- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Forest Management and Policy
- Cambodian History and Society
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Asian Studies and History
- Agricultural and Environmental Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Forest Ecology and Conservation
- SMEs Development and Digital Marketing
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Local Governance and Development
- Livestock Farming and Management
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Rural development and sustainability
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Public Administration in Developing Nations
- Mining and Resource Management
- Strategic Planning and Analysis
Hasanuddin University
2016-2025
University of Göttingen
2014-2016
Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt
2016
Abstract Private institutions for third-party (eco-)labelling of food and wood products has been a lively field empirical research, peaking in the conception certification as “non-state market-driven governance system,” which is gaining rule-making authority domestically internationally private institution transnational regime. Recent findings, however, suggest that state actors also play decisive role governance. Questions relating to who within state, so far remain unaddressed. Very recent...
SUMMARY Critical political analyses on decentralisation policies have revealed that such approaches may not achieve their formal goal, and might even support centralisation efforts. A number of previous studies separated the administrative process from power actors across levels government. Using bureaucratic politics theory, this article presents close examinations both relations reconfigured by decentralising recentralising forces governmental levels. This study illustrates how Indonesian...
Indonesia is undergoing major policy changes, seeking to expand social forestry designations from less than 1% (1.1 million hectares) over 10% (12.7 of the Forest Estate. Expanding at once a landmark reform and call for caution, raising questions about intentions, practical concerns legal, technical, implementation mechanisms. Social literature highlights three key tenets, namely efforts that: confer rights local communities, support livelihoods, achieve conservation outcomes. This paper...
Abstract Indonesia's young people renegotiate the constraints on rural‐based livelihood opportunities by participating in a diverse array of off‐farm activities, circular migration, and rural to urban mobility flows. While these strategies work overcome insecurity farm‐based work, they can also introduce new forms precarity, which are compounded when other major life events or crises occur. Drawing period in‐depth qualitative research with two villages South Sulawesi, we describe how were...
Southeast Asia has long promoted social forestry (SF) in conservation areas, fallow forests, tree plantations, areas timber concessions and locally managed agro-forest systems, with the engagement of diverse actors objectives. SF evolved from early aims empowerment devolution rights advocated by global reform movements, is now reframed market ideal as a win–win–win endeavor for sustainable forest management, climate change mitigation robust entrepreneurial livelihoods. Asian states have...
Although Indonesia is experiencing one of the most complex transformations social forestry policy in world, there a need to step back and more closely examine politics, ecologies, economies that provide context for its implementation. This introduction offers synthesis collection special section submissions Forest Society. We begin by navigating current moment presenting heuristic identifying discourses underpinning rapid expansion support schemes. These perspectives are fragmented across...
This introduction provides a review of articles published in the special section on community conservation Wallacea region. As editors to section, we worked with contributors over series workshops reflexively identify challenges conducting research and this important often overlooked The are attributable dynamism remoteness region, as well its peripheral position relative center government Indonesia. We begin article by making case for concerted field study Next, draw empirical continued...
The government of Indonesia is ambitiously planning for more expansion social forestry with a target 12.7 million ha state land to be distributed local communities through several permit-based schemes. To deliver the target, central forest bureaucracy issued new extension policy, which enables non-government organizations (NGOs) get involved in services. This short commentary analyses aspects related coordination and synergies between agencies NGOs achieve their common goals activities....
Water resource politics are often overlooked for jurisdictional perspectives, or difficult to comprehend the unfolding behind scenes. Using Indonesia as a case study, we synthesized all water-related bureaucracies generate list of “Water Issue-Elements,” which served framework translating actor-centered power dynamics. The data is based on policies reviewed from 2014 2017, coinciding with beginning new presidential administration heightened interests in water management. study found that...
Abstract Processes of rapid and truncated agrarian change—driven through expanding urbanisation, infrastructure development, extractive industries, commodity crops—are shaping the livelihood opportunities aspirations Indonesia’s rural youth. This study describes everyday experiences youth as they navigate changing character agriculture, aquaculture, fishing livelihoods across gender, class, generation. Drawing on qualitative field research conducted in Maros District South Sulawesi, we...
Previous work on certification of palm oil has reported a trend toward change, from failed state regulation to voluntary, private governance. However, recent observations suggest trend, moving governance mandatory in Indonesia, move which the is reclaiming authority. In this light, aims our research are (1) identify main actors involved politics, (2) explain terms actors' interests and whatever benefits may result for them. We developed questions based bureaucratic politics power theory. A...
Oil palm plantations are currently expanding to the eastern part of Indonesia, especially in West Papua province. Many oil permits issued occupy intact biodiversity-rich forest areas which have essential value for indigenous Papuans' socio-cultural life. This article discusses expansion province, and its impacts on forests people. It also assesses whether fit Special Autonomy Law Sustainable Development Regulation goals In general, being established areas, further planned threatens forests....