INDONESIAN FOREST-RELATED POLICIES AMULTISECTORAL OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN INDONESIA’S FORESTS SINCE 1965
This Report is Part of a PhD on Tropical Forest Policies at the Institut d’Études Politiques and CIRAD, France January 2009
In many ways, the Brazza-Eilanden case-study encompasses the main issues that Papuan forest-related policies are facing today. For decades, policies have been characterised by the gap between the perceived remoteness and “primitivism” of the current state and the vast economic potentials of the territory. The new era of special autonomy (Otsus) has been greeted with considerable euphoria at the prospect of seeing Papuan “development” begin to lift off, but such rapid change should also be seen as a serious threat to the livelihoods of the several hundred thousand Papuans who still depend on natural resources, notably in the forest. The large-scale development policies of the Brazilian Amazon of the 1970s and 1980s should be seen as a stark warning that the plans being drawn up in every kabupaten in Papua could have equally devastating effects on both forests and their inhabitants.
Ofschoon dit rapport niet uitsluitend Papua betreft, maar Papua als onderdeel van Indonesië wel deel uit maakte van het onderzoek, toch maar hier gepubliceerd.
Klik hier voor het rapport in pdf