Exploring customary forest policies, realizing the maintenance of local people's livelihoods, guarantee of their rights, and forest conservation

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12442
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 64060:Environmental policy and social systems-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Harada Kazuhiro 名古屋大学, 生命農学研究科, 教授 (00372087)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: インドネシア / ブータン / 森林政策 / 生計 / 権利 / 落葉採集林 / ソクシン / 慣習林

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Bhutan, customary forests have long been managed and used by residents as a place to collect deciduous leaves, but a look at the legal system by the state reveals that the Forest Act of 1969, the Forest and Nature Conservation Act of 1995, and the Land Act of 2007 have brought about a dizzying change in residents' rights over deciduous collection forests and that the government and the residents It became clear that there is management over the rights of deciduous-gathering forests. On the other hand, in Indonesia, customary forests played an important role for residents, as residents conserved customary forests and collected sap from trees planted in customary forests for generations. Looking at the legal system, customary forest rights were recognized by the Constitutional Court in 2013 and by the Ministerial Regulation on Rights Forest in 2015.

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Free Research Field

森林政策学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究はブータンとインドネシアを事例として、慣習林のあり方について法的・制度的観点から研究したものである。本研究は２国の事例を取り扱ったに過ぎないが、他の途上国においても慣習林をめぐって同様の課題があり、本研究で得た成果は他国にも援用することができる。また、国の法制度により、住民の慣習林に対する権利状況を明確にし、研究成果に基づいた課題解決策を提示することは、住民による持続的な森林管理を促進し、森林保全や気候変動緩和といったグローバルな地球環境保全にも寄与するものである。