To See Invisible Rights: Quantifying Araman informal tenure and its immediate relationship with Social Forestry in Central Java, Indonesia

Alex Cummins; Eiji Yamaji

doi:10.24259/fs.v3i2.6289

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To See Invisible Rights: Quantifying Araman informal tenure and its immediate relationship with Social Forestry in Central Java, Indonesia

https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v3i2.6289

Alex Cummins

The University of Tokyo

Eiji Yamaji

The University of Tokyo

Corresponding Author(s) : Alex Cummins

7805710276@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Forest and Society, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): NOVEMBER
Article Published : Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

The process of formalizing traditional, unwritten tenure systems is no simple task. Inaccurate or incomplete representation of the informal system may create more problems for the local communities. As such, a full understanding of the local informal tenure systems is necessary before implementing any type of land reform. This paper discusses a case study conducted in the Tawanmangu area of Central Java, Indonesia, in which the informal system known as Araman is quantified on paper with the help of the Tenure Map tool, survey, and interview. The challenges of quantifying and understanding an informal system are discussed with the following viewpoints: key aspects of the Araman structure, the relationship between the informal Araman system and the formal Social Forestry system also present in the area, and finally comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the Tenure Map tool after using it in the field.

Keywords

tenure informal property rights Social Forestry decentralization Indonesia

Cummins, A., & Yamaji, E. (2019). To See Invisible Rights: Quantifying Araman informal tenure and its immediate relationship with Social Forestry in Central Java, Indonesia. Forest and Society, 3(2), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v3i2.6289

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Banjade, M. R., Liswanti, N., Herawati, T., Mwangi, E. (2017). Outcomes of land and forest tenure reform implementation in Indonesia. World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017.

Barry, D., Meinzen-Dick, R. (2010). The invisible Map: Community Tenure Rights. Book: The Social Life of Forests, University of Chicago Press

Chao, S. (2012). Forest Peoples: Numbers across the world. UK: Forest Peoples Program. http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2012/05/forest-peoples-numbers-across-world-final_0.pdf

Mahdi, Shivakoti, G., Inoue, M. (2017). Decentralization of Forest Management, Local Institutional Capacity, and Its Effect on Access of Local People to Forest Resources: The case of West Sumatra, Indonesia. In Redefining Diversity & Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 1 (pp. 305-319). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805454-3.00016-5

Maryudi, A., Citraningtyas, E. R., Purwanto, R. H., Sadono, R., Suryanto, P., Riyanto, S., & Siswoko, B. D. (2016). The emerging power of peasant farmers in the tenurial conflicts over the uses of state forestland in Central Java, Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics, 67, 70-75. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2015.09.005

MOEF. (2017). Social Forestry in Indonesia [Brochure]. Indonesia.

Moeliono, M., Thuy, P., Waty Bong, I., Wong, G., & Brockhaus, M. (2017). Social Forestry - why and for whom? A comparison of policies in Vietnam and Indonesia. Forest and Society, 1(2), 78-97. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24259/fs.v1i2.2484

Schlager, E., & Ostrom, E. (1992). Property-rights regimes and natural resources: a conceptual analysis. Land economics, 249-262. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3146375

Siscawati, M., Banjade, M. R., Liswanti, N., Herawati, T., Mwangi, E., Wulandari, C., Tjoa, M., & Silaya, T. (2017). Overview of forest tenure reforms in Indonesia (Vol. 223). CIFOR.

The World Bank. (2017). Brief: Land. Retrieved from http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/sustainabledevelopment/brief/land.

Van Der Eng, P. (2016). After 200 years, why is Indonesia’s cadastral system still incomplete? Canberra, Australia: Australian National University.

Van Vliet, J., Magliocca, N. R., Büchner, B., Cook, E., Benayas, J. M. R., Ellis, E. C., ... & Mertz, O. (2016). Meta-studies in land use science: Current coverage and prospects. Ambio, 45(1), 15-28. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s1328

Author Biography

Eiji Yamaji, The University of Tokyo

Scopus Author ID: 6603832891