Which Way Forward?

Which Way Forward?
Author: Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781891853449

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In 17 chapters, contributors including anthropologists, economists, foresters, geographers, human ecologists, and policy analysts document events in Indonesia that have accelerated the exploitation of Indonesia's richly diverse but threatened forests, and assess what can be done differently to counter asset-stripping, corruption, and the absence of government authority. The editors note that the challenges to biodiversity in Indonesia have parallels in other developing and transitional countries. An appendix includes a timeline of major legislation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

Protecting Our Forests: Moratorium on Forests and Peatlands

Protecting Our Forests: Moratorium on Forests and Peatlands
Author: Agus Purnomo
Publisher: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012-06-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9799104645

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INDONESIAÕS TROPICAL FORESTS are the third largest in the world after Brazil and the Congo. These same forests also have the potential to contribute vast amounts of green house gases emissions. The largest sources of carbon emissions in Indonesia come from fires in forests and peatlands, illegal logging, and the conversion of forests and peatlands. This book was written by Agus Purnomo, Special Staff to the President on Climate Change, and explains the important value of Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 on a moratorium for primary forests and peatlands. Written in journal style, it describes the pros and cons of this policy as well as the process followed in establishing the REDD+ cooperation between Indonesia and Norway. Environmental policymakers, activists and NGOs, scientists and those concerned about the environment will find this book well worth reading. ÒThese notes are a combination of the intellectual expression of the author, the attitude of an aide to the President, and an actor in history in numerous international negotiations. For anyone concerned about the protection of our forest ecosystems these notes are important to read.Ó Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Chairman of REDD+ Taskforce ÒSeveral decades ago, the environment was often seen as the responsibility of governments and corporations. Today, the environment is everyoneÕs responsibility.Ó Anies Baswedan, Rector Paramadina University ÒA nationÕs greatness is judged from how we value and protect our environment.Ó Nadine Chandrawinata, Miss Indonesia 2005 and Environmentalist ÒThese notes illustrate that struggling to preserve forests for the good of the world is not a simple matter. Battles, diplomacy and negotiations are truly part of the arena of that struggle.Ó Fachruddin Mangunjaya, Writer and Environmental Conservation Activist

Climate Change and Forest Governance

Climate Change and Forest Governance
Author: Simon Butt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2015-02-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317563719

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Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change. Deforestation, especially in the tropics, contributes around 20 per cent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, and, in the case of Indonesia, amounts to 85 per cent of its annual emissions from human activities. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the emerging legal and policy frameworks for managing forests as a key means to address climate change. The authors uniquely combine an assessment of the international rules for forestry governance with a detailed assessment of the legal and institutional context of Indonesia; one of the most globally important test case jurisdictions for the effective roll-out of ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation’ (REDD). Using Indonesia as a key case study, the book explores challenges that heavily forested States face in resource management to address climate mitigation imperatives, such as providing safeguards for local communities and indigenous peoples. This book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in international environmental law, climate change and environment and sustainability studies in general.

Deforestation-free commitments

Deforestation-free commitments
Author: Romain Pirard
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2015-05-04
Genre:
ISBN: 6021504909

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The deforestation-free movement (or “zero-deforestation”) has emerged recently in a context of lower state control, globalization and pressure on corporations by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through consumer awareness campaigns, acknowledging the essential role of agricultural commodities in deforestation. It takes the form of commitments by corporations to ensure that the products they either produce, process, trade or retail are not linked to forest conversion. This movement has particular relevance for Indonesia. Ambitious targets have been set with concrete action on the ground, and typically go beyond forest conservation to also include peatland management and social issues. Regarding the zero-deforestation component, its implementation relies essentially on two complementary methodologies: High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) and High Carbon Stocks (HCS).

Revisiting the REDD+ experience in Indonesia

Revisiting the REDD+ experience in Indonesia
Author: Nofyanza, S.
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2020-12-21
Genre:
ISBN:

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Key messages In Indonesia, early involvement and support for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has led to numerous achievements, but progress has been slower than anticipated. National and subnational REDD+ initiatives are susceptible to political turnover at each election cycle. To ensure its longevity, REDD+ needs to be embedded in national and regional laws, regulations, institutions and other state devices. REDD+ institutionalization in Indonesia has focused on technicalities rather than on directly addressing socioeconomic and political drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. The rate of deforestation has decelerated enough to result in two REDD+ payments. However, transformational change in the forestry and broader land-use sector has not progressed far enough. REDD+ is inherently multilevel and multisectoral. However, much information, action, knowledge exchange and decision making on REDD+ is concentrated within relatively few organizations. Transformational change requires that other stakeholders and sectors that impact forests get involved.

Forest Conservation and Sustainability in Indonesia

Forest Conservation and Sustainability in Indonesia
Author: Bernice Maxton-Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-03-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1000048624

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Despite carefully constructed conservation interventions, deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped. This book identifies why large-scale international forest conservation has failed to reduce deforestation in Indonesia and considers why key stakeholders have not responded as expected to these conservation interventions. The book maps the history of deforestation in Indonesia in the context of global political economy, exploring the relationship between international trade, the interests and ideology behind global sustainability programmes and the failures of forest conservation in Indonesia. Global economic and political ideologies are shown to have profoundly shaped deforestation. The author argues that the same forces continue to prevent positive outcomes. Case study chapters analyse three major international programmes: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), the Norway-Indonesia bilateral partnership, and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Indonesia. The findings provide insight into the failures of global climate change policy and suggest how the book’s theoretical model can be used to analyse other complex environmental problems. The book is a useful reference for students of environmental science and policy, political theory, international relations, development and economics. It will also be of interest to forestry professionals and practitioners working in NGOs.

The Decentralization of Forest Governance

The Decentralization of Forest Governance
Author: Moira Moeliono
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136554408

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'This book provides an excellent overview of more than a decade of transformation in a forest landscape where the interests of local people, extractive industries and globally important biodiversity are in conflict. The studies assembled here teach us that plans and strategies are fine but, in the real world of the forest frontier, conservation must be based upon negotiation, social learning and an ability to muddle through.' Jeffrey Sayer, senior scientific adviser, Forest Conservation Programme IUCN - International Union for of Nature The devolution of control over the world's forests from national or state and provincial level governments to local control is an ongoing global trend that deeply affects all aspects of forest management, conservation of biodiversity, control over resources, wealth distribution and livelihoods. This powerful new book from leading experts provides an in-depth account of how trends towards increased local governance are shifting control over natural resource management from the state to local societies, and the implications of this control for social justice and the environment. The book is based on ten years of work by a team of researchers in Malinau, Indonesian Borneo, one of the world's richest forest areas. The first part of the book sets the larger context of decentralization's impact on power struggles between the state and society. The authors then cover in detail how the devolution process has occurred in Malinau, the policy context, struggles and conflicts and how Malinau has organized itself. The third part of the book looks at the broader issues of property relations, conflict, local governance and political participation associated with decentralization in Malinau. Importantly, it draws out the salient points for other international contexts including the important determination that 'local political alliances', especially among ethnic minorities, are taking on greater prominence and creating new opportunities to influence forest policy in the world's richest forests from the ground up. This is top-level research for academics and professionals working on forestry, natural resource management, policy and resource economics worldwide. Published with CIFOR

International Forest Policies in Indonesia: International Influences, Power Changes and Domestic Responses in REDD+, One Map and Forest Certification Politics

International Forest Policies in Indonesia: International Influences, Power Changes and Domestic Responses in REDD+, One Map and Forest Certification Politics
Author: Agung Wibowo
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 373698183X

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The political contention that considers forests to be mere economic assets to achieve state welfare has slowly changed into a more conservative view since the Ninth World Forestry Congress in Mexico in 1985 rightly acknowledged that there has been severe tropical forest destruction and environmental deterioration around the globe.

Climate Change, Forests and REDD

Climate Change, Forests and REDD
Author: Joyeeta Gupta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-06-19
Genre: Carbon sequestration
ISBN: 9781138809642

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This books explores how an analysis of past forest governance patterns from the global through to the local level, can help us to build institutions which more effectively deal with forests within the climate change regime. The book assesses the options under REDD to reduce emissions from deforestation in developing countries in the context of other forest policies. Based on an assessment of existing multi-level institutional forestry arrangements, the book questions how policy frameworks can be better designed in order to effectively and equitably govern the challenges of deforestation and land degradation under the global climate change regime.