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International Forestry Review, 2009

... ANRI. 1980. Memori serah jabatan 1931–1940 (Jawa Barat). (Memory of post transfer 1931–1940 (... more ... ANRI. 1980. Memori serah jabatan 1931–1940 (Jawa Barat). (Memory of post transfer 1931–1940 (West Java)). ... De bosschen van de Buitenbezittingen. (The forests of the Outer Provinces). Tectona 12: 336–350. Bradshaw, CJA, Sodhi, NS, Kelvin, SHP, and Brook, BW 2007. ...

In recent years, policy research in Indonesia has questioned the mandate of the state to control ... more In recent years, policy research in Indonesia has questioned the mandate of the state to control and manage the forest. This question developed following several conflicts and disputes over forest land reported during the reformation period in 1998. Many authors argue that the present uncertainty in state forest management and control goes back to an unfinished debate during the Dutch Colonial Period. In Java, state forest areas today cover 24.26 % of land or 3,009,779 hectares, consisting of forest production, forest protection and forest reserves. This is almost equal in size with the 3,057,200 ha of Java’s land designated as state forest by the Dutch colonial administration in 1946. This ongoing application of these past designations brings us to question the arguments and justifications behind the Dutch Colonial Government’s decisions. This paper explores the scientific discourse on the issue of forest land-use and its implications for land tenure policy during the colonial peri...

Contemporary CPFRM policies, in Indonesia formulated and pursued by different Directorate General... more Contemporary CPFRM policies, in Indonesia formulated and pursued by different Directorate Generals and Perhutani, the governmental forest corporation, will be discussed. Attention will be paid to CPFRM policies of the Directorate General of Reforestation and Social Forestry, the Directorate General of Production Forest, the Directorate General of Nature Conservation (Sirait and Fay, 1997) and Perhutani, (Bratamiharja, 199?) (Simon, 199?). A closer look will be taken of above policies by providing examples of programs and pilot projects implemented on the ground (

HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in edit... more HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in editing the English version of the report as well as Mia Badib who translated the report to Indonesian language. To Astrid Frey and Raoul Syrier and Elly Rijnierse from Cordaid who helped make this publications happen. It was also supported by large number of individuals and institutions too numerous to mention here. I take the opportunity of thanking them all for their support.

... Special thanks to Ben White for his valuable comments, and also to Marcus Colchester to allow... more ... Special thanks to Ben White for his valuable comments, and also to Marcus Colchester to allow to use some interview notes from the field 2 ICRAF-SEA, Bogor, Indonesia (msirait@cgiar.org) 2 Page 3. ... Interviewed by Marcus Colchester & Martua Sirait, Oct 2005 5 Page 6. ...

The results of a one day seminar on the forestry sector, organized in Jakarta this past March by ... more The results of a one day seminar on the forestry sector, organized in Jakarta this past March by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the World Bank, revealed that the state of Indonesia's forests is far worse than the government was willing to admit during the ...

Effective forest management requires balancing conservation and local economic development object... more Effective forest management requires balancing conservation and local economic development objectives. This project demonstrated a method for mapping customary land use systems using oral histories, sketch maps, and GPS and GIS methodologies. These maps can form the basis of talks for identifying customary forest tenure boundaries in order to assess how indigenous ways of organizing and allocating space might support or conflict with the objectives of forest protection; for evaluating different means of coordinating indigenous resource management systems with government-instituted systems of management; and as a basis for formal legal recognition and protection of customary forest tenure arrangements. The constraints on this process include the accuracy of the base maps, the ability of social scientists and mapmakers to accurately capture the complex relationships of traditional resource management systems on maps, and the political will of the parties involved for recognizing different forms of land rights.

The Ministry of Forestry (MoF) has designated 120 million ha of forest as state forest (kawasan h... more The Ministry of Forestry (MoF) has designated 120 million ha of forest as state forest (kawasan hutan), corresponding to 62% of the total land surface of Indonesia. The MoF has legal authority to plan and regulate all forest tenure and to use its arrangement in its jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the MoF jurisdiction to designate the state forest plays its part to the confusion paradigm between state rights and customary (adat) rights on controlling forestland. The confusion derived from different perceptions about customary forest from different laws, Basic Forestry Law 1999 (BFL 1999) and Basic Agrarian Law (BAL 1960). The BFL 1999 categorized customary forest as state forest, that is state forest of which the management is delegated to customary communities. Meanwhile, the Basic Agrarian Law 1960 (BAL 1960) provide more recognition by separating the customary rights from the state, equally to other four legal rights such as the right to own (hak milik), the right to cultivate state land (hak guna usaha), the right to build and own building (hak guna bangunan), and the right to use or collect products from state or private land for a certain period (hak pakai).

This report summarises the experiences and lessons of the Participatory land-use planning (PLUP) ... more This report summarises the experiences and lessons of the Participatory land-use planning (PLUP) project, which was implemented between 2010 and 2013 in Sanggau district, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

KABUPATEN Kutai Barat yang baru terbentuk sebagai konsekwensi dari diberlakukannya UU 47 tahun 19... more KABUPATEN Kutai Barat yang baru terbentuk sebagai konsekwensi dari diberlakukannya UU 47 tahun 1999. Akan tetapi menjadi kabupaten sendiri yang terlepas dari Kabupaten "induknya" (Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara) tidak secara langsung menyelesaikan masalah ketidakjelasan klaim wilayah adat, wilayah administrasi kampung, ijin-ijin yang diterbitkan diatasnya dan lain-lain. Pembentukan Tim Inventarisasi Hutan Adat dan Hak Ulayat Masyarakat Hukum Adat Kabupaten Kutai Barat pada tahun 2001 dengan mengikutsertakan berbagai pihak termasuk didalamnya masyarakat adat dan lembaga penelitian mencoba mengembangkan metodologi identifikasi masyaraklat adat secara partisipatif. Diharapkan studi ini dapat digunakan untuk melakukan identifikasi masyarakat adat secara partisipatif diwilayah Kabupaten Kutai Barat atau Kabupaten kabupaten lainnya. Kendala kendala yang

Journal of Mountain Science, 2005

, however few of these works have looked at how the participation of forest communities in the ma... more , however few of these works have looked at how the participation of forest communities in the management of forests could help effectively in curtailing the effects of climate change. Ghana's forest resources over the past decade have witnessed a high rate of depletion which deserves immediate consideration; especially since forest resources have been noted to be natural warriors that quietly fight the battle of global warming and climate change (Jefferson, 2014). The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) had observed in a recent review that forest resources the world over in the past were mainly state-managed with minimal or no local involvement (FSC, 2013). In recent times however, local communities are being included in the management of forests. A global example of local communities' involvement in the management of forest resources is the Forest Stewardship Council's small and low intensity managed forests, through which over 100 countries worldwide as at 2013 had received forest management certifications (FSC, 2013). The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), dubbed Agenda 21, suggestsa system of government decentralization which ensures the devolution of power to local communities. The UNCED noted that, "indigenous people and their communities, and other local communities, have a vital role in environmental management and development because of their knowledge and traditional practices. States should recognize and duly support their identity, culture and interests and enable their

In recent years (post 1998 reform), through a long struggle between the forest agency, land agenc... more In recent years (post 1998 reform), through a long struggle between the forest agency, land agency, private sectors, local government, and peasant movements there have been some cases where upland peasant communities being allocated individual land rights from the forest converted areas under the public land redistribution. This cases develop further to a National Program (PPAN) and for several reason Forestry Department gave a "green light" for the state (forest) land redistribute to the tillers. Through this paper the author elaborate further how the program developed in the current forestry debate in Indonesia to address the land conflict, forestry concessions allocations and conservation agenda.

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... Cover design: Dwiati N. Rini Illustration design: Wiyono Declaimer This text is a 'worki... more ... Cover design: Dwiati N. Rini Illustration design: Wiyono Declaimer This text is a 'working paper' reflecting research results obtained in the framework of ICRAF Southeast Asia project. Full responsibility for the contents remains with the authors. Page 5. 2 ...

The Hague: Cordaid Memisa, 2009

HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in edit... more HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in editing the English version of the report as well as Mia Badib who translated the report to Indonesian language. To Astrid Frey and Raoul Syrier and Elly Rijnierse from Cordaid who helped make this publications happen. It was also supported by large number of individuals and institutions too numerous to mention here. I take the opportunity of thanking them all for their support.

ICRAF Southeast Asia Regional Office Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680 PO Box 161... more ICRAF Southeast Asia Regional Office Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680 PO Box 161, Bogor 16001, Indonesia Tel: 62 251 625415, fax: 62 251 625416 Email: icraf-indonesia@cgiar.org ICRAF Southeast Asia website: http://www.icraf.cgiar.org/sea ...

Towards integrated natural resource management in forest margins of the humid tropics: local acti... more Towards integrated natural resource management in forest margins of the humid tropics: local action and global concerns Meine van Noordwijk, Sandy Williams and Bruno Verbist (Editors) Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being. However, integration of environment and development concerns and greater attention to them will lead to the fulfilment of basic needs, improved living standards for all, better protected and managed ecosystems and a safer, more prosperous future. No nation can achieve this on its own; but together we can-in a global partnership for sustainable development. (Preamble to the United Nations' Agenda21 on Sustainable Development; http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21chapter1.htm). Southeast Asia, the formerly forested island of Mindanao (the Philippines) and the Atlantic Congolese forests of southern Cameroon. The general structure of this series is This latest series of ASB Lecture Notes (ASB-LN 1 to 12) enlarges the scope and embeddes the earlier developed ICRAF-SEA lecture notes (SEA 1-6) in a larger framework. These lecture notes are already accessible on the website of ICRAF in Southeast Asia: http://www.icraf.cgiar.org/sea In this series of lecture notes we want to help young researchers and students, via the lecturers and professors that facilitate their education and training, to grasp natural resource management issues as complex as that of land use change in the margins of tropical forests. We believe that the issues, approaches, concepts and methods of the ASB program will be relevant to a wider audience. We have tried to repackage our research results in the form of these lecture notes, including non-ASB material where we thought this might be relevant. The series of lecture notes can be used as a basis for a full course, but the various parts can also 'stand alone' in the context of more specialised courses. Enhanced productivity v Sustainability (ASB-LN 3) v Agroforests (SEA 1) v Tree-crop interaction (SEA 2) v Soil-water conservation (SEA 3) v Fallow management (SEA 4) v Imperata rehabilitation (SEA 5) v Tree domestication (SEA 6) Human well-being v Socioeconomic indicators (ASB-LN 8) v Farmer knowledge and participation (ASB-LN 9) Developing Countries Programme (DSO)-project and by the Flemish Office for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB). Both biophysical and policy research was supported by a Regional Technical Assistance Grant from the Asian Development Bank. Many researchers and organisations have contributed to the development of ideas, collection and synthesis of data, and otherwise making the program what it is today. A team at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF),

International Forestry Review, 2009

... ANRI. 1980. Memori serah jabatan 1931–1940 (Jawa Barat). (Memory of post transfer 1931–1940 (... more ... ANRI. 1980. Memori serah jabatan 1931–1940 (Jawa Barat). (Memory of post transfer 1931–1940 (West Java)). ... De bosschen van de Buitenbezittingen. (The forests of the Outer Provinces). Tectona 12: 336–350. Bradshaw, CJA, Sodhi, NS, Kelvin, SHP, and Brook, BW 2007. ...

In recent years, policy research in Indonesia has questioned the mandate of the state to control ... more In recent years, policy research in Indonesia has questioned the mandate of the state to control and manage the forest. This question developed following several conflicts and disputes over forest land reported during the reformation period in 1998. Many authors argue that the present uncertainty in state forest management and control goes back to an unfinished debate during the Dutch Colonial Period. In Java, state forest areas today cover 24.26 % of land or 3,009,779 hectares, consisting of forest production, forest protection and forest reserves. This is almost equal in size with the 3,057,200 ha of Java’s land designated as state forest by the Dutch colonial administration in 1946. This ongoing application of these past designations brings us to question the arguments and justifications behind the Dutch Colonial Government’s decisions. This paper explores the scientific discourse on the issue of forest land-use and its implications for land tenure policy during the colonial peri...

Contemporary CPFRM policies, in Indonesia formulated and pursued by different Directorate General... more Contemporary CPFRM policies, in Indonesia formulated and pursued by different Directorate Generals and Perhutani, the governmental forest corporation, will be discussed. Attention will be paid to CPFRM policies of the Directorate General of Reforestation and Social Forestry, the Directorate General of Production Forest, the Directorate General of Nature Conservation (Sirait and Fay, 1997) and Perhutani, (Bratamiharja, 199?) (Simon, 199?). A closer look will be taken of above policies by providing examples of programs and pilot projects implemented on the ground (

HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in edit... more HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in editing the English version of the report as well as Mia Badib who translated the report to Indonesian language. To Astrid Frey and Raoul Syrier and Elly Rijnierse from Cordaid who helped make this publications happen. It was also supported by large number of individuals and institutions too numerous to mention here. I take the opportunity of thanking them all for their support.

... Special thanks to Ben White for his valuable comments, and also to Marcus Colchester to allow... more ... Special thanks to Ben White for his valuable comments, and also to Marcus Colchester to allow to use some interview notes from the field 2 ICRAF-SEA, Bogor, Indonesia (msirait@cgiar.org) 2 Page 3. ... Interviewed by Marcus Colchester & Martua Sirait, Oct 2005 5 Page 6. ...

The results of a one day seminar on the forestry sector, organized in Jakarta this past March by ... more The results of a one day seminar on the forestry sector, organized in Jakarta this past March by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the World Bank, revealed that the state of Indonesia's forests is far worse than the government was willing to admit during the ...

Effective forest management requires balancing conservation and local economic development object... more Effective forest management requires balancing conservation and local economic development objectives. This project demonstrated a method for mapping customary land use systems using oral histories, sketch maps, and GPS and GIS methodologies. These maps can form the basis of talks for identifying customary forest tenure boundaries in order to assess how indigenous ways of organizing and allocating space might support or conflict with the objectives of forest protection; for evaluating different means of coordinating indigenous resource management systems with government-instituted systems of management; and as a basis for formal legal recognition and protection of customary forest tenure arrangements. The constraints on this process include the accuracy of the base maps, the ability of social scientists and mapmakers to accurately capture the complex relationships of traditional resource management systems on maps, and the political will of the parties involved for recognizing different forms of land rights.

The Ministry of Forestry (MoF) has designated 120 million ha of forest as state forest (kawasan h... more The Ministry of Forestry (MoF) has designated 120 million ha of forest as state forest (kawasan hutan), corresponding to 62% of the total land surface of Indonesia. The MoF has legal authority to plan and regulate all forest tenure and to use its arrangement in its jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the MoF jurisdiction to designate the state forest plays its part to the confusion paradigm between state rights and customary (adat) rights on controlling forestland. The confusion derived from different perceptions about customary forest from different laws, Basic Forestry Law 1999 (BFL 1999) and Basic Agrarian Law (BAL 1960). The BFL 1999 categorized customary forest as state forest, that is state forest of which the management is delegated to customary communities. Meanwhile, the Basic Agrarian Law 1960 (BAL 1960) provide more recognition by separating the customary rights from the state, equally to other four legal rights such as the right to own (hak milik), the right to cultivate state land (hak guna usaha), the right to build and own building (hak guna bangunan), and the right to use or collect products from state or private land for a certain period (hak pakai).

This report summarises the experiences and lessons of the Participatory land-use planning (PLUP) ... more This report summarises the experiences and lessons of the Participatory land-use planning (PLUP) project, which was implemented between 2010 and 2013 in Sanggau district, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

KABUPATEN Kutai Barat yang baru terbentuk sebagai konsekwensi dari diberlakukannya UU 47 tahun 19... more KABUPATEN Kutai Barat yang baru terbentuk sebagai konsekwensi dari diberlakukannya UU 47 tahun 1999. Akan tetapi menjadi kabupaten sendiri yang terlepas dari Kabupaten "induknya" (Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara) tidak secara langsung menyelesaikan masalah ketidakjelasan klaim wilayah adat, wilayah administrasi kampung, ijin-ijin yang diterbitkan diatasnya dan lain-lain. Pembentukan Tim Inventarisasi Hutan Adat dan Hak Ulayat Masyarakat Hukum Adat Kabupaten Kutai Barat pada tahun 2001 dengan mengikutsertakan berbagai pihak termasuk didalamnya masyarakat adat dan lembaga penelitian mencoba mengembangkan metodologi identifikasi masyaraklat adat secara partisipatif. Diharapkan studi ini dapat digunakan untuk melakukan identifikasi masyarakat adat secara partisipatif diwilayah Kabupaten Kutai Barat atau Kabupaten kabupaten lainnya. Kendala kendala yang

Journal of Mountain Science, 2005

, however few of these works have looked at how the participation of forest communities in the ma... more , however few of these works have looked at how the participation of forest communities in the management of forests could help effectively in curtailing the effects of climate change. Ghana's forest resources over the past decade have witnessed a high rate of depletion which deserves immediate consideration; especially since forest resources have been noted to be natural warriors that quietly fight the battle of global warming and climate change (Jefferson, 2014). The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) had observed in a recent review that forest resources the world over in the past were mainly state-managed with minimal or no local involvement (FSC, 2013). In recent times however, local communities are being included in the management of forests. A global example of local communities' involvement in the management of forest resources is the Forest Stewardship Council's small and low intensity managed forests, through which over 100 countries worldwide as at 2013 had received forest management certifications (FSC, 2013). The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), dubbed Agenda 21, suggestsa system of government decentralization which ensures the devolution of power to local communities. The UNCED noted that, "indigenous people and their communities, and other local communities, have a vital role in environmental management and development because of their knowledge and traditional practices. States should recognize and duly support their identity, culture and interests and enable their

In recent years (post 1998 reform), through a long struggle between the forest agency, land agenc... more In recent years (post 1998 reform), through a long struggle between the forest agency, land agency, private sectors, local government, and peasant movements there have been some cases where upland peasant communities being allocated individual land rights from the forest converted areas under the public land redistribution. This cases develop further to a National Program (PPAN) and for several reason Forestry Department gave a "green light" for the state (forest) land redistribute to the tillers. Through this paper the author elaborate further how the program developed in the current forestry debate in Indonesia to address the land conflict, forestry concessions allocations and conservation agenda.

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... Cover design: Dwiati N. Rini Illustration design: Wiyono Declaimer This text is a 'worki... more ... Cover design: Dwiati N. Rini Illustration design: Wiyono Declaimer This text is a 'working paper' reflecting research results obtained in the framework of ICRAF Southeast Asia project. Full responsibility for the contents remains with the authors. Page 5. 2 ...

The Hague: Cordaid Memisa, 2009

HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in edit... more HuMa-Learning Centre as well as Andiko from HuMa. Thanks for Patrick Anderson who help me in editing the English version of the report as well as Mia Badib who translated the report to Indonesian language. To Astrid Frey and Raoul Syrier and Elly Rijnierse from Cordaid who helped make this publications happen. It was also supported by large number of individuals and institutions too numerous to mention here. I take the opportunity of thanking them all for their support.

ICRAF Southeast Asia Regional Office Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680 PO Box 161... more ICRAF Southeast Asia Regional Office Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680 PO Box 161, Bogor 16001, Indonesia Tel: 62 251 625415, fax: 62 251 625416 Email: icraf-indonesia@cgiar.org ICRAF Southeast Asia website: http://www.icraf.cgiar.org/sea ...

Towards integrated natural resource management in forest margins of the humid tropics: local acti... more Towards integrated natural resource management in forest margins of the humid tropics: local action and global concerns Meine van Noordwijk, Sandy Williams and Bruno Verbist (Editors) Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being. However, integration of environment and development concerns and greater attention to them will lead to the fulfilment of basic needs, improved living standards for all, better protected and managed ecosystems and a safer, more prosperous future. No nation can achieve this on its own; but together we can-in a global partnership for sustainable development. (Preamble to the United Nations' Agenda21 on Sustainable Development; http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21chapter1.htm). Southeast Asia, the formerly forested island of Mindanao (the Philippines) and the Atlantic Congolese forests of southern Cameroon. The general structure of this series is This latest series of ASB Lecture Notes (ASB-LN 1 to 12) enlarges the scope and embeddes the earlier developed ICRAF-SEA lecture notes (SEA 1-6) in a larger framework. These lecture notes are already accessible on the website of ICRAF in Southeast Asia: http://www.icraf.cgiar.org/sea In this series of lecture notes we want to help young researchers and students, via the lecturers and professors that facilitate their education and training, to grasp natural resource management issues as complex as that of land use change in the margins of tropical forests. We believe that the issues, approaches, concepts and methods of the ASB program will be relevant to a wider audience. We have tried to repackage our research results in the form of these lecture notes, including non-ASB material where we thought this might be relevant. The series of lecture notes can be used as a basis for a full course, but the various parts can also 'stand alone' in the context of more specialised courses. Enhanced productivity v Sustainability (ASB-LN 3) v Agroforests (SEA 1) v Tree-crop interaction (SEA 2) v Soil-water conservation (SEA 3) v Fallow management (SEA 4) v Imperata rehabilitation (SEA 5) v Tree domestication (SEA 6) Human well-being v Socioeconomic indicators (ASB-LN 8) v Farmer knowledge and participation (ASB-LN 9) Developing Countries Programme (DSO)-project and by the Flemish Office for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB). Both biophysical and policy research was supported by a Regional Technical Assistance Grant from the Asian Development Bank. Many researchers and organisations have contributed to the development of ideas, collection and synthesis of data, and otherwise making the program what it is today. A team at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF),