What ECOTAS does

ECOTAS (legal name: Yayasan Ekologi Masyarakat dan Sains, or Ecology of Society and Science Foundation) is an Indonesian non-profit research foundation headquartered in Bandung, Java. Formally incorporated on August 30, 2022, it evolved from the research division of ECOTAS GROUP INDONESIA, which dates to 2009. The foundation conducts interdisciplinary research combining ecology, social sciences, and natural sciences to address environmental degradation, unsustainable development practices, lack of transparency in environmental governance, and the disconnect between scientific research and policy implementation. It serves academic researchers, government agencies involved in environmental regulation and water management, and civil society organizations focused on environmental rights.

The foundation operates two core publishing products. The first is the ECOTAS Journal (Jurnal Ekologi, Masyarakat dan Sains), an open access peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on environmental sustainability and interdisciplinary research. The second is ECOTAS PRESS, an open monograph press built on Open Monograph Press 3.3.0.7, an open source press management and publishing platform developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP) under the GNU General Public License. ECOTAS PRESS publishes monographs and books under open access terms, including the Air book series focused on water governance and transparency in public services.

ECOTAS operates on a non-profit, open access publishing model where publications are provided at no cost to readers and authors. Activities are funded through grants, partnership support, and foundation-backed research initiatives. The organization is governed by an Indonesian Yayasan board structure comprising an Advisory Board (Dewan Pembina), Supervisory Board (Dewan Pengawas), and Management Board (Dewan Pengurus). Strategic research collaborations include work with KRuHA (Koalisi Rakyat untuk Hak atas Air / People's Coalition for the Right to Water) on water governance transparency in DKI Jakarta, supported by grant funding from Yayasan TIFA.

Name

ECOTAS

Legal name

Yayasan Ekologi Masyarakat dan Sains

Website

https://ecotas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ECOTAS is an Indonesian non-profit research foundation in Bandung conducting interdisciplinary environmental and water governance research, operating open access academic journal and book publishing platforms to serve scholars, government agencies, and civil society organizations.

Ownership category

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Product category

Environmental Research & Academic Publishing

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Nature, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Conservation (BPADALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

Keywords

• Environmental sustainability research
• Academic journal publishing
• Open access publishing
• Ecology research institute
• Environmental policy research

Headquarters

HQ city

Bandung

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research and Publication Services: Conducts research and development in environmental science and sustainable development. Publishes academic journals and books through ECOTAS PRESS open access platform.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ECOTAS (Yayasan Ekologi Masyarakat dan Sains / Ecology of Society and Science Foundation) is an Indonesian non-profit research foundation that conducts interdisciplinary environmental research and operates open access publishing platforms — the ECOTAS Journal (Jurnal Ekologi, Masyarakat dan Sains) and ECOTAS Press — to disseminate scientific findings on ecology, society, and sustainable development.

Product overview

ECOTAS is a research institute on sustainability offering two core products: the ECOTAS Journal (Jurnal Ekologi, Masyarakat dan Sains) - an open access journal publishing peer-reviewed articles on ecology, society and science; and ECOTAS Press - an open monograph press for publishing books and research reports on environmental topics. The press uses Open Monograph Press software and focuses on sustainability-related publications including water governance, transparency in public services, and environmental management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ECOTAS Journal (Jurnal Ekologi, Masyarakat dan Sains) An open access academic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles on ecology, society, and science, covering environmental sustainability and interdisciplinary research. It targets academic researchers, scholars, and policy practitioners in environmental and sustainability fields.
• ECOTAS Press An open monograph press that publishes books and research reports on environmental topics such as water governance, transparency in public services, and environmental management. Built on Open Monograph Press (OMP) 3.3.0.7 and offers free PDF downloads globally.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• KRuHA (Koalisi Rakyat untuk Hak atas Air)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECOTAS collaborated with Koalisi Rakyat untuk Hak atas Air (People's Coalition for the Right to Water) on research titled 'Transparansi Badan Regulator Air Minum di DKI Jakarta' (Transparency of Drinking Water Regulatory Bodies in DKI Jakarta), examining water governance transparency in Jakarta.
• Yayasan TIFAsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported ECOTAS research on drinking water governance transparency in DKI Jakarta. TIFA Foundation provided funding and backing for the research initiative on water regulatory transparency.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development): An international research and publishing organization focused on sustainable development and environmental governance — broadly comparable mission to ECOTAS but with global reach, established journals, and major donor backing.
• ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute: A Southeast Asia-focused research institute publishing peer-reviewed journals and books on regional policy including environmental governance; comparable in publishing-plus-research model operating in the same SE Asian geography.
• WRI Indonesia (World Resources Institute): Global environmental research organization with Indonesia country office; operates at much larger scale with global funding, but conducts overlapping environmental and sustainability research in the same Indonesian geography.

Direct peers

• KRuHA (Koalisi Rakyat untuk Hak atas Air): Indonesia's leading right-to-water coalition and ECOTAS's documented co-development partner. Directly comparable in mission (water governance) and audience (civil society, government), and the most operationally aligned peer.
• Yayasan TIFA: An Indonesian foundation funding governance and transparency research; directly comparable in mission focus and has supported ECOTAS's water governance work, making it both a partner and functional peer.
• ICEL (Indonesian Center for Environmental Law): An Indonesian nonprofit conducting environmental law and policy research with published outputs; the closest functional peer to ECOTAS in terms of producing research that bridges environmental science and Indonesian regulatory frameworks.
• WALHI (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia / Friends of the Earth Indonesia): Indonesia's largest environmental civil society organization, working on environmental governance, sustainability, and advocacy — directly comparable to ECOTAS in mission and Indonesian context, though larger and more advocacy-led.

Emerging players

• Mongabay Indonesia: Environmental journalism and research platform operating in Indonesia and globally, producing open access environmental content; comparable in open access distribution model and Indonesian environmental focus, but in journalism rather than scholarly publishing.

Others

• Public Knowledge Project (PKP): The developer of Open Monograph Press and Open Journal Systems — the open source publishing software ECOTAS PRESS runs on. Relevant as the technology ecosystem provider, not as a competitor.

Regional players

• IPB Press (Bogor Agricultural University): An Indonesian academic press affiliated with a major agricultural university, publishing open access scholarship on environmental and sustainability topics; relevant as a regional open access academic publisher with overlapping subject matter.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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