Renting legality: How FLEGT is reinforcing power relations in Indonesian furniture production networks

Maryudi, Ahmad; Myers, Rodd

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.10.008

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“…Some prefer to focus on providing services at the ground level [18] . OIGs that are interested in lobbying may use inside or outside means or combinations of the two [24] . Inside lobbying directly influences the government by formally participating in policy-making processes or informally through personal relations and communications with targeted official governments.…”

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Representation-Influence Framework (RIF) for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups (OIGs) in environmental governance

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This paper outlines Representation-Influence Framework (RIF) for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups (OIGs) in environmental governance. This framework is created to check OIG claims as representatives of particular groups within society, to capture OIG diversity, including those acting beyond the pursuit of common interests. The development of this framework used two basic OIG roles—the extent of OIGs in representing group interests and exerting political influence on governments. This framework proposes three main categories of OIGs based on their claims as representatives of particular social groups, en route to fulfilling the claims, breaking the claims, and opposing the claims. Finally, this framework is able to present types of OIGs in environmental governance. RIF is an applicable framework for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups This framework proposes categories and types of OIGs based on the extent of their role-fulfillment in representing particular groups within society and exerting political influence on governments This framework captures the actions of OIGs beyond the pursuit of common interests

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“…Potential alternative points of attention are: the legislative framework in support of certification (Adams et al, 2020;Putz et al, 2000), the distance and convenience of wood transport (Gullison, 2003), and the clarification of land and tree tenure (Hajjar, 2015). This inclusiveness is crucial, as Maryudi and Myers (2018) describe how FLEGT can entrench preexisting inequalities between those present and not present in the scheme.…”

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“…Largescale wood producers are better able to meet these requirements (Klooster, 2005;Molnar, 2003;Rametsteiner and Simula, 2003;Taylor, 2005). These combination of these issues implies that large-scale producers hold power over small-scale producers (Maryudi and Myers, 2018). Cooperative and community initiatives in the tropical regions can tackle the issue of scale and enlarge the certified forest area in the tropical regions, especially since small scale production is still very present in this region and perceived as a tool for economic development (Badini et al, 2018).…”

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Legality requirements for wood import in the EU: Who wins, who loses?

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2021

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…VPA implementation could hurt those whose livelihoods depend on the use of forest resources that do not have legality permits [34,35]. e EU FLEGT Action Plan (European Commission 2003) emphasises that the EU-FLEGT challenge is to ensure actions to deal with illegal logging, especially increasing law enforcement without harming weak groups, such as poor rural communities, while providing a deterrent effect on illegal logging [36].…”

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“…Implementing VPAs can harm the livelihoods of people in need in terms of forest needs, if there is no system for improvement. Indicators and verifier systems based on information provided and evidence are needed for a decision maker for managing the effect of VPA [36]. Countries that signed the VPA agreement understand the contents of the article on social protection.…”

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Monitoring Implementation Impact of the EU-Indonesia’s VPA on SME Livelihood

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International Journal of Forestry Research

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The Europe Union (E.U.) has agreed to grant the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) license to Indonesia as the first country in the world to receive it. FLEGT VPA (Voluntary Partnership Agreement) is a bilateral agreement between the European Union (E.U.) and wood exporting countries, to improve forest governance sector and ensure that timber and wood products imported into the E.U. are produced by the laws and regulation of partner countries. The Indonesian government has obliged to implement Article 12 relating to social safeguards. Indonesia has to periodically monitor to see the extent to which the VPA has an environmental and social impact that affect the lives and welfare of vulnerable and marginalised groups. The purpose of this study is to analyse how the effect of implementation of the Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu (SVLK) as part of VPA in the small and medium forestry industry sector. Methodology survey with focus group discussions, structured interviews, and semistructured interviews to find out the response and opinion of SME’s owner and employee addressed the effect of SVLK in East Java and Central Java, Indonesia. The theory of change (ToC) was used to consider the implications of SVLK implementation on the sustainable livelihood of small and medium enterprises (SME’s). The results of this study showed that SVLK had a more significant impact on livelihoods, as follows. First, the vulnerable and marginalised groups need to be supported by stakeholders to encourage readiness in faces of SVLK impact. Second, SVLK is susceptible to the effects and at risk of losing livelihoods for women and disabled groups in a short time. This group includes vulnerable groups of aspects of adaptability and sensitivity to the effect. Third, SME’s worker groups who do not have a labour organisation are sensitive to the impact on the workplace company. This group is classified as a group that is quite vulnerable if the effect lasts long enough and on a large scale of impact.

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Renting legality: How FLEGT is reinforcing power relations in Indonesian furniture production networks

Cited by 41 publications

References 37 publications

Representation-Influence Framework (RIF) for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups (OIGs) in environmental governance

Representation-Influence Framework (RIF) for analyzing the roles of organized interest groups (OIGs) in environmental governance

Legality requirements for wood import in the EU: Who wins, who loses?

Monitoring Implementation Impact of the EU-Indonesia’s VPA on SME Livelihood

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