Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study

Key messages Land and forest tenure reform has been expanding globally, increasingly with the aim of improving the livelihoods and food security of indigenous people and local communities through securing forest access. In Indonesia, legal rights for local communities to access and manage state fore...

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Main Authors: Liswanti, Nining, Kirby, Deborah, Tamara, Ade, Juniwaty, Kartika Sari, Mwangi, Esther
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Center for International Forestry Research 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171458
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author Liswanti, Nining
Kirby, Deborah
Tamara, Ade
Juniwaty, Kartika Sari
Mwangi, Esther
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Kirby, Deborah
Liswanti, Nining
Mwangi, Esther
Tamara, Ade
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Kirby, Deborah
Tamara, Ade
Juniwaty, Kartika Sari
Mwangi, Esther
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description Key messages Land and forest tenure reform has been expanding globally, increasingly with the aim of improving the livelihoods and food security of indigenous people and local communities through securing forest access. In Indonesia, legal rights for local communities to access and manage state forests were partially recognised in 1999. Social forestry only started to advance in 2014, however, following the government’s pledge to transfer the management of 12.7 million ha of forest to forest-dependent communities. Evaluating the impact of these forest tenure reforms on local communities’ food security is critical to understanding the effectiveness of the reforms. CIFOR has developed a framework to assess the impact of forest tenure reform in Indonesia by comparing the perception of current levels of food security and the perception of changes in food security of communities living in areas that have undergone forest tenure reform with those living in non-reformed forest areas. Communities’ perceptions of food security are influenced more by household characteristics and level of village development than by forest tenure reform status – the higher the village development, the greater the perception of food security. However, communities that have undergone forest tenure reform are more likely to perceive that their food security status has improved than those who have not. Communities in customary areas perceived higher food security, however those who had poor access to forests previously, such as those in reform areas, benefitted from forest access through reforms and thus perceived an improvement in food security conditions.
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spelling CGSpace1714582025-02-19T14:36:42Z Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study Liswanti, Nining Kirby, Deborah Tamara, Ade Juniwaty, Kartika Sari Mwangi, Esther food security land tenure forest land reforms indigenous peoples livelihoods policies Key messages Land and forest tenure reform has been expanding globally, increasingly with the aim of improving the livelihoods and food security of indigenous people and local communities through securing forest access. In Indonesia, legal rights for local communities to access and manage state forests were partially recognised in 1999. Social forestry only started to advance in 2014, however, following the government’s pledge to transfer the management of 12.7 million ha of forest to forest-dependent communities. Evaluating the impact of these forest tenure reforms on local communities’ food security is critical to understanding the effectiveness of the reforms. CIFOR has developed a framework to assess the impact of forest tenure reform in Indonesia by comparing the perception of current levels of food security and the perception of changes in food security of communities living in areas that have undergone forest tenure reform with those living in non-reformed forest areas. Communities’ perceptions of food security are influenced more by household characteristics and level of village development than by forest tenure reform status – the higher the village development, the greater the perception of food security. However, communities that have undergone forest tenure reform are more likely to perceive that their food security status has improved than those who have not. Communities in customary areas perceived higher food security, however those who had poor access to forests previously, such as those in reform areas, benefitted from forest access through reforms and thus perceived an improvement in food security conditions. 2021 2025-01-29T12:58:12Z 2025-01-29T12:58:12Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171458 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Liswanti, Nining; Kirby, Deborah; Tamara, Ade; Juniwaty, Kartika Sari; and Mwangi, Esther. 2021. Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia. CIFOR-ICRAF Infobriefs No. 357. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008380
spellingShingle food security
land tenure
forest land
reforms
indigenous peoples
livelihoods
policies
Liswanti, Nining
Kirby, Deborah
Tamara, Ade
Juniwaty, Kartika Sari
Mwangi, Esther
Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study
title Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study
title_full Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study
title_fullStr Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study
title_short Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study
title_sort tenure reform and perceived food security in indonesia an exploratory study
topic food security
land tenure
forest land
reforms
indigenous peoples
livelihoods
policies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171458
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