Oil Palm Plantations, Forest Conservation and Indigenous Peoples in West Papua Province: What Lies Ahead?

Runtuboi, Yubelince Y.; Permadi, Dwiko Budi; Sahide, Muhammad Alif K.; Maryudi, Ahmad

doi:10.24259/fs.v5i1.11343

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“…Some of the problems are related to land ownership, which is dominated by people outside the village and managed by workers from outside the village, the shift from rubber plantations to oil palm plantations, and the habit of people clearing land by burning (Arifudin et al, 2019). This habit also directs the expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia (Runtuboi et al, 2021). This forest conversion does bring economic benefits in the short term, but also carries significant environmental and economic risks in the long term, such as health and economic problems due to peat fires, loss of biodiversity and land subsidence (Uda et al, 2017).…”

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Corporate Communications in Contribution to Addressing Environmental Problems: Case Study of an Indonesian State Oil Company

Yasir

Nurjanah

Yohana

et al. 2022

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This study aims to explain the corporate communication of state oil companies through CSR in contributing to overcoming the problems of peatland fires and coastal abrasion. This research uses a qualitative approach with case studies. Research findings indicate that Pertamina’s CSR communication targets farmer groups in dealing with peatland fires, namely establishing good relations, strengthening farmer group institutions, and connecting with other stakeholders or groups. Meanwhile, to overcome coastal abrasion, Pertamina empowers fishing groups in meetings, provides training and develops innovations to conserve mangroves. CSR communication to overcome the problem of forest fires and abrasion is carried out by developing ecotourism through community-based tourism (CBT). CSR activities are carried out with a limited area scale, so that it seems only for publication and corporate imagery. However, the company’s communication with CBT can be an effective communication model in making people aware of protecting the environment. The Peat Arboretum and Mangrove Education Center are not only tourist destinations, but also a medium of communication for environmental education for the community. Environmental communication is not only directed to the local community, school students, and youth, but also to visitors, for media coverage and discussions on social media. Corporate environmental communications must be integrated with communication channels and stakeholders to support sustainable environmental development.

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Corporate Communications in Contribution to Addressing Environmental Problems: Case Study of an Indonesian State Oil Company

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Nurjanah

Yohana

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“…The distancing is such that they held feelings only for the original relocated sites and only regarded the surrounding private forest lands and agricultural and pasture lands as sources of subsidies for afforestation and the ban on deforestation. If this situation persists, the original tribal community residents will inevitably disappear from their traditional territories [ 15 ]. Forests are home to most of the tribal communities and minorities worldwide.…”

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Using Blockchain Technology and Sharing Culture to Promote Sustainable Forest Management in Tribal Communities

Peng

Huang

2022

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Forest protection is crucial to ensuring the balance between human beings and ecology. This study explores the key role played by communities that originally lived in forest-protected areas in implementing the traditional management of forests. The unified management mode previously used by the state power can no longer meet the demands of modern times; hence, multiple types of management systems should be implemented to enable adaption to the original ecology of forest areas. A multimodal management mode should be adopted to restore the original ecology of forest areas. The adoption of this management system can restore a forest to its original state (i.e., the state that existed prior to the entry of state power). The forest has been in a state of ecological balance involving numerous species since ancient times. However, in the modern field of science, the passive restoration of a community’s self-governance ability could be unsustainable and unstable. To improve this situation, blockchain technology can first be used to improve the community management of a forest, such that the capabilities of the original local community can be improved; second, tourism promotion benefits both the community and the forest. When a community in a forest develops the tourism industry with the support of blockchain technology, the information and resources of all parties can be widely connected with the larger world, and this considerably increases success rates; finally, the traditional spiritual culture of a community, such as the culture of sharing, should be promoted. In addition to the skillful utilization of technology, culture can improve the traditional forest management ability of tribal communities who live in native forest areas in terms of their personality traits. Overall, we conclude that: against the evolution history of the over one hundred years, the adoption of new technology for forest management is inherently a creative innovation for the tribal community’s entrepreneurial development.

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“…Local communities that depend on the forest are diverse and multicultural, speaking 269 local languages (Marshall et al, 2007). On the other hand, the influx of massive investment, especially in oil palm development, greatly affects biodiversity and indigenous peoples' livelihoods and access to the forest (Runtuboi et al, 2021).…”

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Customary Forests in West Papua: Contestation of Desires or Needs?

Ungirwalu

Awang

Runtuboi

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The challenge of integrating ecological, economic and social aspects of forest management is still a critical issue among stakeholders who agree on community-based forestry and the rights of indigenous peoples. In West Papua, the contrast of abundant natural resources with serious social inequalities and structured poverty is a continuing challenge for implementing a social forestry program. The process of establishing customary territories in West Papua is an important milestone in recognising its community entities. Is this scheme definitively able to answer the interests of access and management of indigenous peoples? This can help in achieving the sacred goal of protecting 70% of the forest area. This paper examines the dynamics of forest management in West Papua by the parties in customary forests. The low area designated for customary territories in West Papua, which has only reached 2,554.2 hectares, and the absence of a decree on the existence of customary forests is a form of injustice to the interests of local communities. The social forestry acceleration program intended to end the uncertainty surrounding customary forests is still in process. The roles of both on-site and off-site parties have not been optimal in realising customary forests in West Papua due to the complex and incomplete translation process at the site level. The results of the review show that interest is still focused on achieving an indicative-annual figure, which is still dominated by the village forest scheme. Hopefully, this year's acceleration of customary forests will become a milestone in West Papua, based on mutual need and desire.

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Oil Palm Plantations, Forest Conservation and Indigenous Peoples in West Papua Province: What Lies Ahead?

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

Corporate Communications in Contribution to Addressing Environmental Problems: Case Study of an Indonesian State Oil Company

Corporate Communications in Contribution to Addressing Environmental Problems: Case Study of an Indonesian State Oil Company

Using Blockchain Technology and Sharing Culture to Promote Sustainable Forest Management in Tribal Communities

Customary Forests in West Papua: Contestation of Desires or Needs?

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