After decades of central government control, the recent decentralization laws devolved authority in many areas, including natural resource management, to local governments. This article examines the initial process of decentralization in Indonesia within the context of forestry. Preliminary analy...
Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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[Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people]
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Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people
For over 30 years, Indonesia's central government controlled its forests, the third largest area of tropical forests in the world. Driven by serious political, administrative, and economic demands for reforms, the central government has begun to decentralize, transferring new powers to the distri...
Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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[Closer to people and trees: will decentralisation work for the people and the forests of Indonesia?]
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Closer to people and trees: will decentralisation work for the people and the forests of Indonesia?
Since the collapse of Soeharto’s New Order regime in May 1998, Indonesia’s national, provincial, and district governments have engaged in an intense struggle over how authority and the power embedded in it, should be shared. How this ongoing struggle over authority in the forestry sector will ult...
Barr, C.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Dermawan, A.
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McCarthy, J.F.
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Moeliono, M.
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Setiono, B.
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[Decentralization of forest administration in Indonesia: implications for forest sustainability, economic development and community livelihoods]
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Decentralization of forest administration in Indonesia: implications for forest sustainability, economic development and community livelihoods