Malaysia and Indonesia are neighbouring countries whose geography mean that they are exposed to a lot of the same kind of natural hazards. Despite this they have historically acted quite differently with regards to their strategies for managing natural resources. Another difference between the two countries is how they score on the Worldwide Governance Indicators, where the governance is seemingly better in Malaysia than in Indonesia. Both countries have signed the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which includes a passage outlining the importance of the management of natural resources. The seemingly different approaches of Malaysia and Indonesia in the past begs the question whether those differences remain, despite their currently similar position, and if said differences correlate with the difference in governance between the countries. This study aims to compare the strategies of Malaysia and Indonesia regarding disaster risk reduction and the management of natural resources through the lens of Ecosystem Based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) and Ecosystem based adaptation (EbA). The study concludes that the strategies of Malaysia and Indonesia in many ways align with each other, where both are using several Eco-DRR/EbA measures. However, Eco-DRR/EbA seems a lot more mainstreamed into other areas in Malaysia’s strategy, which also seems to be more ambitious overall. Malaysia’s more ambitious strategy correlates with their seemingly higher level of governance.