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Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people

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Title Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people
 
Creator Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
 
Subject decentralization
forest resources
income
natural resources
resource management
local government
 
Description After decades of central government control, the recent decentralization laws devolved authority in many areas, including natural resource management, to local governments. This article examines the initial process of decentralization in Indonesia within the context of forestry. Preliminary analyses suggest that decentralization has profoundly affected the course of forest resource management, though in many cases it has also been influenced by the spirit of reformasi. Local governments, motivated both by necessity and opportunity, attempt to generate local revenues from forest resources without adequate consideration of the social and environmental consequences. It appears that with decentralization, local people may only gain limited short-term benefits from timber production.
 
Date 2003
2012-06-04T09:08:50Z
2012-06-04T09:08:50Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Resosudarmo, I.A.P. 2003. Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people . In: Aspinall, E. and Fealy, G. (eds.). Local power and politics in Indonesia: decentralization and democratization. :230-244. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN: 981-230-202-6..
981-230-202-6
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18801
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1334
 
Language en
 
Publisher Institute of Southeast Asian Studies