Potentiality and limitations of participatory approaches: an analysis through the forest conflict in Java, Indonesia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15KT0127
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 特設分野
• Research Field: Conflict Studies
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: MASUDA Misa 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 教授 (70192747)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 志賀 薫 国立研究開発法人森林研究・整備機構, 四国支所, 主任研究員 (80726125)
• Research Collaborator: OTA Masahiko 九州工業大学, 学習教育センター, 准教授 (80752279) ; ONDA Nariaki 九州大学, 持続可能な社会のための決断科学センター, 講師 (70800655)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-07-10 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: インドネシア / 国有林 / 東ジャワ州 / 林業公社 / 違法伐採 / 森林開墾

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed at evaluating the joint forest management policy named PHBM, which was introduced to Java, Indonesia after widely spread forest devastation in the early 2000s. We focused on a forest management unit of the State Forest Corporation (SFC) in the teak (Tectona grandis) plantation areas as the study site, and conducted forest management data collection and household survey. For the latter purpose, we selected Village W with a highest score in the evaluation by the SFC and Village B with a lowest score, and conducted interviews to randomly selected households using semi-structured questionnaires. The tentative result suggested that PHBM did not continue in deterrent effect against forest encroachment and relatively smooth implementation of PHBM in Village W was derived from the location near by forest administration facilities and depopulation in younger generations.

Free Research Field

林政学