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Emergent Institutional Issues from New Tenure Reforms and Social-Forestry Initiatives in Indonesia: Notes from The Field

https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v7i2.28319
Aprisep Ferdhana Kusuma
Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7185-276X
Muhammad Alif K. Sahide
Forest and Society Research Group (FSRG), Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-0323
Ris Hadi Purwanto
Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ema Ismariana
Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Widodo Budi Santoso
Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Eka Wulandari
Leadership & Policy Innovation, the Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ahmad Maryudi
Sebijak Institute (Research Center for Forest Policy & History Studies); Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5051-7217

Corresponding Author(s) : Ahmad Maryudi

ahmad_maryudi@ugm.ac.id

Forest and Society, Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): NOVEMBER

Abstract

In Indonesia, land tenure reform has been approached as a policy priority by the government to address rural poverty and achieve distributive economic equity. It is instituted around allocation and consolidation of land ownership and access. Tenure reform policy promises over 21.7 million hectares (including 16.8 million hectares of forestland) to be distributed through two modes, i.e., land subject to agrarian reform and social forestry. Specifically for Java, the country’s most populated island, the government has recently allocated 1.1 million hectares of state forests to be entrusted to local communities in a scheme called Kawasan Hutan Dengan Pengelolaan Khusus/KHDPK (Forest Zones for Special Management Purposes). Approximately three-quarters of the KHDPK-reserved forestland is pledged for SF licensing/permits to be completed by 2024. Currently, there is heightened activity to hand over social forestry permits. However, the KHDPK-designated forest is not an unoccupied resource that can simply be transferred/granted to local communities. From only four sites, we discovered that the forests have been guided by contrasting (often conflicting) principles, norms, and values that have shaped the existing tenure arrangements, how it is used and managed, and by whom. Such issues must be navigated prior to introducing the new policy and implementation regime. We conclude that while the policy rationales look perfect as a framework, KHDPK implementation exhibits impediments and potential failures. There is risk of altering it into a mere industry of policy rhetoric, sustaining major flaws from design to execution.

Keywords

Forest tenure Agrarian reform Social forestry Community forestry KHDPK Indonesia
Kusuma, A. F. ., Sahide, M. A. K., Purwanto, R. H. ., Ismariana, E. ., Santoso, W. B. ., Wulandari , E. ., & Maryudi, A. (2023). Emergent Institutional Issues from New Tenure Reforms and Social-Forestry Initiatives in Indonesia: Notes from The Field. Forest and Society, 7(2), 450-466. https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v7i2.28319
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Ahmad Maryudi, Sebijak Institute (Research Center for Forest Policy & History Studies); Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Scopus Author ID: 48461414700 ; h-index 11 :    Professor Maryudi holds a PhD in Forest Development Policy from Göttingen University. His research interests include forest policy analysis, forest governance, community forestry policy, small-scale forestry in Indonesia. He serves as a deputy chair of IUFRO's Forest Policy and Governance division & an Associate Editor at Forest Policy and Economics  
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