From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the function...

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Main Authors: Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Resources for the Future and Center for International Forestry Research 2001
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18168
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description This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the functions initially anticipated for participation are not wrong, they reflect a way of looking at forest management that were concluded needs rethinking. In the discussion of the change needed, Jordan’s concept of “authoritative knowledge” and “social” or “cultural capital” was used. The authors also suggest substituting “rights and responsibilities to manage the forest cooperatively” for “participation” in places like Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve (DSWR). Important remaining policy-related issues include the variations in quality of local management systems, values held by the different stakeholders, and potential productivity of individual systems. Finally it concludes that, given the dynamism and complexity that characterise natural forests and their inhabitants, cooperation among all stakeholders in an ongoing dialogue is most likely the only way that sustainable forest management can in fact occur.
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spelling CGSpace181682025-12-08T10:29:22Z From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Colfer, C.J.P. Wadley, R.L. forest management local population participation indigenous knowledge assessment methodology social change This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the functions initially anticipated for participation are not wrong, they reflect a way of looking at forest management that were concluded needs rethinking. In the discussion of the change needed, Jordan’s concept of “authoritative knowledge” and “social” or “cultural capital” was used. The authors also suggest substituting “rights and responsibilities to manage the forest cooperatively” for “participation” in places like Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve (DSWR). Important remaining policy-related issues include the variations in quality of local management systems, values held by the different stakeholders, and potential productivity of individual systems. Finally it concludes that, given the dynamism and complexity that characterise natural forests and their inhabitants, cooperation among all stakeholders in an ongoing dialogue is most likely the only way that sustainable forest management can in fact occur. 2001 2012-06-04T09:06:09Z 2012-06-04T09:06:09Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18168 en Resources for the Future and Center for International Forestry Research Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L. 2001. From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia . In: Colfer, C.J.P., Byron, Y. (eds.). People managing forests: the links between human-well being and sustainability. :278-299. Washington, DC, Resources for the Future and CIFOR.
spellingShingle forest management
local population
participation
indigenous knowledge
assessment
methodology
social change
Colfer, C.J.P.
Wadley, R.L.
From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
title From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
title_full From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
title_fullStr From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
title_short From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
title_sort from participation to rights and responsibilities in forest management workable methods and unworkable assumptions in west kalimantan indonesia
topic forest management
local population
participation
indigenous knowledge
assessment
methodology
social change
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