Local Community Participation in the Implementation of REDD+:  The Case of Meru Betiri National Park

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) in Meru Betiri National Park (MBNP) East Java – Indonesia, is considered an essential collaborative program between the Indonesian government, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), and surrounding local communities to mitigate climate change and global warming. In its implementation, community participation plays a significant role because they are impacted directly by REDD+, as stated in the Cancun Agreement and Anchorage Declaration of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change. Therefore, this research focuses on the participation level and how it contributes to the program. This research used the community participation theory from Choguill and benefited from using mixed methods with a single case strategy. Data were gathered through a questionnaire, a semi-structured interview, and a literature study. The results uncovered that the participation level reached conciliation with the least support of three rungs as a degree of participation. At this stage, the local community and government started to realize their interests by supporting each other. Even so, the government had control in enforcing the decision-making process that involved the community in REDD+. In the end, government and stakeholders at the local and national scales should accelerate community participation through law enforcement and full community involvement in implementing REDD+.

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Partisipasi Masyarakat Lokal Dalam Pengelolaan Daya Tarik Wisata Pantai Pandawa Di Desa Adat Kutuh Kabupaten Badung

JURNAL DESTINASI PARIWISATA ◽

10.24843/jdepar.2017.v05.i01.p18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 97

Author(s):

Gusti Made Sugiwinata ◽

Ida Bagus Suryawan

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Local Community ◽

Local Population ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Tourist Attraction ◽

Literature Study ◽

Five Elements

This research discusses about Participation of Local Community in the Management of Tourist Attraction of Pandawa Beach at the Customary Village of Kutuh. The research aims to discuss the potential of tourist attraction of Pandawa beach, which has been developed by the authorized management, as well as the participation of local community of Kutuh customary village. Further, the management of tourist attraction of Pandawa Beach is described according to five elements: tourism industry and typology of participation and characteristic of the community. Method used is descriptive qualitative. Data was collected by way of observation, structured interview, literature study and documentation. Later data was analyzed with informant setting technique and purpose sampling technique. Based on the result of discussion can be suggested that local community participation in the management of tourist attraction of Pandawa beach namely the provision of qualifies natural resources, recruitment of employess for tourist attraction of Pandawa beach preferring local population to increase the economy of community of Kutuh customary village. Keywords: Public Participation Management

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Envisioning Climate Change Adaptation Futures Using Storytelling Workshops

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126630 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6630

Author(s):

Rachel Harcourt ◽

Wändi Bruine de Bruin ◽

Suraje Dessai ◽

Andrea Taylor

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Social Change ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Local Community ◽

Adaptation Planning ◽

The West ◽

Community Or ◽

Rebel Groups ◽

The Future ◽

The Government

Engaging people in preparing for inevitable climate change may help them to improve their own safety and contribute to local and national adaptation objectives. However, existing research shows that individual engagement with adaptation is low. One contributing factor to this might be that public discourses on climate change often seems dominated by overly negative and seemingly pre-determined visions of the future. Futures thinking intends to counter this by re-presenting the future as choice contingent and inclusive of other possible and preferable outcomes. Here, we undertook storytelling workshops with participants from the West Yorkshire region of the U.K. They were asked to write fictional adaptation futures stories which: opened by detailing their imagined story world, moved to events that disrupted those worlds, provided a description of who responded and how and closed with outcomes and learnings from the experience. We found that many of the stories envisioned adaptation as a here-and-now phenomenon, and that good adaptation meant identifying and safeguarding things of most value. However, we also found notable differences as to whether the government, local community or rebel groups were imagined as leaders of the responsive actions, and as to whether good adaptation meant maintaining life as it had been before the disruptive events occurred or using the disruptive events as a catalyst for social change. We suggest that the creative futures storytelling method tested here could be gainfully applied to support adaptation planning across local, regional and national scales.

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EKSISTENSI MASYARAKAT HUKUM ADAT DAN LEMBAGA-LEMBAGA ADAT DI ACEH DALAM PENYELENGGARAAN KEISTIMEWAAN DAN OTONOMI KHUSUS DI ACEH

Yustisia Jurnal Hukum ◽

10.20961/yustisia.v1i3.10084 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Kurniawan

Keyword(s):

Indigenous People ◽

Local Community ◽

Community Life ◽

Literature Study ◽

Legal Research ◽

Technical Approach ◽

Applicable Law ◽

Traditional Institution ◽

Traditional Institutions ◽

The Government

AbstractThis study aims to explain the existence of indigenous people and traditional institutions in Aceh in the administration the Aceh’s special autonomy. In addition, it explains the duties, functions and authority of traditional institutions in Aceh nowadays. This study is normative legal research. This study examines library materials that acquired through literature study. The technical/ approach used is the statute ap- proach, by using deductive analysis. The results of the study indicate that the existence indigenous people and traditional institutions in Aceh have shown their role in local community life in Aceh. This is caused by the community in Aceh has fulfilled the requirements of indigenous people as stated by the applicable law. The existence of traditional institutions in Aceh essentially has the function and role as a vehicle for public participation in the administration of the Government of Aceh provincial level and the Regency/municipality level in the area of security, peace, harmony, and public order. In addition, those traditional institutions also have some number of authorities as mandated by Article 4 Qanun Aceh No. 10 of 2008 concerning traditional Institution.Keywords: Indigenous People, Traditional Institution, Aceh’s Special AutonomyAbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan menjelaskan eksistensi (kedudukan) masyarakat hukum adat dan lembaga-lembaga adat di Aceh dalam penyelenggaraan Keistimewaan dan Otonomi Khusus Aceh. Selain itu, menjelaskan tugas, fungsi, dan wewenang lembaga-lembaga adat yang ada di Aceh saat ini. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum normatif (legal research). Kajian ini menelaah bahan pustaka yang diperoleh melalui studi pustaka. pendekatan yang digunakan ialah pendekatan peraturan perundang-undangan (statute approach), dengan menggunakan penalaran deduktif. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa keberadaan (eksistensi) masyarakat hukum adat dan kelembagaan adat di Aceh telah menunjukkan kiprahnya dalam tata kehidupan masyarakat di Aceh. Hal tersebut disebabkan oleh karena masyarakat hukum di Aceh telah memenuhi syarat-syarat masyarakat hukum adat sebagaimana yang disebutkan dalam peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku. Keberadaan lembaga-lembaga adat di Aceh hakikatnya memiliki fungsi dan peran sebagai wahana partisipasi masyarakat dalam penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Aceh dan Pemerintahan Kabupaten/Kota di bidang keamanan, ketenteraman, kerukunan, dan ketertiban masyarakat. Selain itu, lembaga-lembaga adat tersebut juga memiliki sejumlah kewenangan sebagaimana yang diamanatkan Pasal 4 Qanun Aceh Nomor 10 Tahun 2008 tentang Lembaga Adat.Kata kunci: Masyarakat Hukum Adat, Lembaga Adat, Otonomi Khusus Aceh.

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A gender justice approach to eliminating Sudan’s Savannah belt’s vulnerability to climate change

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management ◽

10.1108/ijccsm-06-2015-0085 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 539-558 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mey Eltayeb Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Best Practice ◽

Local Community ◽

Forest Degradation ◽

Climate Justice ◽

Social Forestry ◽

Policy Document ◽

Ample Evidence ◽

Content Type ◽

Vulnerability To Climate Change

Purpose Arguing that a gendered invisibility surrounding climate justice contributes to the overall vulnerability and burden placed upon the ability of women from disadvantaged communities, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of developing a participative gender framework for climate justice with the potential to address the policy and programme vulnerability gap within climate change and conflict in Sudan’s Savannah Belt. Design/methodology/approach In utilising gender responsive discourse analysis, along with setting out the history of gender engagement within social forestry, this paper examines both the method of Sudan’s reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) development and its content. Findings The paper’s findings demonstrate that the REDD+ programme in Sudan provides ample evidence of the importance of integrating climate justice and gender approaches to policy, programming and projects through ensuring women and local community participation at all levels and interaction within policy and programme development, along with its implementation. Research limitations/implications The paper is theoretical in nature but did draw upon case studies and consultations, and the author was involved in some of the research. Originality/value The paper provides a positive and arguably original example of social forestry within the Savannah Belt and its utilisation as a best practice that has fed into Sudan’s REDD+ Proposal/Policy Document so as to potentially drive and streamline similar such initiatives across Sudan.

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The impact of local community agricultural practices on livelihood security and forest degradation around the Tesso Nilo national park in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

Tropics ◽

10.3759/tropics.18.45 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 45-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Retno KUSUMANINGTYAS ◽

Shigeo KOBAYASHI ◽

Shinya TAKEDA

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Local Community ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Forest Degradation ◽

Livelihood Security ◽

The Impact

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Community Participation Level in Development of Keseneng Tourism Village

EFFICIENT Indonesian Journal of Development Economics ◽

10.15294/efficient.v2i2.30795 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 376-386

Author(s):

Adnan Abdul Safii ◽

Amin Pujiati

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Community Participation ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Skills Training ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Inhibiting Factors ◽

Participation Level ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

The Government

This research aims to identify the level of community participation in the development of Keseneng Tourism Village, to know the inhibiting factors in the development of tourism villages, and to identify efforts to overcome obstacles to increase the participation of the Keseneng Village community. The design in this study is a case study research with a type of qualitative descriptive research. The data used are primary and secondary data. Data collection techniques used are observation, interviews and documentation. The data validity technique uses triangulation techniques. Trianggulation technique means using different data collection techniques to get data from the same source. The results showed that the level of community participation in the development of the Keseneng Tourism Village using the Arnstein ladder was in the stage of Placatation. Participation in the threatening stage means that the communication made by the community and the government has been done well. The community also has the opportunity to place its representatives in the development of Keseneng Tourism Village activities. The inhibiting factors in the development of Keseneng Tourism Village are lack of funding, quality of Human Resources, knowledge and insights of the community regarding tourism villages, and incomplete facilities and infrastructure. Efforts are being made to overcome obstacles by disseminating tourism, providing skills training, fostering tourism villages, participating in marketing and publishing Keseneng Tourism Village, as well as comparative studies to other tourist villages. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi tingkat partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengembangan Desa Wisata Keseneng, mengetahui faktor penghambat dalam pengembangan desa wisata, serta mengetahui upaya dalam mengatasi hambatan untuk meningkatkan partisipasi masyarakat Desa Keseneng. Desain dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian studi kasus dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan sekunder. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara serta dokumentasi. Teknik keabsahan data menggunakan trianggulasi teknik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat partisipasi masyarakat pengembangan Desa Wisata Keseneng menggunakan tangga Arnstein berada pada tahap Penentraman (Placatation). Partisipasi tahap Penetraman berarti bahwa komunikasi yang dilakukan masyarakat dan pemerintah telah dilakukan dengan baik. Masyarakat juga memiliki kesempatan untuk menempatkan perwakilannya dalam kegiatan pengembangan Desa Wisata Keseneng. Faktor penghambat dalam pengembangan Desa Wisata Keseneng yaitu kurangnya pendanaan, kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia, pengetahuan dan wawasan masyarakat mengenai desa wisata, serta sarana dan prasarana belum lengkap. Upaya yang dilakukan masyarakat dan pemerintah untuk mengatasi hambatan dengan melakukan sosialisasi kepariwisataan, memberikan pelatihan keterampilan, pembinaan desa wisata, ikut memasarkan dan mempublikasikan Desa Wisata Keseneng, serta studi banding ke desa wisata lain.

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Pursuing Self-determined Responses to Climate Change in the Cook Islands: Exploring the Interface between Government Organisational Directive and Local Community Engagement with Climate Change Adaptation

10.26686/wgtn.17009435 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Anabel Lusk

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Political Ecology ◽

Local Community ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

Ecological Resilience ◽

Small Island ◽

Institutional Setting ◽

Cook Islands ◽

Indigenous Knowledges ◽

The Government

Small island communities are considered to be amongst the most ‘at-risk’ populations in the world to the impacts of climate change. Global, regional and national entities have framed the plight of Pacific communities through climate change discourses. This study contributes to an emerging line of inquiry that investigates how applying the concepts of ‘vulnerability’ and ‘resilience’ to frame communities might contribute to community empowerment, or marginalisation. Focused on the institutional setting of the ‘Strengthening the Resilience of our Islands and our Communities to Climate Change Programme’ (SRIC Programme), this thesis explores the engagement between government organisations of the Cook Islands and communities of Aitutaki to form adaptation responses to climate change. Qualitative methodologies coupled with Pasifika methodologies provide a culturally responsive approach to the research. This approach accommodated local narratives and indigenous knowledges throughout the study. The findings from semi-structured interviews suggest that Cook Islands government organisations increasingly frame Aitutaki communities through the concept of ‘resilience’. Interviews with community representatives suggest that Aitutaki communities use indigenous knowledges to make sense of changes in their local environment, without always understanding the science-based notions of climate change. Engagement approaches such as ‘knowledge sharing’, could offer a pathway to increasing community autonomy and confidence in climate change discussions, whilst also contributing to enhancing socio-ecological resilience. To maintain a ‘critical’ political ecology approach, governmentality theory was used to explain how power relations might be embedded in resilience discourse. Insight is offered into how the government-community relationship could enable ‘technologies of government’ as the SRIC Programme progresses. It is suggested that the social conditions of Aitutaki communities could pose sites of resistance to governmentality. Recently implemented, the SRIC Programme demonstrates potential for supporting self-determined responses to climate change and enhancing socio-ecological resilience in Aitutaki.

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PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM MEWUJUDKAN KAMPUNG WARNA-WARNI TELUK SERIBU KOTA BALIKPAPAN

10.31219/osf.io/skqv3 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Arteks Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Local Community ◽

Central Government ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Life Quality ◽

Government Regulations ◽

Tourist Attractions ◽

The Government ◽

The City

Title: Community Participation In The Development Of Kampung Warna-warni Teluk Seribu In Balikpapan CityThe growth and development of the city is one of driving factors for the emergence of slums in urban areas. Slums are usually located on the outskirts of the city, an example of which can be found in Balikpapan known as “Kampung Nelayan” slum area. A common condition takes place in other big cities in Indonesia, and this has led the government to formulate programs and policies by issuing government regulations Undang-undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2011 concerning to Housing and Human Settlement Areas. It is stipulated in the regulation that “The management of slums must be carried out by the central Government, local Government and/ or by every individuals”. To improve the welfare and a better life quality, active community participation is needed to build sustainable habitable human settlements. In order to explore more about this concept, a research was conducted at Kampung Nelayan Warna-warni Teluk Seribu. The research aims at learning more about the roles of the community and obstacles encountered in developing Kampung Nelayan Warna-warni Teluk Seribu. The method used is descriptive analysis through observation, interview, literatures study, and related documents. The result of the research shows that community participation plays a successful role in developing Kampung Nelayan Warna-warni Teluk Seribu as one of the tourist attractions in Balikpapan which, then, leads to economic enhancement of local community and Balikpapan city.

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PENGEMBANGAN PENGELOLAAN BERBASIS MASYARAKAT PADA WISATA UJONG KAREUNG DI GAMPONG SUAK INDRAPURI

Jurnal Marine Kreatif ◽

10.35308/jmk.v2i2.2278 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Ika Kusumawati

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Local Community ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Planned Change ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

Whole Process ◽

Aceh Province ◽

Tourist Village ◽

The Government

Tourism coastal area is one form of application of community-based and sustainable tourism development. Through the development of tourist villages are expected to occur equitable in accordance with the concept of sustainable tourism development. Community participation is important in the implementation of development. In reality there is often a neglect of community participation, so that the community is still the object of the implementation of management. The development of the tourism village is a planned change in which local participation is required holistically. This activity aims: Provides an overview of how the development and management of attractions based on local communities. The development of Suak Indrapuri Village, Aceh Barat Regency, Aceh Province into a tourist village has not fully involved community participation. The challenge in the process of developing the tourist gampong in Suak Indrapuri is the lack of cooperation between local government / related agencies and gampong devices in the whole process of tourism development. Whereas when referring to a clean and sustainable government governance approach the role of the government is expected to be a facilitator by providing greater role and benefits to the local community. Good coordination is able to develop the area. It is desirable that existing natural resources are sustainable without reducing and damaging their quality.

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STRENGTHENING THE POSITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FOREST BY SUBSQUENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION OF REPUBLIK INDONESIA NO.35/PUU-X/2012 TO SUPPORT OF REDD+ INDONESIA

Yustisia Jurnal Hukum ◽

10.20961/yustisia.v6i2.12866 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Anti Mayastuti

Keyword(s):

Indigenous People ◽

Local Community ◽

Forest Degradation ◽

Land Ownership ◽

Forest Resources ◽

Customary Law ◽

Access To Justice ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

Reduce Emissions ◽

The Government

The problems of disputes over land ownership of forest between the government (in this case is the state) and the community, has been occured tens of years ago, but the increase was higher along with just an era of reform. A possession of forest resources has been dominated by large employers with the strength of their capital, while the local community (in this case of indigenous people) who rely on forest resources for generations before this country stood, their fate was even more marginalized. In fact, the existence of indigenous people with local wisdom value, plays an important role in forest management, as recognized in Act No.41 of 1999 about Forestry. Inequality of distribution of forest resources this mastery was seen as a base for real social conflict happens in the life of the community law. Furthermore it was published constitutional court’s verdict of RI No.35/PUU-X/2012 to provid e access to justice for indigenous people over the mastery of the forest. This recognition is strengthened by the existence of a REDD + Program aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation that requires the existence of a customary law society active participation through the empowerment of local wisdom values.

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