Is Indonesia utilising its international partners? The driving forces behind Forest Management Units

Sahide, Muhammad Alif K.; Maryudi, Ahmad; Supratman, Supratman; Gießen, Lukas

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2016.04.002

Cited by 48 publications

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“…Plans were then to be endorsed by the Directorate-Generals in charge of production and protection of FMUs (P.64 Menlhk-setjen 2015). This would be in line with Sahide et al's (2016a) indication that developments of FMU institutions have been recentralized.…”

Section: The Fmu Planning Systemsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…In addition, unclear and inadequate institutional provisions and authority related to what FMUs can do, including monitoring and supervision of concession-holding companies, is also reported as an implementation constraint (Ota, 2015). In addition to the analysis of implementation, analysis has also been conducted of the power struggles between central and local governments over control of state forests through the FMU policy (i.e., "recentralization") by the central government (Sahide et al, 2016a;2016b). Previous studies related to FMUs reveal some of the dilemmas of new organizations in the tropical forest sector; i.e., the organizations have to do something, but every resource is scarce and institutional provisions are unclear with conflicting stakeholder interests.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An Analysis of Long-Term Forest Management Plans of Forest Management Units in Sumatra, Indonesia

Ota¹

2018

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Indonesia has been developing Forest Management Units (FMUs) as on-site forest managers that undertake actual forest management activities at the field level. Previous studies have identified a critical lack of various resources, particularly human and financial, in FMU development, and yet the types of forest management activities and official planning procedures are less frequently reported. The present study examines forestry planning aspects of the FMU policy and forest management activities planned by FMUs to fill this information gap. The author analyzed relevant laws and regulations and the long-term forest management plans of 22 FMUs in Sumatra. For the latter, the author explored basic characteristics of FMUs, quantitatively summarized planned activities focusing on four aspects of forest management (i.e., utilization, conservation, empowerment of local people, and supervision of concession holders), and qualitatively assessed the levels of concreteness of plan descriptions related to the above-mentioned four aspects. The FMUs listed various kinds of activities in their long-term plans, particularly those related to utilization and conservation. However, a large number of the sample FMUs simply listed or described what they would like to do, or what FMUs are supposed to do, with little concrete detail or deliberation of feasibility. The results of the study can be attributable to a lack of focus on policy formulation, as well as the vulnerability and unpredictability of FMUs themselves. Qualitative enhancement and quantitative increase of human resources and policy options to reduce unpredictability and uncertainty in financial and institutional dimensions are desirable to promote substantive planning for FMUs.

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Section: The Fmu Planning Systemsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Analysis of Long-Term Forest Management Plans of Forest Management Units in Sumatra, Indonesia

Ota¹

2018

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“…The concept of FMUs was reintroduce' by a new regulation on forest planning in 2007 (PP 6/2007) (Ngakan et al 2008), 58 and the establishment of FMUs accelerated from 2010 with support from the German Government (Riggs et al 2018). This support was delivered in large part by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) through the bilateral Forests and Climate Change (FORCLIME) program led by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry (Sahide et al 2016a).…”

Section: Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although the concept of FMUs developed out of earlier regulatory frameworks applied to production forests on the island of Java, the strong role of the German Government is said to have left a stamp on the contemporary design of FMUs (Sahide et al 2016a), which adopts principles from Germany's tradition of forest management: "manageable sizes of units, sound professional formation and permanent training of all FMU personnel, the presence of FMU staff in the forest area (resort-based management), and a functioning monitoring system" (FORCLIME 2015, 3).…”

Section: Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decentralization of government and forestry in Indonesia

Thung¹

2019

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The decentralization program that Indonesia embarked on in 1998 as part of widespread national reforms was unprecedented in scope and ambition. Although initially described in terms of a single, transformative event, over the last two decades it has unfolded in manifold, sometimes contradictory processes. The dynamics of decentralization continue today, even-or especially-in the remotest corners of the archipelago. Recent CIFOR research on the interface between human migration and forest management in Malinau, North Kalimantan showed the ongoing salience of legal reforms, the restructuring of local governments and innovations in forest governance. These decentralization processes give rise to hopes, aspirations and uncertainties that form the backdrop for decisions about both migration and land use. This paper synthesizes previous analyses, overviews and evaluations of decentralization, supplemented with insights from more recent publications. A final section considers in more detail the decentralization of the forestry sector and the related introduction of Forest Management Units. The primary aim was to present a concise and up-to-date overview of the aims, dimensions and dynamics of decentralization, to support the analysis of CIFOR's fieldwork data from Malinau. This paper may furthermore be useful to anyone interested in processes of decentralization in Indonesia or elsewhere.

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“…konversi (Setiawan et al 2016;Prabowo et al 2017), eksploitasi yang berlebihan (Narendra 2009;Maryudi 2015a, pembalakan liar (Maryudi 2016), konflik tenurial (Maryudi & Krott 2012;Maryudi et al 2016), dan desentralisasi (Barr et al2006;Sahide et al 2016a;Sahide et al 2016b). …”

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