Power to make land dispossession acceptable: a policy discourse analysis of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE), Papua, Indonesia

Ito, Tsutomu; Rachman, Noer Fauzi; Savitri, Laksmi Adriani

doi:10.1080/03066150.2013.873029

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“…In May 2015, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced the development of 1.5 million ha of new agricultural land in Papua within the next 3 y, as part of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate. This mixed agricultural development project is designed to increase food and energy security and stimulate economic growth in Papua (47,48). Although our analysis showed a low deforestation rate in the mangrove-rich Indonesian province of Papua between 2000 and 2012 ( Fig.…”

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confidence: 78%

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Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000–2012

Richards

Friess

2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The mangrove forests of Southeast Asia are highly biodiverse and provide multiple ecosystem services upon which millions of people depend. Mangroves enhance fisheries and coastal protection, and store among the highest densities of carbon of any ecosystem globally. Mangrove forests have experienced extensive deforestation owing to global demand for commodities, and previous studies have identified the expansion of aquaculture as largely responsible. The proportional conversion of mangroves to different land use types has not been systematically quantified across Southeast Asia, however, particularly in recent years. In this study we apply a combined geographic information system and remote sensing method to quantify the key proximate drivers (i.e., replacement land uses) of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia between 2000 and 2012. Mangrove forests were lost at an average rate of 0.18% per year, which is lower than previously published estimates. In total, more than 100,000 ha of mangroves were removed during the study period, with aquaculture accounting for 30% of this total forest change. The rapid expansion of rice agriculture in Myanmar, and the sustained conversion of mangroves to oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, are identified as additional increasing and under-recognized threats to mangrove ecosystems. Our study highlights frontiers of mangrove deforestation in the border states of Myanmar, on Borneo, and in Indonesian Papua. To implement policies that conserve mangrove forests across Southeast Asia, it is essential to consider the national and subnational variation in the land uses that follow deforestation.

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confidence: 78%

“…Although our analysis showed a low deforestation rate in the mangrove-rich Indonesian province of Papua between 2000 and 2012 ( Fig. 1), developments such as the Merauke project will bring substantial environmental and social impacts in the future (48).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000–2012

Richards

Friess

2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Kondisi topografi di Kabupaten Merauke relatif datar (Ito et al, 2014), sehingga penggunaan peta topografi untuk membuat peta satuan lahan tidak diperlukan. Peta satuan lahan menjadi dasar pengambilan sampel ketika survei.…”

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“…Dasar pengambilan titik-titik sampel dominan ditentukan oleh peta tata guna lahan, karena bahan induk pembentuk lahan tidak memiliki variabilitas spasial yang berarti. Peta lereng tidak digunakan dalam pembuatan Peta Satuan Lahan, karena kondisi lahan di Kabupaten Merauke yang relatif datar (Ito et al, 2014;Wambrauw, 2015). Peta satuan lahan perlu dibuat untuk mengelompokkan satuan-satuan lahan yang mempunyai sifat homogen (Budiarta, 2016).…”

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Analisis Kesesuaian Lahan untuk Padi di Distrik Semangga, Kabupaten Merauke

Ardiansyah

Sahirman

Rif’an

et al. 2017

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This study aimed to determine the land suitability for paddy plantation in Semangga subdistrict, Merauke Regency, Papua Province and to identify any treatments that needs to be taken to promote the land suitability classes. The information on land suitability is important to determine the treatment required in land preparation in order to achieve optimal production. S2wfn, 55.8% (19,495.83 hectare) as class of S3n, 7% (2,431.83 hectare) as class of S3np, 35.3% (12,349.74 hectare) as class N1n, and 0.9% (306.6 hectare) as class of N2f. The finding of land suitability classes and its dominant inhibitory factor can be used then to determine the proper land treatment planning such as fertilization, liming, and drainage system design. Survey was conducted to collect necessary data which includes climate data, nutrient content (N, P, K available), Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), pH, and toxicity. These data are interpolated within the area of Semangga subdistrict and classified based on the criteria developed by Indonesian Soil Research Institute -Ministry of Agriculture and FAO. Overlay analysis is performed in order to determine land suitability classes and the dominant limiting factor. Criteria for determining the suitability classes was taken from the lowest class of land unit. The results showed that the area of 1% (360.09 hectare) is classified as class of

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“…For instance, the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) mega-project 5 in semi-autonomous Papua province (MoPW, 2010;Ginting and Pye, 2011) has slowed due to concerns over the ability of provincial spatial planning to target or, indeed, identify 'idle' or 'degraded' frontier lands in an otherwise forested conservation region (Brockhaus et al, 2012;Yulisman, 2015). The MIFEE mega-project is integral to the planned trans-Papuan development corridor (CMEA, 2011;Ito et al, 2014), so much so that it is unlikely that concerns over ineffectual spatial planning alone will halt the mega-project. Ironically, but in keeping with the history of decentralised Indonesian forest management, the ruling by the Constitutional Court to annul the Ministry's right to revoke locallevel laws may accentuate, rather than resolve, volatilities surrounding regional planning.…”

Section: Conservation Development and Decentralised Governancementioning

confidence: 99%