Indonesia’s new basic forestry law makes some promising steps towards devolving control over forests to customary communities. This chapter analyzes the law’s provisions for new institutional arrangements, “customary communities” and co-operatives. The analysis shows how the extent of centralized...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Sabogal C.
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Almeida, E.
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Carandang, A.P.
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Gumartini, T.
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Jong, W. de
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Brienza, S.
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Meza Lopez, A.
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Murniati
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Nawir, A.A.
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Wibowo, L.R.
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Toma, T.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Zhou Zaichi
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[Local participation, livelihood needs, and institutional arrangements: three keys to sustainable rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest lands]
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Local participation, livelihood needs, and institutional arrangements: three keys to sustainable rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest lands
Indonesia’s new basic forestry law makes some promising steps towards devolving control over forests to customary communities. This chapter analyzes the law’s provisions for new institutional arrangements, “customary communities” and co-operatives. The analysis shows how the extent of centralized...
This case study covers work in the Malinau catchment in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, a vast area of primary and secondary forest with scattered villages. The project has evolved to focus on key factors underlying poverty and forest loss. Inappropriate harvesting is reducing biodiversity, limiting ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Gunarso, P.
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Kartawinata, K.
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Levang, P.
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Rhee, S.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Sist, P.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Empowering forest dwellers and managing forests more sustainably in the landscapes of Borneo]
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Empowering forest dwellers and managing forests more sustainably in the landscapes of Borneo