Perceptions of local people toward pulpwood plantations: Insights from the Q-method in Indonesia

Pirard, Romain; Petit, H.; Baral, Himlal; Achdiawan, R.

doi:10.1505/146554816818966327

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“…In many parts of the world, large scale, intensively managed timber plantations have mixed socio-economic and environmental outcomes [13]. Community knowledge of their perceived impacts is important for better management and integration of plantations into the rural landscape [58].…”

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Participatory Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Community-Managed Planted Forests in Bhutan

Bahadur¹,

Sears

Dukpa³

et al. 2020

Forests

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Planted forests provide a range of ecosystem services, from the local to global scales. In this study, we evaluated the perceptions by local people of the ecosystem services from planted forest stands in Bhutan. We employed household questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions in eight villages in two regions of Bhutan: Trashigang dzongkhag, in eastern Bhutan, and Punakha dzongkhag in western Bhutan. At all sites, the planted forests were created several decades ago to restore forest cover in deforested and degraded areas. The restored stands were perceived by residents to provide multiple goods and ecosystem services important to local security, health, and livelihoods, including wild edibles, freshwater, and soil protection, and aesthetic and cultural services. This study indicates that local community participation in forest resource management can ease user conflict and manage the planted forests sustainably. We see community-based forest restoration on degraded lands as a viable approach, among others, to achieve national commitments to the Bonn Challenge and other multilateral environmental agreements related to forests.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participatory Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Community-Managed Planted Forests in Bhutan

Bahadur¹,

Sears

Dukpa³

et al. 2020

Forests

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“…However, there are no fixed rules for determining how many factors to keep for analysis. Deciding how many factors to keep is a mix of subjectivity and objectivity; “scientists should not make a decision based on statistical rules only, but also use qualitative knowledge of the context” [51]. The results of keeping five factors divided the discourses into sufficiently comprehensible nuanced similarities and differences between groups.…”

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“…Keeping five factors also divided the p-set into intuitively distinct groups of people with Indonesian, international, disciplinary, and workplace backgrounds. The cumulative variance within the P-set at over 50% is used as an acceptable determinant elsewhere [51, 52], so we deemed a 55% variance for both trials using five discourse factors to be most appropriate.…”

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Discourses mapped by Q-method show governance constraints motivate landscape approaches in Indonesia

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Interpreting discourses among implementers of what is termed a "landscape approach" enables us to learn from their experience to improve conservation and development outcomes. We use Q-methodology to explore the perspectives of a group of experts in the landscape approach, both from academic and implementation fields, on what hinderances are in place to the realisation of achieving sustainable landscape management in Indonesia. The results show that, at a generic level, "corruption" and "lack of transparency and accountability" rank as the greatest constraints on landscape functionality. Biophysical factors, such as topography and climate change, rank as the least constraining factors. When participants considered a landscape with which they were most familiar, the results changed: the rapid change of regulations, limited local human capacity and inaccessible data on economic risks increased, while the inadequacy of democratic institutions, "overlapping laws" and "corruption" decreased. The difference indicates some fine-tuning of generic perceptions to the local context and may also reflect different views on what is achievable for landscape approach practitioners. Overall, approximately 55% of variance is accounted for by five discourse factors for each trial. Four overlapped and two discourses were discrete enough to merit different discourse labels. We labelled the discourses (1) social exclusionists, (2) state view, (3) community view, (4) integrationists, (5) democrats, and (6) neoliberals. Each discourse contains elements actionable at the landscape scale, as well as exogenous issues that originate at national and global scales. Actionable elements that could contribute to improving governance included trust building, clarified resource rights and responsibilities, and inclusive representation in management. The landscape sustainability discourses studied here suggests that landscape approach "learners" must focus on ways to remedy poor governance if they are to achieve sustainability and multi-functionality.

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“…Estate crop, mining, and oil and gas companies are criticized for their lack of contribution to local economic needs, however previous Indonesian studies show that local people may perceive them as attractive (Langston et al, 2017;Langston et al, 2015;Feintrenie et al, 2010;Pirard et al, 2016). This is unsurprising considering the growing expectations for improved material wellbeing and the limited alternative development options available to remote rural communities.…”

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An island in transition: governing conservation and development in Seram, Indonesia

Langston

Riggs

Boedhihartono

et al. 2020

Singap J Trop Geogr

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Seram is Indonesia's 8th largest island. It is central to the historic spice islands, once a hotbed for international trade of profitable tree‐products, primarily clove and nutmeg. Recent increased rates of social and ecological change, including costly conflicts, present Seram with new challenges and opportunities for conservation and development. Using place‐based transdisciplinary research methods, we diagnose the problems emerging in Seram. Engaging with actors across multiple scales and sectors, we explore drivers of change, social‐ecological impacts, and institutional arrangements that might achieve improved inclusive and sustainable development outcomes. Traditional and formal governance arrangements require harmonizing to optimize the benefits and costs from large‐scale investments arriving in Seram. Organizations wishing to achieve positive impact can more strategically engage with the broad range of actors to harmonize divergent visions for the future and confront the reality of incoming investments and infrastructure.

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Perceptions of local people toward pulpwood plantations: Insights from the Q-method in Indonesia

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Participatory Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Community-Managed Planted Forests in Bhutan

Participatory Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Community-Managed Planted Forests in Bhutan

Discourses mapped by Q-method show governance constraints motivate landscape approaches in Indonesia

An island in transition: governing conservation and development in Seram, Indonesia

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