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Village Fund for Peatlands Restoration: Study of Community’s Perceived Challenges and Opportunities in Muaro Jambi District

Forest and Society · Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021) · pp. 604–618

DOI
10.24259/fs.v5i2.14187
ISSN
2549-4333, 2549-4724
Published
2021-11-02
Publisher
Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Abstract

Peatlands conversion to dryland for plantation has caused environmental havoc and is more prone to natural disasters in Indonesia. Community engagements under village administration should be the main strategy for supporting peatlands restoration. Since the new law on villages was enacted in 2014, the village has gained authority and delegated responsibilities from the upper-level government to make rural development decisions in various sectors, including those connected to environmental management, such as peatland restoration. The recognition of authority is followed by the transfer of significant funds, called village funds, from the central government as a form of commitment to undertake the village law. Currently, applied regulations allow community engagement to utilize the village fund for supporting peatland restoration. This study investigated the community's perceptions of village fund utilization for peatland restoration through in-depth interviews and questionnaires with site-level stakeholders that influence village budget allocation-related policies. The investigated aspects included village budgeting and development planning mechanism, the capacity of the community, and rules of district government in supervising the villages. Based on our findings, the identified challenges include the absence of environmental aspects as a part of village development pillars for developing village planning and budgeting, lack of community's environmental-economical nexus knowledge, and lack of district government in supervising village fund utilization and management at the site-level. However, the opportunities to direct the village fund utilization for peatlands restoration are widely open by strengthening the roles of district government to improve village fund governance at the site level.

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Suyud Warno UtomoAffiliation unknown2
Mochamad Agung SasongkoAffiliation unknown1
Raldi Hendro KoestoerAffiliation unknown1
Ika DharmayantiUniversity of Indonesia1
Rachmadhi PurwanaUniversity of Indonesia1
Dwi Hapsari TjandrariniNational Research and Innovation Agency1
Fatma LestariAffiliation unknown1
Andri WibowoAffiliation unknown1
Adonis MuzanniAffiliation unknown1
Udi Syahnoedi HamzahAffiliation unknown1
David FebraldoAffiliation unknown1
Mufti Petala PatriaAffiliation unknown1
Sepanie PutiaminiAffiliation unknown1
Asep KarsidiAffiliation unknown1
Aruminingsih AruminingsihAffiliation unknown1
Rudy Parluhutan TambunanAffiliation unknown1
Yusnita YusnitaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muhammad HidayatAffiliation unknown1
Fathul JannahAffiliation unknown1
Kholis ErnawatiYarsi University1
Qatrunnada NadhifahAffiliation unknown1
Anis MuslikhaAffiliation unknown1
Dini WidiantiAffiliation unknown1
Iwa GarniwaAffiliation unknown1
Muhammad IdrisAffiliation unknown1
Diinii HaniifahAffiliation unknown1
Muhammad YusufUniversitas Halu Oleo1
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