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Negotiating more than boundaries: conflict, power, and agreement building in the demarcation of village borders in Malinau

CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. We report o...

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Main Authors: Anau, N., Iwan, R., Heist, M. van, Limberg, G., Sudana, I.M., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: CIFOR and ITTO 2002
Subjects:
community forestry
forest resources
conflicts
decision making
mapping
participation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18655
Summary:CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. We report on the nature of these conflicts, the stability of agreements and the factors affecting how agreements were reached.

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