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This study aimed at observing the development of agricultural land use in Bungo Regency, Jambi Province, for other purposes, such as plantation, mining, and other commercial buildings. According to the sustainable agriculture supposed by the government, a change in land use has become an important issue to be taken into account as such that the change does not tend to damage the environment. The research findings from Bungo Regency demonstrated the change in agricultural land into copra and rubber plantation areas. Local people had changed their mindset towards reluctance to become farmers, which caused the loss of farmer regeneration and weakened the farmer exchange rate towards the agricultural commodities.
International journal of life science and agriculture research, 2024
Indonesia grapples with land conversion, especially agricultural land. Paddy fields have shrunk from 8.4 million hectares in 1990 to 7.18 million in 2022, translating to a rate of more than 38 thousand hectares per year and yearly loss of around 140,000 hectares of potential rice production. This study aims to inform policymakers and stakeholders on achieving food security. Through a systematic literature review, the research explores factors like settlements, urbanization, and infrastructure development driving land conversion. These factors impact regions like Bali and Central Sumba, jeopardizing rice production. Understanding these challenges and opportunities is crucial for future solutions. Potential solutions include strengthening food security across the supply chain, regulating land conversion and ownership, and promoting government support, productivity enhancement, sustainable agriculture practices, and technological integration.
Tropics, 1995
Land-use changes in the period bet'ween 1969 and 1988 of 38,480 sq km areas in South Sumatra were examined. Those two periods of land-use map were digitized and input as Geographical Information System (GIS) data base using Arcflnfo software packages. Quantitative analysis ofland-use changes was carried out by overlay technique. Other related factors such as timber concession, and land tenure system changes, were also examined. It has been believed that the deforestation in South Sumatra was caused by timber concession exploitation that have mostly been started in 1968. Our observation, however, shows that most deforestation had occurred before 1968. In 1969, forest area only covered about 357o, while regrowth and cultivated land accounted for 37Vo and26%o ofthe total area, respectively. Therefore, the loss of forest might be related to other factors such as cash crop inEoduction in the early nineteenth century and road construction for oil exploration in the beginning of twentieth century. There was clear evidence that in South Sumatra, timber concessions'exploitation that was started in 1968, had less impact on forest cover than other land uses. This was demonstrated by the fact that during 1969-1988, in concession area about 74Vo of forest areas still remained unchanged, in comparison with only 42Vo in non concession. Moreover, there was much more forest regeneration from regrowth and cultivated land. In total, during 19 years period, forest cover area decreased by less than 107o. This was partially explained by forest regeneration, and the changes of land tenure system (marga system) that made farmers difficult to access forest land.
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2021
Land Use Land Cover (LULC) changes represent human influences on the natural ecosystem. This study aims to analyse such changes in the eastern part of East Java, a region of ± 3320.3 km2. The changes are analysed by comparing two editions of maps (the National Digital Map and Landsat-8). Five subsets are explored to understand the LULC changes caused by the development of: transportation infrastructure; industrial sites; the agricultural sector; tourism; urbanisation; and sub-urbanisation. Regional development from 2000 to 2018 has increased built-up areas by 40.55% (122.5 km2), while paddy fields have increased by 71.08%, and forest plantation areas by 16.03%. Conversely, the development has reduced rural areas by 61.06% (860.1 km2) and water bodies by 54.02% (44.52 km2). The LULC has significantly changed the natural landscape to a human-dominated landscape, which is potentially fragile in the face of the disasters to which the region is prone.
Indonesia's land reform: Implications for local livelihoods and climate change
Forest Policy and Economics, 2019
One of the main components of Indonesia's Just Economy policy is extensive and rapid land reform, which targets about 12% of the country's land area for redistribution to farmers and communities by 2019. Much of the reform is occurring on forest land. At the same time, the country has pledged a significant reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, two thirds of which is to be achieved from forests. Hence agrarian reform potentially conflicts with emission reduction commitments. This research analyses how the redistribution of forests, with emphasis on the social forestry program, might affect people's livelihoods and Indonesia's capacity to deliver on its climate change commitments. With reference to Central Kalimantan province, we find that the land reform policy has increased the area distributed to local people through the streamlining of processes. However, ambitious targets and hurried distribution of land have posed significant challenges for processes and implementation. They result in partial understanding of the schemes, rights and responsibilities, inappropriate site allocation and types of forestland being distributed, and inadequate consideration for community capacity and local governance. Importantly, the resources allocated to grant these rights have not been accompanied by equal attention to foster subsequent actual land-based livelihood activities and forest protection. Hence the reform's potential to improve local livelihoods and contribute to climate change mitigation in Central Kalimantan is unlikely to be fully realized in the near future. We suggest that careful consideration be given to the processes of distribution, the type of forests being assigned, attention and support to foster implementation, and monitoring and enforcement of regulations.
Forest Land Use Dynamics in Indonesia
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Alternative land use remains a controversial issue in Indonesia, particularly with regard to regions outside Java. This paper aims to highlight forest land use dynamics in Indonesia, and particularly the difficulties of resolving the conflicts between conservation, the need to preserve local livelihoods, the demands of the logging industry, both legal and illegal, and the pressures to convert land from forest use to other uses, mainly agriculture, plantations and mining. The paper also stresses the importance of more research into who benefits ...
Land Use Change Assesment and Its Projection in Batanghari River Basin, Sumatera, Indonesia
LIMNOTEK - Perairan Darat Tropis di Indonesia, 2018
Studi ini meliputi analisis perubahan penggunaan lahan di wilayah DAS Batanghari. Peta tutupan lahan berasal dari klasifikasi citra satelit LANDSAT MS/ETM/OLI dengan menggunakan metode klasifikasi terbimbing. Citra dikategorikan menjadi enam kelas yaitu yaitu badan air, pemukiman, pertanian, semak, lahan terbuka dan hutan. Validasi untuk hasil klasifikasi dihitung menggunakan statistik Kappa dengan hasil rata-rata 85%-95%. Berdasarkan hasil klasifikasi, tingkat perubahan penutupan lahan yang paling banyak ditemui adalah kawasan hutan menjadi daerah pertanian. Perubahan pada area jenis tutupan lahan lebih spesifikasi dapat dilihat pada matriks deteksi perubahan. Data
International Journal of Sustainable Future for Human Security
Since 2006, Indonesia became the largest oil palm producing country in the world. For Indonesia, oil palm is a prime commodity because it has become a source of foreign exchange. The rapid development of the oil palm industry in Indonesia resulted in a debate on the positive and negative impacts caused by the plantations, especially related to the issue of land use change. This study summarizes the quantitative aspects and the social dynamics related to land use change to oil palm plantation on mineral soil, using a comprehensive and integrated assessment. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the financial feasibility of land use change in oil palm plantation from three aspects (economy, social, and environmental aspect) and to provide a descriptive explanation of the cause of land use change from ladang to oil palm by the community. The present study suggests that the changing paradigm of the local people in the case study area to convert their ladang to oil palm plantation cannot be avoided. They prefer to plant oil palm because of three main factors: (1) economic, (2) labor force, and (3) land area.
Biodiversitas, 2019
Forest and land fires in Indonesia are well recognized, directly or indirectly, as the main contributors to deforestation and greenhouse gas emission related to the global climate change. Usually, local peoples are blamed for those fires especially when negative impact occurred. Fortunately, not all of the local peoples do the same thing as it is shown by Dayak Ngaju in Block A of ex-Mega Rice Project (Ex-MRP) Project area located in Mantangai sub-district Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, where this research was conducted. The objective of this study was to know land the cover changes related to the use of fire for land preparation, and how the Dayak Ngaju people implement their knowledge and experience in the field. This objective was achieved by analyzing satellite images of Landsat 7 and 8 for a period of time starting from 2005 to 2015. Results of the research showed that the local people started clearing the land with fire at the end of September (dry season) or early October (the rainy season) yearly, as it could be seen from the changes of the land cover from secondary swamp forest into swamp shrub and from secondary swamp forest into fields. Meanwhile, at the protected area where peat was dominant, land cover change occurred due to land rights conflicts, and not to the use of fire for land preparation using fire by Dayak Ngaju communities, because they found that the results were not good and the planted rice would die three months after planting..
Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2021
In the development sector, the need for land is increasing, resulting in the higher land value and land use mismatches. Urban areas have a relatively fixed area, while the need for land continues to increase. Weaknesses in urban management lead to speculation, illegal land use, and slums. Development activities should impact the physical, environmental, economic, and social conditions of the community [29]. The development process often pays little attention to these matters. In the last few decades, we have observed a very rapid social transformation process in urban areas that has changed the morphology of Indonesian cities. This transformation has accelerated after the implementation of regional autonomy in Indonesia since 1999. Land conflicts in urban areas do not end, so it is necessary to consolidate land as an activity to restructure land tenure, land use, and land acquisition to improve environmental quality and preserve natural resources and ecosystems by involving the comm...