The program Revitalization of Agriculture, Fi sheries and Forestry’ (‘Revitalisasi Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan’, ‘RPPK’) that the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced on June 11 2005 makes clear that rura l development is still considered to be a major engine of national development. In its General Assembly in Marrakech the Co nsultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to which centres such as ICRA F, CIFOR, the World Fish Centre and IRRI (to name just 4 with activities in Indonesia) belong ad opted a set of 5 priorities and 20 sub-priorities that match very well with Indonesia’s ambitions. The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is committed to the reconciliation of development and environmental sustainability goals by reducing ru ral poverty through rural landscapes in which domesticated trees, agriculture and elements of ‘w ild’ nature provide multiple functions. Rather than training forestry, agronomy, economics or social science disciplinary experts, we believe that university education should equip ‘Integrated Natural Resource Managers’ for various roles in supporting the development of healthy agroforestry landscapes
Publication year
2006
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
environmental management, logging, poverty, reforestation
Geographic
Indonesia
