Impacts of Social Forestry Programmes on Local Communities and Forest Conditions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The goal of the study was to evaluate social forestry programmes as an approach towards achieving the goal of sustainable forest management (SFM) by assessing the impacts and outcomes of these programmes on the socioeconomic condition of local communities and forest resource conditions. Surveys...
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| Language: | English English |
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2001
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10076/1/FH_2001_25.pdf |
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| Summary: | The goal of the study was to evaluate social forestry programmes as an
approach towards achieving the goal of sustainable forest management (SFM) by
assessing the impacts and outcomes of these programmes on the socioeconomic
condition of local communities and forest resource conditions. Surveys
utilising structured closed-ended questionnaire were carried out on a random
sample of 450 participants and 150 non-participants of the programmes of nine
selected villages. Informal interview, direct observation, and small group
discussion were also conducted to collect the required information.
This research found different impacts at different locations. The programme has
caused significant impacts on school going children and training opportunities at
one location; on rice production, application of IAT, employment opportunities,
training courses, and farmers' skills at another location. However,· at both
locations the programme failed to improve forest conditions. However,
programme implemented at the 3rd location has reduced shifting cultivation and people dependency on forest-based activities, but has increased planting HYV of
rubber, employment opportunities, training, farmers' skills, and awareness on
the importance of forest sustainability. The programme at this location has also
shown promises at increasing forest resource conditions. Above all, the
programmes at all locations failed to increase the income of forest-dependent
communities. The different findings at different locations were due mainly to
different approaches applied in the programme planning and implementation. |
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