Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra

Local communities, especially those living in forested areas, are generally presented as innocent victims of global economic policies that benefit the private and public sectors. This paper discusses local stakeholders’ perception of the government policies and actions, people’s rights, and people’s...

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Autores principales: Feintrenie, L., Levang, P.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20795
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description Local communities, especially those living in forested areas, are generally presented as innocent victims of global economic policies that benefit the private and public sectors. This paper discusses local stakeholders’ perception of the government policies and actions, people’s rights, and people’s participation in decision-making, with a focus on land and forest uses. It is based on a perception survey conducted in 2009 in 12 villages of the Bungo district, (Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia), and semi-directed interviews of representatives of the regional government. The surveys conclude to a good agreement between local people and the different levels of government. Besides, villagers consider that their voice is well taken into account in decision-making processes. And over all, there is a broad consensus among all stakeholders to favour economic development at the expense of forest conservation.
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spelling CGSpace207952025-01-24T14:20:25Z Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra Feintrenie, L. Levang, P. rubber agroforestry oil palms conservation agrarian transition Local communities, especially those living in forested areas, are generally presented as innocent victims of global economic policies that benefit the private and public sectors. This paper discusses local stakeholders’ perception of the government policies and actions, people’s rights, and people’s participation in decision-making, with a focus on land and forest uses. It is based on a perception survey conducted in 2009 in 12 villages of the Bungo district, (Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia), and semi-directed interviews of representatives of the regional government. The surveys conclude to a good agreement between local people and the different levels of government. Besides, villagers consider that their voice is well taken into account in decision-making processes. And over all, there is a broad consensus among all stakeholders to favour economic development at the expense of forest conservation. 2011 2012-06-04T09:15:11Z 2012-06-04T09:15:11Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20795 en Feintrenie, L., Levang, P. 2011. Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra . Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 20 :35-49. ISSN: 1472-8028.
spellingShingle rubber
agroforestry
oil palms
conservation
agrarian transition
Feintrenie, L.
Levang, P.
Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra
title Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra
title_full Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra
title_fullStr Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra
title_full_unstemmed Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra
title_short Local voices call for economic development over forest conservation: Trade-offs and policy in Bungo, Sumatra
title_sort local voices call for economic development over forest conservation trade offs and policy in bungo sumatra
topic rubber
agroforestry
oil palms
conservation
agrarian transition
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