A successful attempt - Wedomartani and the Green Pharmacy

I have discovered a very interestingcase study about a so called Green Pharmacy project in Indonesia on www.cbnrm.net. Wedomartani, a little village in Indonesia, has transformed itself into a productive area which produces herbs and plants for medical purposes to prevent social decline:

The initial situation of Wedomartani was gloomy: only 10% of the land was appropriate for rice cultivation. Contrary to this fact about 90% of the population was working in the agriculture sector what caused a very insufficient income for decent living. Due to its proximity to Jakarta, Wedomartani attracted developers and real estate agents who wanted to transform the region into a residential area for new comers. The people of Wedomartani didn´t supported this intention due to the point that it would have created a social and economic gap.
So a teacher of the Wedomartani School, who wanted to generate a new income source for his village, experimented and planted several species of medicinal plants in public lands. When he found that the medicinal plants (called TOGA) were suitable for the dry and sandy soil, he encouraged people from the village to plant herbs and medicinal plants their gardens or house yards for medical purposes.
Now Wedomartani has become greener, hundreds of species have been planted and people are healthier. Also representatives from an internationally known cosmetics and health food company have offered Wedomartani the possibility of buying TOGA as raw material. The income of the locals has risen, the area has become greener and people are now healthier. And through TOGA the value of land in Wedomartani has also improved.
In my opionion the most important lesson of this case is, that confronted with unpleasant conditions people are able to find a suitable solution against them. This case study in Wedomartani shows successfully the impacted of the so called organizational change: the community developed a fitting solution to preserve their village against social and economic problems and simultaneously improved their living conditions without help from outside.

Sadly, I haven´t found something in German or English about this report yet. But I have included another report published by the WORLD BANK GROUP about the Indonesian Island Jakarta and it development:
Main Report