Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia

Community-based fire management in parts of Indonesia can have both positive and negative impacts on the forest environment, and can lead to short-and long-term changes in income. This paper examines two examples from Lampung province in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia and in Sekincau, located in a nati...

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Autores principales: Suyanto, S., Applegate, G., Tacconi, L.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18643
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Applegate, G.
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description Community-based fire management in parts of Indonesia can have both positive and negative impacts on the forest environment, and can lead to short-and long-term changes in income. This paper examines two examples from Lampung province in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia and in Sekincau, located in a national park. Based on knowledge of fire behaviour, communities often encourage fire to escape from adjacent areas and burn in previously illegally logged forest. This suggests that the community knows how to manage fire to meet specific objectives. In Menggala in the vast swamps of East Lampung province, the traditional communities use fire as a tool for burning organic matter to prepare the ground for "traditional swamp rice cultivation" (sonor) during extended dry periods. The fires have facilitated the regeneration and expansion of areas of melaleuca cajuputi, a fast-growing species that responds positively to disturbance. The regenerating forests are harvested for domestic consumption and supplementing income through the production and sale of charcoal, poles and sawn timber.
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spelling CGSpace186432025-01-24T14:11:46Z Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia Suyanto, S. Applegate, G. Tacconi, L. forest fires forest management fire control community forestry communities income Community-based fire management in parts of Indonesia can have both positive and negative impacts on the forest environment, and can lead to short-and long-term changes in income. This paper examines two examples from Lampung province in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia and in Sekincau, located in a national park. Based on knowledge of fire behaviour, communities often encourage fire to escape from adjacent areas and burn in previously illegally logged forest. This suggests that the community knows how to manage fire to meet specific objectives. In Menggala in the vast swamps of East Lampung province, the traditional communities use fire as a tool for burning organic matter to prepare the ground for "traditional swamp rice cultivation" (sonor) during extended dry periods. The fires have facilitated the regeneration and expansion of areas of melaleuca cajuputi, a fast-growing species that responds positively to disturbance. The regenerating forests are harvested for domestic consumption and supplementing income through the production and sale of charcoal, poles and sawn timber. 2002 2012-06-04T09:08:39Z 2012-06-04T09:08:39Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18643 en Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Suyanto, S., Applegate, G., Tacconi, L. 2002. Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia . No.RAP Publication 2002/25. In: Peter Moore, David Ganz, Lay Cheng Tan, Thomas Enters and Patrick B. Durst (eds.). Communities in flames: proceedings of an international conference on community involvement in fire management. :27-32. Bangkok, Thailand, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
spellingShingle forest fires
forest management
fire control
community forestry
communities
income
Suyanto, S.
Applegate, G.
Tacconi, L.
Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
title Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
title_full Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
title_fullStr Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
title_short Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
title_sort community based fire management land tenure and conflict insights from sumatra indonesia
topic forest fires
forest management
fire control
community forestry
communities
income
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