form of its financial value to fishers, and using different visual formats such as brightly coloured styrofoam models of octopus and large sheets of paper decorated with underwater scenes. Each time Nusi presents the data, she reiterates that they belong to the community and are there to enable them to make decisions about their own fisheries. \u201cThe first thing I tell the community when I present the data, is \u2018these are your data, these are YOUR octopus\u2019 &#8211; so they really begin to develop ownership of the information they collect. We think this is important because people have seen research before, but they never saw the results of that research\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nusi also puts the management efforts of the Darawa community into a broader context by sharing the activities and experiences of other communities, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.blueventures.org\/marine-management-pays-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as those in Madagascar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who are also managing their own fisheries and coastal environments. In the short film \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/334931426\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019, Nusi explains the work FORKANI has done with the community of Darawa, and the creative and energetic way in which she engages with the community to explain the fisheries data to them is evident.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/building-confidence-through-communication\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 429px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 608px; height: 433px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/building-confidence-through-communication\/nusi-data\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13710\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Nusi-data.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1137\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Indah Rufiati\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Nusi-data-502x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Nusi-data-680x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/Nusi-data-604x429.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"429\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Indah Rufiati\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 604\/429;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Nusi presenting data to the Darawa community | Photo: Indah Rufiati<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 287px; height: 433px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/building-confidence-through-communication\/olympus-digital-camera-151\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13706\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/P1190022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1050\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Blue Ventures | Charlie Gough&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-PL7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484810034&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Blue Ventures&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Charlie Gough\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/P1190022-476x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/P1190022-644x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/P1190022-283x212.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Charlie Gough\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 283px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 283\/212;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Nusi training data collectors | Photo: Charlie Gough<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/building-confidence-through-communication\/dsc_1071\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13702\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/DSC_1071.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1051\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ruth H. Leeney\\\/ Blue Ventures&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555146457&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Blue Ventures&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;180&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Ruth Leeney\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/DSC_1071-476x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/DSC_1071-643x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/DSC_1071-283x213.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"213\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Ruth Leeney\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 283px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 283\/213;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Photo: Ruth Leeney<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Building confidence in community and culture<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_13714\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13714\" class=\"wp-image-13714 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161102_125516-241x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"357\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161102_125516-241x357.jpg 241w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161102_125516-44x65.jpg 44w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161102_125516-326x483.jpg 326w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161102_125516-300x444.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/06\/IMG_20161102_125516.jpg 946w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 241px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 241\/357;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Claudia Matzdorf<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Nusi, the best part of her work in Darawa is seeing community members discussing their own resources. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have seen a real empowerment amongst people who previously felt that they had no rights to manage their own resources. They now have the confidence to take initiative within the community, and even to engage with local government authorities to discuss management issues<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, she notes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FORKANI team has a long-term vision for the communities in which they work. They see temporary octopus fishery closures exactly as they were intended &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/conservation\/approach\/catalysing-conservation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not as the end-goal, but as the starting point<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along the long road to community-based natural resource management. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing now is just the beginning of communities managing their own natural resources, at a small-scale. We hope in future communities in Wakatobi can sit together and having started with octopus, discuss where to go \u2013 think about other resources.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have seen a real empowerment amongst people who previously felt that they had no rights to manage their own resources. They now have the confidence to take initiative within the community, and even to engage with local government authorities to discuss management issues\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There never seems to be a conversation where Nusi doesn\u2019t erupt into fits of laughter or make a joke about another FORKANI team member. \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/toudani-inspiring-a-connection-with-land-ocean-and-culture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yanti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and I make a good team\u201d, she says mischievously. \u201cI\u2019m loud and everyone tells me I speak too quickly, but Yanti is calm, she speaks slowly and she is so organised!\u201d. I see this formidable team in action when I accompany them to Darawa a few days later. As we walk the narrow pathways, spread with the crimson hues of drying seaweed, Yanti and Nusi are greeted warmly, like old friends, by the people we pass. Nusi jokes with some, waves and calls out to others in their houses, whilst Yanti goes to find the female data collectors to get updates on their work. Watching the two of them engaging with the community, I can see that their work with FORKANI is widely respected and yet, it has not been easy for either of them to remain as part of the FORKANI team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"pull-right\"><b>&#8220;We need more ideas, more perspectives &#8211; we need new women to get involved!&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nusi was the second woman to join FORKANI, at a time when it was socially unacceptable for women to be involved in the kind of work she does. Even now, there are very few women actively involved in environmental work in Wakatobi &#8211; Nusi estimates about ten in total. \u201cWe need more ideas, more perspectives &#8211; we need new women to get involved!\u201d, she says. I ask her whether she has any words of advice for younger women wanting to get involved in fisheries management, and follow the less-than-conventional trail she has blazed. Her response, as always, cuts to the chase. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God created us all as humans. Never say that a woman cannot do something because she is a woman. Women can do anything they are passionate about, just the same as men\u201d.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><i>Read more from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/series\/women-in-fisheries\/\">Women in Fisheries series<\/a>:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/an-interview-with-gayatri-reksodihardjo-lilley\/\">From research to relationships: an interview with Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley, founder of Yayasan LINI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/toudani-inspiring-a-connection-with-land-ocean-and-culture\/\">Toudani \u2013 inspiring a connection with land, ocean and culture: an interview with Nurmayanti of FORKANI<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Fisheries 3: an interview with Mursiati of FORKANI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":13718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[624,468,475,692],"tags":[684],"class_list":["post-13692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indonesia","category-fisheries","category-supporting-partners","category-women-in-fisheries","tag-forkani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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