scholarly journals Forest Cover Change and Legal Pluralism in Forest Management: A Review and Evidence from West Sumatra, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-314
Author(s):  
R. Rudy ◽  
Y. Yonariza ◽  
Helvi Yanfika ◽  
Ali Rahmat ◽  
Winih Sekaringtyas Ramadhani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Legal Pluralism ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
West Sumatra

This study analyzed the functions of shifting (phenomenon of legal pluralism) and identified forest conversion at Production Forest Management Unit of Dharmasraya (PFMU Dharmasraya), West Sumatra, Indonesia from March 2018 to December 2019 using a qualitative research design with a case study approach. The identification of changes in forest cover analyzed by satellite images using the NDVI method to obtain the distribution of forest cover. Discussion on legal pluralism were examined using a non-ethnographic qualitative research approach through interviews with local communities, companies/permit holders, and related institutions (government). From 2000 to 2019, the PFMU Dharmasraya forest area reduced from 86 to 12%, and plantations increased from 10 to 81% of the total area of 33,539 ha. The legal pluralism of forest ownership occurs because local communities use traditional law, claiming the PFMU Dharmasraya area as Ulayat land. In contrast, the government claims the forest belongs to the state. The motives for the conversion of forest functions are the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations, forest clearing to mark forest ownership rights, and illegal logging.

scholarly journals Perception, attitude, and motive of local community towards forest conversion to plantation in Dharmasraya District, West Sumatra, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kordiyana K Rangga ◽  
Yonariza Yonariza ◽  
HELVI YANFIKA ◽  
Abdul Mutolib
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Right

Abstract. Rangga KK, Yonariza, Yanfika H, Mutolib A. 2020. Perception, attitude, and motive of local community towards forest conversion to plantation in Dharmasraya District, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 4903-4910. Forest conversion in Dharmasraya District massively occurred from 2000 to 2014. In 2000, forest area reached 86% of 33,550 ha. In 2014, forest cover reduced to only 16% with an increase in plantation area (rubber and oil palm), covering 59% of the total area. This study was aimed to examine the perception, attitude, and motive of the local community regarding forest conversion to the plantation. This study was located in PFMU (Production Forest Management Unit) Dharmasraya West Sumatra, which included a production forest area. This study was conducted from February to August 2018 with a case study approach. A total of 40 households, was selected as respondents. Snowball sampling was applied to interview the key informants. Data were analyzed using the interactive model, which included data reduction, data presentation, also conclusion drawing and verification. The study result indicated that forest is owned by the local community based upon the customary law, and the state does not have the right to manage and claim forest ownership. In terms of the economic aspect, the community benefited greatly from wood availability in the forest as the source of income. According to the local community, the conversion of forests into plantation did not have a significant effect on the environment. In fact, the local community agreed that land-use change from forest to plantation will provide greater benefit than preserving the forest. The expansion of plantation was found to be the motive for land clearance by cutting trees to obtain ownership over the forest.

scholarly journals Mapping Mangrove Forest Change in Nijhum Dwip Island

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
MM Rahman ◽  
MAT Pramanik ◽  
MI Islam ◽  
S Razia
Keyword(s):  
Mangrove Forest ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Forest Loss ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Change ◽  
Change Analysis ◽  
Coastal Belt ◽  
Land Covers

Mangroves have been planting in the coastal belt of Bangladesh to protect the inhabitants of the coastal areas from cyclones and storm surges. Nijhum Dwip is located at the southern part of Hatiya Island. Most part of the island has been planted with the mangroves in the 1970s and 1980s; while parts of the mangroves have been deforested during the past few decades. The objectives of this research were to delineate and quantify the changes in the extent of mangroves in the island. The Landsat data of 1989, 2001, 2010 and 2018 have been utilized in the study. Three major land covers, namely forest, water and other land have been interpreted and delineated by using on-screen digitizing. The quantity of mangrove forest loss in the island is estimated as 1,024 ha, while 395 ha were afforested during 1989-2018. In the decadal change analysis, it was revealed that net forest cover change was higher in 2000s compared to other two decades and it was -425 ha. The result of the study is helpful to understand the extent and pattern of forest conversion in the island and to halt further forest loss and conserve the remaining forest. J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 11(1-2): 217-225 2018

scholarly journals Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities: Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Jose Miranda ◽  
Leonardo Corral ◽  
Allen Blackman ◽  
Gregory Asner ◽  
Eirivelthon Lima
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
Forest Cover Change

scholarly journals Mainstreaming community-based forest management in West Sumatra: Social forestry arguments, support, and implementation

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinal Asmin ◽  
Dudung Darusman ◽  
Iin Ichwandi ◽  
Didik Suharjito
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Social Forestry ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Participatory Institutions ◽  
West Sumatra

Although social forestry in Indonesia is envisioned as a policy for recognizing local practices to forest management, research is still limited. This research describes conditions of social forestry policy in West Sumatra Province as a form of mainstreaming community-based forest management. This paper provides the context of social forestry arguments, its support, and subsequent implementation. The research approach is qualitative, using a case study method. Data collection was conducted through unstructured interviews, field observations, and document studies. The analysis used categorization and coding, historical analysis, document analysis, and descriptive policy analysis. The findings revealed that the arguments for social forestry schemes were based on the persistence of state forest conflicts, forest degradation and deforestation threats, as well as human resource limitations of forestry officers. The Provincial government then initiated stakeholder support, mainly from non-governmental organizations. Social forestry implementation at the site in West Sumatra thus focused on providing development assistance programs after granting management rights to local people, as well as initiating similar schemes in other villages. Our discussions considered challenges that should be addressed, including the approach to granting management rights to secure a management area, the process of developing participatory institutions, synchronizing provincial government policies to overcome forest degradation and deforestation, and initiating activities for strengthening community solidarity and agency.

scholarly journals The Claims and the Use of Land by Local Communities and by the FMU of 50 Kota District in Jorong Landai, Nagari Harau, 50 Kota District, West Sumatra, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Uswatul Hasana ◽  
Mahdi ◽  
Wilson Novarino ◽  
Farid Azel
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Protection Forest ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
The Government

Forest Management Unit (FMU) of 50 Kota district, whose appointment by the Decree of the Minister of Forestry No. 44 / Menhut-II / 2012 on February 2, located in the 50 Kota district of West Sumatra Province, Indonesia with wide ± 117 552 ha. FMU of 50 Kota district try to make some forest management plans in certain areas such as the development for forest conservation function, production function and protected function. Local communities in 50 Kota district, some of them still dependent on the forest, and Location FMU of 50 Kota district is in the West Sumatera, that famous with the Minangkabau people with their long-existing village management system, known as Nagari. The Nagari established, to settle disputes based on customary principles as well as to protect the rights of the community members. These rights include communal land (ulayat land). In this study, has identification and attempts to describe the claims and the use of land in Jorong Landai, Nagari Harau, 50 Kota District, West Sumatra, by local communities and FMU of 50 Kota District. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method. In the Jorong Landai with a total area of 1388 Ha with each has ulayat area as follows: Bodi: 344 Ha, Pitopang 477 Ha, Sambilan 135 Ha and Melayu 427 Ha. The clan has used the ulayat land of 198,02 Ha for settlement, rice field, and gambir fields. The new boundaries for the area protected forest in Jorong Landai make overlapping claims of 57,01 Ha. Overlapping claims land use makes the activities local communities like blocked in their own land by the government. The primary forest in Jorong Landai of 1051 Ha (267 Ha in APL/Ulayat land and 784 Ha in protection forest). Secondary forest of 63,6 Ha (in APL/Ulayat land of 56,5 Ha and 7,1 Ha in protection forest).

scholarly journals Assessment of Large Scale Land Cover Change Classifications and Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia

2015 ◽  
Vol XL-7/W3 ◽  
pp. 557-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Wijaya ◽  
R. A. Sugardiman Budiharto ◽  
A. Tosiani ◽  
D. Murdiyarso ◽  
L.V. Verchot
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Congo Basin ◽  
Reliable Estimate ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Change

Indonesia possesses the third largest tropical forests coverage following Brazilian Amazon and Congo Basin regions. This country, however, suffered from the highest deforestation rate surpassing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in 2012. National capacity for forest change assessment and monitoring has been well-established in Indonesia and the availability of national forest inventory data could largely assist the country to report their forest carbon stocks and change over more than two decades. This work focuses for refining forest cover change mapping and deforestation estimate at national scale applying over 10,000 scenes of Landsat scenes, acquired in 1990, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2012. Pre-processing of the data includes, geometric corrections and image mosaicking. The classification of mosaic Landsat data used multi-stage visual observation approaches, verified using ground observations and comparison with other published materials. There are 23 land cover classes identified from land cover data, presenting spatial information of forests, agriculture, plantations, non-vegetated lands and other land use categories. We estimated the magnitude of forest cover change and assessed drivers of forest cover change over time. Forest change trajectories analysis was also conducted to observe dynamics of forest cover across time. This study found that careful interpretations of satellite data can provide reliable information on forest cover and change. Deforestation trend in Indonesia was lower in 2000-2012 compared to 1990-2000 periods. We also found that over 50% of forests loss in 1990 remains unproductive in 2012. Major drivers of forest conversion in Indonesia range from shrubs/open land, subsistence agriculture, oil palm expansion, plantation forest and mining. The results were compared with other available datasets and we obtained that the MOF data yields reliable estimate of deforestation.

scholarly journals Impacts of Climate Change and Remote Sensing Technology in its Mitigation Options through Forest Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Rabindra Man Tamrakar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Change Mitigation

Greenhouse effect causes global warming and its main consequence is the climate change. Average global temperature is rising significantly over the period. Despite the contribution of total GHG emission by Nepal to the global community is insignificant compared to the developed countries, Nepal has already encountered several adverse effects due to the global climate change, leading to the melting of Himalayan glaciers, reduced agriculture production, loss of biodiversity and ecosystems and changes in social structure and livelihoods. Forest land use change is responsible for CO2 emissions. Forest management therefore can play a significant role in climatic change mitigation. REDD has become the key mechanism in mitigating climate change. The success of REDD mechanism however depends primarily on availability of reliable forestry data including biomass changes and forest carbon estimates. Various Remote Sensing data including optical sensor data have been used for the analysis of forest cover change and estimation of degree of deforestation and degradation. LiDAR however has been widely used in estimating forest biomass for the climate change mitigation.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN MATERIAL PADA SURAU LUBUK BAUK, NAGARI LUBUK BAUK, BATIPUH BARUAH, TANAH DATAR, SUMATERA BARAT

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Rosalinda Wiemar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Wood Material ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Heritage Building ◽  
Main Material

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Analysis of Material Use at Lubuk Bauk Surau. Batipuh Baruah, Batipuh, Tanah Datar District, West Sumatra. Lubuk Bauk surau is a historical cultural heritage building that is more than a hundred years old and still stands firm without significantchanges despite being renovated. The use of Surian wood material which has its own characteristics in the building, it is interesting to study the suitability of its use with the activities carried out in surau, as well as to find guidance on the type of material that is compatible with the surau building in the Lubuk Bauk area. This research is a qualitative research approach to the building of the Lubuk Bauk surau, and analyzes it using descriptive analysis techniques. The use of Surian wood as the main material in Lubuk Bauk surau is appropriate and supports the activities carried out in it. From the results of the analysis, it is known that the wood material used was chosen based on considerations: the potential of local wood sources, the ease of obtaining and processing<br />raw materials and the characteristics of materials that are durable and low<br />maintenance.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p>Analisis Penggunaan Material Pada Surau Lubuk Bauk. Batipuh Baruah,<br />Batipuh, Kabupaten Tanah Datar, Sumatera Barat. Surau Lubuk Bauk<br />merupakan bangunan cagar budaya bernilai sejarah yang telah berusia lebih dari seratus tahun namun masih berdiri kokoh dengan perubahan yang tidak berarti walau telah direnovasi. Penggunaan bahan kayu Surian yang memiliki karakteristik tersendiri pada bangunan, merupakan daya tarik untuk diteliti kesesuaian pemakaian material dengan kegiatan yang dilakukan di dalamnya serta untuk menemukan panduan jenis material yang sesuai dengan bangunan surau di daerah Lubuk Bauk. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan melakukan pendekatan pada bangunan surau Lubuk Bauk, menganalisa dengan menggunakan teknik analisa deskriptif. Penggunaan kayu Surian sebagai material utama pada surau Lubuk Bauk telah sesuai dan mendukung kegiatan yang dilakukan di dalamnya. Pemilihan kayu yang digunakan, berdasarkan pertimbangan potensi sumber kayu setempat, kemudahan untuk memperoleh dan mengolah bahan baku, serta karakteristik material yang tahan lama dan mudah perawatannya</p>

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