Background: International and market forces are key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, with transnational and market-based solutions in land-use and forest governance often missing economic, distributive, and environmental targets. Methods: This paper tackles both the framing and effectiveness of transnational initiatives affecting forest lands and peoples in the Global South, and the quality of relationships between institutions in the Global North and the Global South. Through more equitable research partnerships, this paper draws lessons from case studies in Indonesia (legality verification system in different forest property regimes), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (lifting of a moratorium on new logging concession), and Brazil (FSC in the Amazon region and the Amazon Fund). Results: International partnerships have privileged market-based instruments and commodity exchange between Global South and Global North countries, and the benefits of such mechanisms are unevenly distributed. Complementary and alternative policy instruments are discussed for each geography. Conclusions: Glocalizing land-use and forest governance implies in advancing equitable research partnerships between institutions in the Global South and Global North, and strengthening a community of practice for critical enquiry and engagement in partnerships for sustainable development. Land-use, climate and forest governance mechanisms must redress power dynamics, and partnership models, and commit to improving well-being and sustainable livelihood outcomes.
KPH sebagai ujung tombak pengelolaan hutan negara di tingkat tapak memiliki peran sentral dalam masa depan kehutanan Indonesia. Pengelolaan KPH yang masih belum ideal, saat ini mendapat tantangan baru dengan adanya UUCK dan peraturan turunannya (PP No. 23 tahun 2021 tentang Penyelenggaraan Kehutanan). Sejarah pembentukan KPH diawali dengan semangat pengelola tingkat tapak yang mandiri dan dapat berkontribusi kepada daerah, tetapi saat ini muncul kekecewaan dengan adanya perubahan wewenang, dari awalnya dapat “memanfaatkan hutan” menjadi “fasilitator kegiatan”. Pengurangan wewenang yang berimplikasi pada penurunan anggaran kegiatan ini berpotensi menyebabkan demotivasi para pengelola KPH, sehingga fungsi KPH sulit tercapai dan masa depan pengelolaan hutan Indonesia di tingkat tapak dipertanyakan.
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