Presence, performance, and institutional resilience of sasi, a traditional management institution in Central Maluku, Indonesia

Harkes, Ingvild; Novaczek, Irené

doi:10.1016/s0964-5691(02)00057-1

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“…Sasi is a customary resource management system in the eastern part of Indonesia, encompassing spatial and temporal prohibitions on harvesting crops, cutting wood, and gathering other products from the forest, tidal zone, or marine territory of a village (Harkes and Novaczek 2002). In sasi gereja, the church plays the most significant role in imposing the prohibition, with a village clergyman publicly declaring the closing and opening of a certain area or resource.…”

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“…In sasi gereja, the church plays the most significant role in imposing the prohibition, with a village clergyman publicly declaring the closing and opening of a certain area or resource. In Maluku, this type of sasi has become widespread among local Christian communities (Benda-Beckmann et al 1995, Harkes andNovaczek 2002). Christianity (Protestantism) was introduced to the upland areas of central Seram at the end of the 19th century.…”

Section: Recent Transitions In Forest Resource Managementmentioning

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Suitability of Local Resource Management Practices Based on Supernatural Enforcement Mechanisms in the Local Social-cultural Context

Sasaoka¹,

Laumonier²

2012

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Environmental anthropological studies on natural resource management have widely demonstrated and thematized local resource management practices based on the interactions between local people and supernatural agencies and their role in maintaining natural resources. In Indonesia, even though the legal status of local people’s right to the forest and forest resources is still weak, the recent transition toward decentralization presents a growing opportunity for local people to collaborate with outsiders such as governmental agencies and environmental nongovernmental organizations in natural resource management. In such situations, in-depth understanding of the value of local resource management practices is needed to promote self-directed and effective resource management. Here, we focus on local forest resource management and its suitability in the local social-cultural context in central Seram, east Indonesia. Local resource management appears to be embedded in the wider social-cultural context of the local communities. However, few intensive case studies in Indonesia have addressed the relationship between the Indigenous resource management practices closely related to a people’s belief in supernatural agents and the social-cultural context. We illustrate how the well-structured use of forest resources is established and maintained through these interactions. We then investigate how local resource management practices relate to the social-cultural and natural resources context of an upland community in central Seram and discuss the possible future applications for achieving conservation

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Section: Recent Transitions In Forest Resource Managementmentioning

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Suitability of Local Resource Management Practices Based on Supernatural Enforcement Mechanisms in the Local Social-cultural Context

Sasaoka¹,

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2012

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“…The sasi is a traditional institution that regulates exploitation of natural resources, especially fishery resources. The implementation of sasi over generation has confirmed that the system is sustainable (Zerner 1994), although the practice of sasi is disappearing in some part of the islands (Harkes and Novaczek 2002). Indigenous people of Bali have developed Subak; a traditional institutional system that is established mainly to manage water distribution in paddy fields (Windia 2002).…”

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Jambak Jambu Kalko: Nature conservation management of the Serampas of Jambi, Sumatra

Hariyadi

2011

Biodiversitas

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Hariyadi B. 2012. Jambak Jambu Kalko: Nature conservation management of the Serampas of Jambi, . Serampas is an indigenous group that still inhabits forested areas around the Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP) in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The group has occupied the area since several centuries ago, long before the KSNP was officially proclaimed as a national park. The blending of local natural conditions, socio-cultural setting and cosmology has gradually produced a number of local wisdoms and practices to manage the local natural resources. The Serampas traditional resource management practices are not only friendly to the environment, but also encourage the more equitable distribution of natural resources among the members of the Serampas community. Jambak jambu kalko is literally means a list of locally important perennial fruit tree species protected by the Serampas customary system. Beyond the jambak jambu kalko the Serampas also recognize customs, traditions, and values that have important role in managing the local natural resources.

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“…Increased resource demands coupled with successive political and economic downturns have left many communities and governments in positions of management instability and incapable of effectively and equitably governing natural resources (Harkes and Novaczek 2002;Armitage et al 2008Armitage et al , 2009Roe et al 2009;Gutiérrez et al 2011). However, natural resources such as fish have been the last resort for many resource poor nations including Bangladesh where low incomes exist, but have little scope for earning except farming and fishing.…”

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Multilevel governance and fisheries commons: Investigating performance and local capacities in rural Bangladesh

2016

International Journal of the Commons

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This study presents a post-facto evaluation of the local capacity development processes used under co-management of fisheries and other resources of southern Bangladesh. It answers the question of how supportive were the capacity development tools used in implementing co-management. An 18 month study was conducted and six cases were investigated to understand the approaches to co-management programs used to develop local capacity. Founded in pragmatism and viewing co-management through a governance lens, a comparative case study method was used that combined both qualitative and quantitative research approaches for data collection and subsequent analysis. This study provides empirical evidence that co-management programs have applied a number of strategies (e.g. human resource and economic development) to enhance local capacities. However, these strategies have achieved mixed results with regard to developing governance that supports livelihoods. Training provided to develop human resources and economic capacity were not useful for fishers or had little lasting effects on fisheries development due to poor monitoring and a disconnection with the needs of local users. This study concludes that comanagement can facilitate local capacity but in order to realize the full potential of this approach we must address the issues of inappropriate technologies for training, the financial barriers to fishers with low cash income, and uneven power relationships among stakeholders, to create an enabling environment for effective modern governance of the fisheries commons. Our findings indicate a needsbased approach to capacity building is needed in order to support the livelihoods of local users through co-management.

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Presence, performance, and institutional resilience of sasi, a traditional management institution in Central Maluku, Indonesia

Cited by 64 publications

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Suitability of Local Resource Management Practices Based on Supernatural Enforcement Mechanisms in the Local Social-cultural Context

Suitability of Local Resource Management Practices Based on Supernatural Enforcement Mechanisms in the Local Social-cultural Context

Jambak Jambu Kalko: Nature conservation management of the Serampas of Jambi, Sumatra

Multilevel governance and fisheries commons: Investigating performance and local capacities in rural Bangladesh

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