Climate and Development Research in Small Island Developing States: The Benefits of a Political Ecology Approach

Brown, Heather M.; Tompkins, Emma L.; Hudson, Malcolm D.; Schreckenberg, Kate; Corbett, Jack

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“…Based on eldwork and communities' perceptions, this study supports Wattimena (2003), Wattimena (2016), andHoshino et al (2017), who have stated that the Dusung is a complex system, indigenous technology, and community-based resource management that comprises hierarchical and multiple trees and crops, from the forest landscape to the coastal seascape, to protect small island environment. Thus, the concept of Dusung needs to be reshaped using a holistic, multisector, and political ecology perspective (Brown et al, 2021) to t the new technology to local ecology and indigenous community, not vice versa. This complex system is called Dusung Agroforestry Systems (DAFs), a holistic, multisector, long-term, sustainability-oriented approach with a broad perspective.…”

Section: A Concept Of the Dusungmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dusung Agroforestry Systems on Ambon Island, Central Maluku, Indonesia: Sustainable Livelihoods, Land Property Rights, and Poverty Reduction

Girsang,

Matsuda,

Yamamoto

2023

JMIC

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Forest land conversion into rice fields, palm oil, and mining caused unsustainable development, deforestation, local wisdom undermining, and persistent poverty in Maluku, Eastern Indonesia. We describe, redefine, and promote the Dusung agroforestry systems. This indigenous technology of Ambon Island is sustainable, fits the local environment, and is adaptable to community resilience to manage external disruptions. We used a partial least square-structural equational model to examine associations among land property rights, plant biodiversity, productivity, livelihoods, and poverty reduction. We surveyed 139 selected heads of households from four villages through in-depth interviews, field observation, and focus group discussions. Dusung agroforestry systems (DAFs) comprise five interdependent subsystems, from the forest to the coast, driven by embedded local values to avoid excessive land and aquatic resource use. Average annual household income from DAFs was above the poverty line, but the poverty rate was high. Agriculture, fishery, and nonfarm are complementary livelihood strategies to support household income. Per the model, secure land property rights and productivity have high performance to support agricultural income and to reduce poverty. This implies that the DAFs should improve as the guardian of community resilience to maintain sustainable ecology and poverty reduction on small islands.

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Section: A Concept Of the Dusungmentioning

confidence: 99%