May 2, 2012
Alternative land use remains a controversial issue in Indonesia, particularly with regard to regions outside Java. This paper aims to highlight forest land use dynamics in Indonesia, and particularly the difficulties of resolving the conflicts between conservation, the need to preserve local livelihoods, the demands of the logging industry, both legal and illegal, and the pressures to convert land from...
March 29, 2012
Humans have created a worldwide tragedy through free access to the global common atmosphere. The Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate change increased political commitment to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation and to enhance carbon stocks (REDD+). However, government sectors, political actors, business groups, civil societies, tree growers and other interest...
March 27, 2012
Forests are not empty. There are various rights and interest in forests as well as the people who live in and around forests. If the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus (REDD+) mechanism is to work unilaterally by state and overlook the role of various actors, then it is likely that REDD+ will fail. From our stakeholder analysis and political...
March 20, 2012
This paper reviews the development of oil palm with linkages to biofuel in Indonesia and analyzes the associated environmental and socioeconomic impacts. We selected three plantation study sites in West Papua (Manokwari), West Kalimantan (Kubu Raya), and Papua (Boven Digoel) to assess the impacts....
March 12, 2012
Laporan ini melengkapi laporan terdahulu yang diserahkan kepada Kementerian Kehutanan pada pertengahan tahun 2009, menyajikan hal-hal penting pencapaian dan kontribusi Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) kepada Indonesia sejak awal (1993) sampai dengan 2011. Laporan ini mencakup beberapa contoh penelitian di Indonesia, kontribusi terhadap perubahan kebijakan yang sebagian merupakan...