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The report focuses on the impacts of Special Autonomy in Papua on the forestry sector. It studies the advantages and problems associated with the current forestry management system. The most signifi cant change following special autonomy for Papua was the introduction of small-scale concession permits granted to community cooperatives, locally known as Kopermas. As a result, CIFOR and the State University of Papua's research focused on these Kopermas, analyzing data on timber production and revenues from concessions, and determining the flow of benefits to customary communities' incomes and to regional revenues. The objective was to determine how effectively the Kopermas system has empowered...
This paper analyses the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts of oil palm development in the Prafi Plain of Manokwari District in West Papua Province. This analysis is based on interviews and focus group discussions conducted in January-August 2011, a literature survey, and analysis of Landsat images of the region. The research findings indicate that oil palm cultivation brings significant benefits-such as infrastructure development, higher incomes for local stakeholders and broader opportunities for customary communities. However, the large number of immigrant workers brought in to work on the plantation estate are a source of conflict with the local population. Oil palm develop...
Since the collapse of Soehartos New Order regime in May 1998, Indonesias national, provincial, and district governments have engaged in an intense struggle over how authority and the power embedded in it, should be shared. How this ongoing struggle over authority in the forestry sector will ultimately play out is of considerable significance due to the important role that Indonesias forests play in supporting rural livelihoods, generating economic revenues, and providing environmental services. This book examines the process of forestry sector decentralization that has occurred in post-Soeharto Indonesia, and assesses the implications of more recent efforts by the national government t...
Pasca-Reformasi 1998, persoalan marjinalisasi dan pemberdayaan masyarakat adat, hak atas tanah dan hutan, politik identitas, serta pengaruh politik kolonial yang menyertainya menjadi perhatian berbagai kalangan. Meski berusaha berimbang, banyak tilikan terjebak dalam bias, sehingga memunculkan wajah ambigu masyarakat adat atau gerakan masyarakat adat. Sekaligus menutupi tantangan sesungguhnya: kemiskinan dan ketidakadilan. Kajian tentang masyarakat adat maupun gerakan masyarakat adat umumnya menggunakan pendekatan esensialisme pada satu sisi dan pendekatan dekonstruksi sosial pada sisi lain. Pemosisian dua kutub semacam ini dirasa belum cukup. Karena itulah, kajian lebih mendalam tentang mayarakat adat maupun gerakan masyarakat adat menemukan urgensinya. Buku ini menawarkan lensa yang lebih strategis. Pemahaman gerakan masyarakat adat macam apa yang dapat diperoleh dari lensa baru ini? Buku ini menjawabnya,
Implementation of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation program in Indonesia; proceedings of a seminar.
On agricultural development of local specific food crops in Papua Province.