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This study focuses on the impacts of decentralisation on forests and estate crops in the original districts of Kampar and Indragiri Hulu, located in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The research was conducted during 2000, preceding the beginnings of decentralisation in January 2001, with a brie...


Potter, L.Badcock, S.[The effects of Indonesia's decentralisation on forests and estate crops: case study of Riau province, the original districts of Kampar and Indragiri Hulu]The effects of Indonesia's decentralisation on forests and estate crops: case study of Riau province, the original districts of Kampar and Indragiri Hulu
Autor: Casson, A.

Kotawaringin Timur district lies within the Dayak heartland of Central Borneo, Indonesia. Prior to the late 1960s, most of the district was covered in dense tropical forest. However, these forests have been increasingly exploited since the 1970s when former-president Soeharto granted large timber...


Casson, A.[Decentralisation of policies affecting forests and estate crops in Kutawaringin Timur district, Central Kalimantan]Decentralisation of policies affecting forests and estate crops in Kutawaringin Timur district, Central Kalimantan

Since the end of the 1990s, municipal governments are increasingly adopting a pro-environment/pro-forest discourse in Amazonia. In most cases, a strengthening of the local administrative and technical agencies that deal with environment, forest, and land use follows this change in the discourse. ...


Toni, F.Kaimowitz, D.[O papel dos municipios na gestao florestal: licoes dos estudos de caso]O papel dos municipios na gestao florestal: licoes dos estudos de caso

Porto de Moz is a small municipality (22.460 inhabitants) bordered by the Xingu and Amazonas Rivers, in the state of Pará. The local economy is based on small-scale agriculture, fishing, and timber extraction. Land ownership is extremely concentrated, and a large part of the municipal lands are u...


Salgado, I.Kaimowitz, D.[Porto de moz: o prefeito, "dono do municipio"]Porto de moz: o prefeito, "dono do municipio"

In this chapter, the authors discuss the history of decentralization in Brazil, analyze the institutional and legal characteristics of the Brazilian political system concerning decentralization and build a theoretical framework for the case studies. Brazil has experienced cycles of centralization...


Toni, F.Kaimowitz, D.[Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia: introducao e marco teorico]Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia: introducao e marco teorico

The book analyzes the evolution of decentralization of natural resource management in the Brazilian Amazon using a comparative approach. It is a collection of eight case studies: the municipalities of Mâncio Lima and Xapuri, in the State of Acre, and Altamira, Moju, Paragominas, Porto de Moz, San...


Toni, F.Kaimowitz, D.[Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia]Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia

This chapter describes the change in the institutional arrangements for property rights to the former collective forest lands and the sifts in oversight responsibility for these lands from central to regional and local governments. The data rely on national forest survey data and the authors' own...


Liu DachangEdmunds, D.[Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China]Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China

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.Gunarso, P.Kartawinata, K.Levang, P.Rhee, S.Sheil, DouglasSist, P.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Empowering forest dwellers and managing forests more sustainably in the landscapes of Borneo]Empowering forest dwellers and managing forests more sustainably in the landscapes of Borneo
Autor: Pacheco, P.

This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation...


Pacheco, P.[Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia]Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
Larson, A.M.[Municipal forest management in Nicaragua: decentralized burdens, decentralized benefits]Municipal forest management in Nicaragua: decentralized burdens, decentralized benefits

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