Year: 2004
Type: book
Abstract: We provide a profile of forest-related conflict in Indonesia from 1997 to June 2003, based on a survey of national and provincial newspaper articles and six case studies in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java.The survey shows that conflict increased most rapidly in 2000 during the transition to decentralization and has generally stayed at higher levels than during the New Order period.Reports of conflicts were highest in East Kalimantan, followed by Sumatra and Central Java.The main causes of conflict were differences in perceptions about boundaries, rights to use of forest, compensation payments and distribution of benefits from forests.Although media reports focus on the escalation of conflict after the reform period, the case studies demonstrated complex histories of latent conflict and conflict resolution through compensation payments that proved unsuccessful in reducing long-run conflict.The study recommends that (i) conflict management be considered an element of forest management, (ii) forest conflicts be monitored to learn more about their incidence, causes and ways of managing them and (iii) alternative methods for managing conflict be explored.
Authors: Wulan Y.C., Yasmi Y., Purba C., Wollenberg E.
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1576662861