Restoring state control over forest resources through administrative procedures: evidence from a community forestry programme in Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract: "In recent years, community forestry has emerged as a means to reform power constellations with regard to forest governance. Through community forestry, the central state promised to devolve several forest rights to local communities and encouraged them to get involved in decision making processes and the implementation of forest activities. However, experience in some countries indicates that the implementation of community forestry programmes is rarely followed by genuine power devolution to local forest users. Instead, these programmes may even serve as a means to retain or restore the central state’s control over forests. Using a case study of a community forestry programme implemented in Java, Indonesia, by a state forest company, this paper argues that the implementation of community forestry is also driven by the state’s interests to regain control over the forests. Research in eight villages in Central Java province reveals that the community forestry programmes are careful

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die Wiederherstellung staatlicher Kontrolle über forstwirtschaftliche Ressourcen durch administrative Verfahren: Erkenntnisse von einem kommunalen Forstprogramm in Zentraljava, Indonesien
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies ; 5 (2012) 2 ; 229-242

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2012
• Creator: Maryudi, Ahmad

Further information

• DOI: 10.4232/10.ASEAS-5.2-3
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-334879
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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