13 articles in this issue
Indah Waty Bong,Moira Moeliono,Grace Yee Wong,Maria Brockhaus
Despite the growing interest in social forestry (SF), how much do we understand the social, economic and environmental outcomes and the conditions that enable SF to perform? In this article, we use a content analysis of literature on existing traditional ... see more
Andi Gunawan Pratama,Supratman Supratman,Makkarennu Makkarennu
Value chain analysis is a strategic analytical tool for understanding activities that represent the value of a product (or service), meanwhile providing opportunities for identifying competitive advantage. In this value chain analysis, the research aims t... see more
Suhel Suhel,Abdul Bashir,Saadah Yuliana
Assessing the economic value of natural resources is always challenging and depends on various perspectives. Specifically, this study seeks to identify the determining factors of recreation demand regarding the Kongar Lake of South Sumatera. The data was ... see more
Andi Nuddin,Muhammad Arsyad,Muhammad Ikbal Putera,Nuringsih Nuringsih,Temesgen Tilahun Teshome
Land and forest management practices in developing countries have resulted in millions of hectares of degraded lands. This is caused by policy implementation unable to synergize between conservation-ecological goals, and the economic needs of farmer house... see more
Sudirman Daeng Massiri,Bramasto Nugroho,Hariadi Kartodihardjo,Rinekso Soekmadi
The arrangement of self-governance institutions is the main obstacle to achieving sustainability for ecosystems and local livelihoods. The aim of this study was to describe the institutional sustainability of Community Conservation Agreement (CCA) in Lore... see more
Ferdinal Asmin,Dudung Darusman,Iin Ichwandi,Didik Suharjito
Although social forestry in Indonesia is envisioned as a policy for recognizing local practices to forest management, research is still limited. This research describes conditions of social forestry policy in West Sumatra Province as a form of mainstreami... see more
Tajuddin Tajuddin,Supratman Supratman,Darmawan Salman,Yusran Yusran
As the priority forestry development programs in Indonesia in recent years, Social Forestry policies (SF) and Forest Management Units (FMU or KPH) still indicate low performance. The SF program in particular, is dependent on the role of the KPH as an inst... see more
Christine Wulandari,Heni Kurniasih
A number of studies have discussed the importance of facilitation for improving the outcomes of Social Forestry programs. However, more detailed studies about the SF stakeholders should be prioritized, particularly those related to the types of facilitati... see more
Gamma Galudra
As the Indonesian government sets a target to allocate 12.7 million ha of state forest land for social forestry in 2019, one of the most crucial [and overlooked] issues is the extent of capacity, knowledge, skills, and engagement of social forestry facili... see more
Didik Suharjito,Christine Wulandari
In this policy forum, we seek to engage in a discussion related to the acceleration of social forestry approaches, foremost led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MOEF), and supported by civil society actors. This article thus points to three ke... see more
Sepus M. Fatem
Papua is the region with the largest remaining forest resources in Indonesia. This amounts to 42,224,840 hectares of forest areas, which in other words means that 95% of its total area is listed as forests. The breadth of forest coverage is formalized by ... see more
Rodrigo Cámara-Leret,Andre Schuiteman,Timothy Utteridge,Gemma Bramley,Richard Deverell,Larry A. Fisher,Jonathan McLeod,Lee Hannah,Patrick Roehrdanz,Timothy G. Laman,Edwin Scholes,Yance de Fretes,Charlie Heatubun
The Manokwari Declaration is an unprecedented pledge by the governors of Indonesia’s two New Guinea provinces to promote conservation and become SE Asia’s new Costa Rica. This is an exciting, yet challenging endeavour that will require working on many fro... see more
Micah R. Fisher,Ahmad Dhiaulhaq,Muhammad Alif K. Sahide
Although Indonesia is experiencing one of the most complex transformations of social forestry policy in the world, there is a need to step back and more closely examine the politics, ecologies, and economies that provide context for its implementation. Th... see more