Hasanuddin University (UNHAS) offers educational programmes on terrestrial ecosystems, including wild flora and fauna, for local and national communities, in line with SDG 15 (Life on Land).

The main venue is the UNHAS Educational Forest at Bengo-Bengo, Maros, a Special Purpose Forest Area (Kawasan Hutan dengan Tujuan Khusus, KHDTK), located in Limapocoe Village, Cenrana District, and managed by the Faculty of Forestry. Besides serving as a site for practicums, research, training, and community service, the Educational Forest is open to the public for nature recreation based on environmental education. Visitors and community groups can learn about forest conservation and observe endemic plants and wildlife habitats in their natural setting.

On 2 July 2025, UNHAS opened the 13th National Student Community Service Programme (Kuliah Kerja Nyata Kebangsaan) in the Educational Forest. The programme brought 177 students from 99 universities across Indonesia to villages in Maros and Pangkep Regencies, within the Maros-Pangkep UNESCO Global Geopark, where they worked with local communities, including on the sustainable management of forest ecosystems.

Field learning is combined with community engagement. On 2 December 2025, Forest Conservation students held a wildlife practicum in the Karaenta Forest of Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park, observing signs of animal presence and the ecology of the endemic Sulawesi primate Macaca maura in its natural habitat. The practicum was paired with community service: students cleaned up litter along the Karaenta trails, identified litter-prone spots in the nature tourism area, and gave short educational talks to visitors on protecting the conservation area.

These activities draw on the Faculty of Forestry’s Forestry, Forest Conservation, and Forestry Engineering study programmes. In October 2025, the Faculty also held a workshop to prepare schemes for its Competency Strengthening Course, a compulsory 20-credit course taken outside the study programme in line with the national Independent Learning–Independent Campus (Merdeka Belajar–Kampus Merdeka) policy; its activity options include community service.