Political contestation, resource control and conservation in an era of decentralisation at Indonesia's Kerinci Seblat National Park

Bettinger, Keith Andrew

doi:10.1111/apv.12069

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“…For example, Indonesian pulp and paper conglomerates, with close links to Indonesian political elites, have accelerated their timber planting rates, especially in Sumatra and Kalimantan [64]. Governors, mayors, and district heads with military backgrounds can also establish cooperative arrangements with regional military commanders to cut and sell timber and other commodities [65].…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding the Driving Forces and Actors of Land Change Due to Forestry and Agricultural Practices in Sumatra and Kalimantan: A Systematic Review

Juniyanti

Purnomo

Kartodihardjo

et al. 2021

Land

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Indonesia has experienced one of the world’s greatest dynamic land changes due to forestry and agricultural practices. Understanding the drivers behind these land changes remains challenging, partly because landscape research is spread across many domains and disciplines. We provide a systematic review of 91 studies that identify the causes and land change actors across Sumatra and Kalimantan. Our review shows that oil palm expansion is the most prominent (65 studies) among multiple direct causes of land change. We determined that property rights are the most prominent issue (31 studies) among the multiple underlying causes of land change. Distinct combinations of mainly economic, institutional, political, and social underlying drivers determine land change, rather than single key drivers. Our review also shows that central and district governments as decision-making actors are prominent (69 studies) among multiple land change actors. Our systematic review indicates knowledge gaps that can be filled by clarifying the identification and role of actors in land change.

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Understanding the Driving Forces and Actors of Land Change Due to Forestry and Agricultural Practices in Sumatra and Kalimantan: A Systematic Review

Juniyanti

Purnomo

Kartodihardjo

et al. 2021

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“…Therefore, clearance of forests to accommodate cash crops was and still is carried out at an unprecedented rate. Apparently, such predatory exploitation for (private) economic benefits has been coupled with ‘patronage politics’ (Tsing, ; Bettinger, ).…”

Section: Approaching the Haze From The National Scale: Governance Of mentioning

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Southeast Asia's transboundary haze pollution: Unravelling the inconvenient truth

Zhang

Savage

2019

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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This paper examines the political intricacies inherent in the management of Southeast Asia's transboundary haze pollution. It argues for a scalar perspective in understanding the complexities of the haze problem. The so-called 'inconvenient truth' is unravelled by teasing out some issues in the national and regional political ecologies, and the challenges of synchronising co-operation at the national, regional and global scales. Discussion shows that the 'environment' takes on different meanings at each scale, and both Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) need to recognise this in order to engage more effectively with the transboundary environmental issue. Specifically, inadequate management of forest resources in Indonesia, ASEAN's principle of 'non-interference' and a lack of a holistic ecosystem perspective are amongst some of the interconnected issues addressed. The paper calls for a greater awareness of structural weaknesses in the management of forest resources and a change in ASEAN's environmental paradigm to a more holistic ecosystem perspective that prioritises not just environmental and human health, but also a healthy and sustainable ecosystem.

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“…The extent of KSNP was passing through West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra and Bengkulu. However, the park was experiencing new challenges, not only from the tens of thousands of small-scale farmers that illegally growing coffee and other crops inside the park, but also from the 15 district and municipal governments territory (Bettinger, 2014). The establishment of oil palm and timber plantations has now become main drivers of deforestation in Indonesia (Butler et al, 2009;Koh & Wilcove, 2008).…”

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Ex situ Conservation Effort through the Inventory of Plant Diversity in Mount Seblat, Bengkulu

Hidayat¹,

Noviady²,

Nurlaeni³

2017

J Bio Bio Edu

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Mount Seblat, as part a of Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP), is a pristine and natural mountain, particularly from disturbances and destructions by human activities. Nevertheless, the richness of biological resources especially plant diversity.in this area has not been more explored. The purpose of this study was to conduct an inventory of plant diversity and to determine the plant species composition. The inventory activities were conducted by plants collection along the ascent route. The results were then be maintained through ex situ conservation method in Cibodas Botanical Garden (CBG). The study was conducted by exploratory method, from Seblat Ulu Village (641 m asl) up to altitude of 1,037 m asl. There were 18 points of plant sample observation with an area of 5 x 5 square meters per point. Plant collection obtained 380 specimens. Five groups of most collected plants were Lauraceae (18 species), Rubiaceae (8 species), Anacardiaceae (6 species), Annonaceae (5 species), and Fagaceae (4 species). In order to enrich the plants collection as well as conduct the ex situ conservation effort, plants from Orchidaceae were also collected which resulted in 33 species. These results were an important initial inventory of plant diversity of Mount Seblat, considering that there was no record as well as very limited current information. When the environment disturbance tends to increase, this information may act as a reference and an initial database to develop plants conservation effort and strategy in the future.

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Political contestation, resource control and conservation in an era of decentralisation at Indonesia's Kerinci Seblat National Park

Cited by 18 publications

References 34 publications

Understanding the Driving Forces and Actors of Land Change Due to Forestry and Agricultural Practices in Sumatra and Kalimantan: A Systematic Review

Understanding the Driving Forces and Actors of Land Change Due to Forestry and Agricultural Practices in Sumatra and Kalimantan: A Systematic Review

Southeast Asia's transboundary haze pollution: Unravelling the inconvenient truth

Ex situ Conservation Effort through the Inventory of Plant Diversity in Mount Seblat, Bengkulu

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