Sheherazade’s doctoral research asks “under what conditions and to what extent the decentralized forest governance is effective and equitable in conserving biodiversity and improving people’s well-being on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.” She uses governance and biocultural approaches as her analytical frameworks and builds partnerships with local institutions to ensure that their research contributes to improving Social Forestry and supporting Indigenous policy advocacy. Sheherazade has been active for ten years at local to global levels to address diverse conservation challenges, from establishing nation-wide capacity building programs, doing essential biodiversity research, fostering equitable Global North-Global South collaboration, and co-leading a grassroots organization dedicated to locally-led conservation.