While land is a crucial asset for most people in rural, hilly area of Sumberjaya, Lampung province, securing land tenure has been a long battle. In the early 1990s, Forestry Department announced that 30% of the watershed area classified as protected area. Farmers were demanded to stay away from their managed coffee gardens. Following the starting point of devolution process; a period many called as ‘reformation’ in Indonesia, so cial forestry concept (Hkm) was introduced. The system offers rights to manage land inside pr otected area by the means of preserving remaining forest (stop further deforestation) and planting new tree (‘reforestation’). Now, 8 years after the enactment of HKm, it is timely to ask whether more secure tenure under social forestry scheme really meets its conservation objectives: to reduce deforestation and to increase tree cover in Sumberjaya watershed.
Publication year
2007
Authors
Ekadinata, A.; Hadi D P; Nugroho D K; Suyanto B L; Dewi, S.
Language
English
Keywords
agricultural practices, deforestation, forest cover, watersheds
Geographic
Indonesia
