This paper presents indigenous examples of forest management that achieve a true integration of forest resources and structures into farmland - cyclic and permanent cultivation of artificial forest in swidden agricultural systems in an Indonesian context. Some qualities of agro-forests from an agroforestry perspectives are discussed and the initial approaches for the analysis are proposed. It also examines how the indigenous systems can inspire new models for the forest end of the agroforestry continuum, and how the extrapolation to other areas can be accomplished. The potential benefits of incorporating a larger vision in the agroforestry approach are discussed.
Publication year
1998
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, indigenous peoples, shifting cultivation
