Self-Identification of Indigenous People in Post-Independence Indonesia: A Historical Analysis in the Context of REDD+

International Forestry Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 282-297

  Royer, S De ^a   Visser, L E ^b   Galudra, G ^a   Pradhan, U ^a   Van Noordwijk, M ^a  

^a ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre Bogor   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adat; benefit sharing; indigeneity; REDD+ social safeguards; territoriality

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; POST-INDEPENDENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

EID: 84941645045     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554815815982648     Document Type: Review

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