CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. The auth...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Anau, N.
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Iwan, R.
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Heist, M. van
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Limberg, G.
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Sudana, M.
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[Building agreements among stakeholders]
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Building agreements among stakeholders
Decentralization in post-Soeharto Indonesia has not only changed state and society relations at the local level, but brought increased control over forests at the district level. Local social forces gained more influence because of their close relations with local government and acted to limit th...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Moeliono, M.
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Limberg, G.
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Iwan, R.
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Rhee, S.
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Sudana, M.
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[Between state and society: Local governance of forests in Malinau, Indonesia]
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Between state and society: Local governance of forests in Malinau, Indonesia
Discussions on climate change and potential mechanisms to support conservation efforts have fixed the attention on incentives to conserve and protect forests. However, incentives alone will not do the job for forest conservation; what might? We use the case of Kutai National Park to examine the p...
Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Indriatmoko, Y.
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Iwan, R.
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Utomo, N.A.
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Purwanto, E.
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Mulyana, A.
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[Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?]
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Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?
Limberg, G.
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[After decentralization: the implications of small-scale logging for communities' access to forests in Indonesia]
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After decentralization: the implications of small-scale logging for communities' access to forests in Indonesia
This paper describes the experience of CIFOR research team in facilitating local communities to manage their natural resources in Malinau District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia during the Otonomi Daerah reform period (1998-present). The case examines how the CIFOR team used informal, shared learnin...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Iwan, R.
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Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Rhee, S.
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Sudana, M.
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[Muddling towards cooperation: a CIFOR case study of shared learning in Malinau district, Indonesia]
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Muddling towards cooperation: a CIFOR case study of shared learning in Malinau district, Indonesia
Adaptive management has become increasingly common where natural resource managers face complex and uncertain conditions. The collaboration required among managers and others to do adaptive management, however, is not always easy to achieve. We describe efforts to work with villagers and governme...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Iwan, R.
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Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Rhee, S.
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Sudana, M.
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[Facilitating cooperation during times of chaos: spontaneous orders and muddling through in Malinau]
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Facilitating cooperation during times of chaos: spontaneous orders and muddling through in Malinau