An overview of forest and land allocation policies in Indonesia: Is the current framework sufficient to meet the needs of REDD+?

Brockhaus, Maria; Obidzinski, K.; Dermawan, Ahmad; Laumonier, Yves; Luttrell, C.

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2011.09.004

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“…Logging activities contributed to the disappearance of peat swamp forest in Indonesia during the 1970s and 1980s due to the Government of Indonesia placing heavy reliance on log exports as its main source of foreign exchange revenue (Brockhaus et al, 2012). The situation was made worse by rampant illegal logging activities, notably during the economic crisis of 1997-1998 and the commencement of full regional autonomy in 1999 (Casson & Obidzinski, 2002;Smith et al, 2003;Obidzinski, 2005).…”

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“…During the 1970s and 1980s, for instance, the Indonesian Government put heavy reliance on log exports as its primary source of foreign exchange revenue and as a result more than 60 Mha of forest was leased to about 579 forest concessionaires by the early 1990s (Brockhaus et al, 2012). As a result of their operations, the country's forest area and forest cover quality has decreased and fragmented.…”

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An assessment of the restoration efforts of degraded peatland in central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Indonesia's tropical peatlands are an ecosystem of global significance. They contain immense stores of carbon and play a key role in regional and global climate systems. They provide habitat for iconic species such as the orangutan and Sumatran tiger, and they sustain the livelihoods of thousands of local people. Despite these values, Indonesia's peatland ecosystems have been subject to extensive deforestation and degradation during the past two decades. Recurrent peatland fires related to these land use activities have caused smoke pollution across the region, resulting in substantial public health issues and political controversy. More than 50% of the nation's 21 Mha of peatland can be considered as degraded. There is an urgent need to slow the rate of peatland degradation in Indonesia and to effectively restore the vast areas already damaged. A key consideration in this challenge is that tropical peatland restoration is an emerging field of scientific inquiry and little research has been published on the factors that constitute and influence successful restoration of tropical peatland ecosystems.This thesis addresses this gap in the broader ecosystem restoration literature by focusing on a case study of the so-called "Ex-Mega Rice Project" area of Central Kalimantan (an area previously subject to extensive degradation) and examining how successful peatland restoration can be achieved in Indonesia by: (1) reviewing the drivers of peatland degradation in the country in order to better understand the competing interests and broader socioecological context in which restoration activities need to be carried out; (2) studying previous restoration initiatives in Indonesia to better understand the restoration techniques used and the factors influencing their relative effectiveness; (3) analysing the specific tropical peatland restoration technique of "re-wetting" to better understand which elements of the technique best support effective restoration outcomes; (4) analysing the specific issue of illegal oil palm development on Indonesian peatland, including a consideration of what sorts of interventions are required to halt illegal oil palm development and control the associated recurrent fires that have been shown to substantially constrain the effectiveness of restoration initiatives; and (5) presenting an overarching conceptual framework of the factors that influence effective peatland restoration, which can be used by policy makers to devise restoration interventions that should have a greater probability of success.The drivers of peatland degradation in Indonesia can be categorised as direct and indirect. Direct drivers include logging, oil palm development and recurrent fires (mostly caused by large-and smallscale land use activities). Indirect drivers include climate change, the poverty and employment needs ii of local people, and the ineffective and sometimes perversely counter-productive land use governance systems.Techniques previously used to restore peatlands in Indonesia include rewetting through ...

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An assessment of the restoration efforts of degraded peatland in central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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“…Indonesia dengan luas hutan tropis ke-3 terbesar setelah Brasil dan Congo, ditambah dengan tingkat deforestasi yang tinggi, merupakan negara penting terkait dengan REDD+ tersebut. Terlebih sekitar 60% emisi Indonesia saat ini berasal dari deforestasi, degradasi hutan dan konversi lahan gambut (Brockhaus, Obidzinski, Dermawan, Laumonier, & Luttrell, 2012). Terkait dengan gagasan mekanisme global tersebut, sejak tahun 2005, REDD+ telah mendapat momentum yang cukup besar termasuk di Indonesia dengan munculnya banyak kebijakan, kerangka institutional dan kegiatan percontohan terkait REDD+ (Luttrell, Resosudarmo, Muharrom, Brockhaus, & Seymour, 2014).…”

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Community-Based Carbon Emission Reduction Program in Protection Forest

Alviya¹,

Muttaqin²,

Salminah³

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ABSTRAKHutan yang berfungsi lindung berpotensi untuk berkontribusi terhadap upaya penurunan emisi. Pengelolaan hutan berfungsi lindung untuk penurunan emisi dinilai akan lebih efektif jika masyarakat sekitar terlibat dalam mekanisme pengambilan keputusan. Tulisan ini bertujuan menganalisis peran masyarakat pengelola hutan dalam upaya penurunan emisi. Kajian ini meliputi persepsi masyarakat terhadap REDD+, kesiapan kelembagaan di tingkat tapak, potensi dan kendala pemanfaatan jasa lingkungan, dan alternatif skema REDD+ berbasis masyarakat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat di lokasi penelitian memiliki persepsi terhadap REDD+ dengan tingkat variasi dari tinggi hingga sedang. Persepsi yang tinggi dipengaruhi oleh adanya dukungan kegiatan terkait REDD+ oleh lembaga swadaya masyarakat. Sementara itu, kesiapan kelembagaan masyarakat di ketiga lokasi untuk mendukung REDD+ telah terbangun cukup baik. Masyarakat di semua lokasi telah memiliki lembaga khusus pengelolaan hutan termasuk rencana pengelolaannya. Meskipun demikian, pelaksanaannya belum optimal karena kompleksitas masalah yang dihadapi. Contohnya, jasa lingkungan yang berpotensi untuk dikembangkan adalah wisata alam, jasa air dan karbon, tetapi pendanaan menjadi kendala utama sehingga perlu dicari mekanisme insentif yang dapat mendukung pengembangannya. Mempertimbangkan kondisi yang ada, skema Plan Vivo dinilai cocok untuk mendukung mekanisme pembayaran jasa karbon di Hutan Adat Rumbio dan Yapase, sedangkan Hutan Desa Katimpun dinilai lebih tepat menerapkan skema Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).Kata kunci: Pengelolaan hutan berbasis masyarakat; REDD+; jasa lingkungan.

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“…The legal basis of the state control over forest areas in Indonesia has been based on the New Forestry Law (NFL) of 1999. Under the NFL, around 70% of total land area has been assigned to forest zones under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Forestry (Brockhaus et al, 2012). However, it has generated ambiguity and inconsistencies in the jurisdictional status of land with the Basic Agrarian Law (BAL) of 1960 which had administrated the state control over the all lands in Indonesia.…”

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Exploring Potential of REDD+ Readiness with Social Safeguard through Diverse Forest Use Practices in Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Yoshikura¹,

Amano²,

Anshari³

2018

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Implementation is expected to be a measure for sustainable forest management by providing benefit for forest users based on their efforts. Without careful attention for the social safeguard, the mechanism of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation with forest management (REDD+) might cause negative impact such as depriving of customary forest use rights under unclear tenure and forest use rights typical in Indonesia. This study aimed to explore how REDD+ Safeguard can be applied in readiness activities by analyzing practical forest use situations in a conservation forest, the Gunung Palung National Park as study site. From the results of the questionnaire survey and interviews, characteristics of forest users were identified and compared. The households, mostly Malays, practicing traditional durian collection, were recognized as main forest users depending on on-farm income especially from non-timber forest product (NTFP). Since the income structure is relatively low and unstable, some of them practice farming in forest area or sell their forest use rights to other households. They are inclined to be lack in legal farm land and certain forest use rights. Based on the findings, consideration for diverse forest users and potential readiness activities were discussed and proposed. For achieving REDD+ implementation with sustainable forest management and social safeguard, it will be necessary to respect for customary rights and take comprehensive measures as readiness efforts.

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An overview of forest and land allocation policies in Indonesia: Is the current framework sufficient to meet the needs of REDD+?

Cited by 176 publications

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An assessment of the restoration efforts of degraded peatland in central Kalimantan, Indonesia

An assessment of the restoration efforts of degraded peatland in central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Community-Based Carbon Emission Reduction Program in Protection Forest

Exploring Potential of REDD+ Readiness with Social Safeguard through Diverse Forest Use Practices in Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

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