What is success? Gaps and trade-offs in assessing the performance of traditional social forestry systems in Indonesia

Authors

Indah Waty Bong, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor Barat 16115, Indonesia. Tel: +622518622622Follow
Moira Moeliono, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor Barat 16115, Indonesia. Tel: +622518622622Follow
Grace Yee Wong, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-10691 StockholmFollow
Maria Brockhaus, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27 Helsinki 00014Follow

DOI

10.24259/fs.v3i1.5184

Abstract

Despite the growing interest in social forestry (SF), how much do we understand the social, economic and environmental outcomes and the conditions that enable SF to perform? In this article, we use a content analysis of literature on existing traditional SF practiced throughout Indonesia. It examines the outcomes of these systems and the conditions that enabled or hindered these outcomes to understand possible causal relations and changing dynamics between these conditions and SF performance. We discuss the gaps in how SF is assessed and understood in the literature to understand the important aspects of traditional SF that are not captured or that are lost when the diverse traditional systems are converted into other land uses. It aims to understand the potential trade-offs in the State’s push for formalizing SF if these aspects continue to be ignored.

Recommended Citation

Bong, Indah Waty; Moeliono, Moira; Wong, Grace Yee; and Brockhaus, Maria (2019) "What is success? Gaps and trade-offs in assessing the performance of traditional social forestry systems in Indonesia," Forest and Society: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 11.
DOI: 10.24259/fs.v3i1.5184
Available at: https://scholarhub.unhas.ac.id/fs/vol3/iss1/11

Pages

1-21

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