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Why do greater forest tenure rights not enthuse local communities? An early observation on the new community forestry scheme in state forests in Indonesia

Forest and Society · Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021) · pp. 159–166

DOI
10.24259/fs.v5i1.11723
ISSN
2549-4333, 2549-4724
Published
2021-03-31
Publisher
Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Abstract

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry recently issued a 35-year permit-based social forestry, called Izin Pemanfaatan Hutan Perhutanan Sosial (IPHPS), which was implemented in forestlands managed by the State Forest Corporation (SFC). IPHPS is a unique scheme because social forestry permits were previously granted on forestland unencumbered with rights. It provides more secure tenure rights (long-term permits), greater decision-making authority, and improved profit-sharing arrangements compared with the SFC’s co-management model. However, IPHPS has not attracted widespread interest from local communities. This paper aims to identify and to analyse factors that explain local communities’ low interest in the policy. Results show that local communities have not been attracted by the scheme because it requires them to undertake substantial investments in reforestation and make several payments to the government beyond their means. This paper highlights the specific challenges related to access mechanisms and benefits to local communities from the granted rights. Lastly, local communities were prone to manipulative persuasion by the SFC to continue the co-management model.

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Muhammad Alif K SahideAffiliation unknown3
Micah R. FisherAffiliation unknown3
San Afri AwangAffiliation unknown2
Yubelince Y. RuntuboiAffiliation unknown2
Fitria Dewi SusantiAffiliation unknown2
Muhammad Haidar DaulayAffiliation unknown2
Lukas GiessenAffiliation unknown2
Dwi LaraswatiAffiliation unknown2
Eka WulandariPadjadjaran University2
Aprisep Ferdhana KusumaAffiliation unknown2
Ema IsmarianaAffiliation unknown2
Widodo Budi SantosoAffiliation unknown2
Abdul Wahab JufriUniversity of Mataram1
D SripatmiUniversity of Mataram1
Suprapto SupraptoUniversitas Gadjah Mada1
Wahyu WardhanaAffiliation unknown1
Micah FisherAffiliation unknown1
Dwiko B. PermadiAffiliation unknown1
Mei MeilaniAffiliation unknown1
Wahyu AndayaniAffiliation unknown1
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Sepus M. FatemAffiliation unknown1
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