FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Community Forestry Case Study 8

The Impact of Social
and Environmental Change
on Forest Management

A Case Study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia

by Nancy Lee Peluso
Edited by Bernardine Atkinson

Table of Contents

PREFACE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
The study
Background: West Kalimantan Province
The case study hamlets


CHAPTER 2: Forest Management
Swidden agriculture
Practical swidden agriculture
Forest products


CHAPTER 3: Rights and Tenure
Customary land and tree tenure
Common property rights
Descent group rights
Private rights
Customary fines
Labour arrangements


CHAPTER 4: Case Study One: Bagak
The hamlet of Bagak
The hamlet infrastructure
Evolution of the community
The transformation of land use
Tenure and access to land use rights
The consequences of change


CHAPTER 5: Case Study Two: Sungai Bongkang
The hamlet of Sungai Bongkang
The hamlet infrastructure
Evolution of the community
Land use and management
Specific access rights
Trading and selling forest products
The impact of chainsaws
Dispute settlement


CHAPTER 6: Discussion
Transformation of traditional practices
Forest dependence
The speed of change
The importance of rice self-sufficiency
The trend to privatize resources
The future of privatization
The effects of access to labour and land
Potentional poverty
Some hazards of development


CHAPTER 7: Conclusion
Diversification of production a key to food security
The future of the forests


GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES

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