Community forest management in Indonesia: Avoided deforestation in the context of anthropogenic and climate complexities

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 60-71

  Santika, Truly ^a,b   Meijaard, Erik ^a,b   Budiharta, Sugeng ^a,c   Law, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Kusworo, Ahmad ^d   Hutabarat, Joseph A ^d   Indrawan, Tito P ^d   Struebig, Matthew ^e   Raharjo, Sugeng ^d   Huda, Imanul ^f   Sulhani, ^g   Ekaputri, Andini D ^c   Trison, Soni ^h,i   Stigner, Madeleine ^a,b   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Bandar Seri Bagawan   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f People Resources and Conservation Foundation (PRCF)   (Indonesia)

^g Titian Foundation   (Indonesia)

^h BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

ⁱ Forum Komunikasi Kehutanan Masyarakat (FKKM)   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Community forest management; Hutan Desa; Impact evaluation; Indonesia; Peatland; Spatial matching

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; INVESTMENT; PEATLAND; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WELFARE REFORM;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 85028581725     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.002     Document Type: Article

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