Robert Delfs

Starling Resources

Starling Resources is a Bali-based sustainability consulting and advisory practice. We design solutions to economic, social and environmental concerns worldwide with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Since our founding in 2006, we have successfully delivered over 90 projects across 10 countries globally, and 7 provinces in Indonesia. Our mission is to work with stakeholders across sectors to find practical solutions to wicked environmental problems and build resilient communities and economies that work together to enhance and sustain ecosystem functions and natural habitats. Starling Resources engages with stakeholders across sectors to understand issues, develop consensus around workable solutions that fairly distribute costs and benefits, and implement groundwork to support those solutions. We deploy structured frameworks and approaches that systematically consider complexity across sectors and account for critical gaps in enabling conditions across financing, policy, capacity, institutions and socio-cultural dynamics. Where appropriate, we use business-tested methods to cut through complexity and provide clear and measurable pathways for our clients and partners to reach their goals. We combine our knowledge, skills and field-proven methodologies, and apply them to on-the-ground projects in partnership with governments, local communities, NGOs/CSOs, universities and companies. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we empower stakeholders and believe participatory processes are essential for long-term success. Our core competencies include the following: • Sustainable financing and business planning • Institutional development and strengthening • Capacity development • Stakeholder engagement and participatory decision-making • Policy research and engagement • Project development and management • Framework and methodology development