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fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?> <dc schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><title lang="en-US">Social Forestry - why and for whom? A comparison of policies in Vietnam and Indonesia</title><creator>Moeliono, Moira</creator><creator>Thuy, Pham Thu</creator><creator>Waty Bong, Indah</creator><creator>Wong, Grace Yee</creator><creator>Brockhaus, Maria</creator><subject lang="en-US">Community Forestry; Social Forestry; empowerment; rights; Indonesia; Vietnam</subject><description lang="en-US">Community forestry or social forestry (henceforth referred collectively as SF) programs have become new modes of forest management empowering local managers and hence, allowing integration of diverse local practices and support of local livelihoods.&#xA0; Implementation of these initiatives, however, face multiple challenges. State-prescribed community programs, for example, will remain isolated efforts if changes in the overall economic and social governance frameworks, including the devolution of rights to local users is lacking. Financial sustainability of these measures remains often uncertain and equity issues inherent to groups and communities formed for SF, can be exacerbated. In this article, we pose the question: Whose interests do SF policies serve? The effectiveness of SF would depend on the motivations and aims for a decentralization of forest governance to the community. In order to understand the underlying motivations behind the governments&#x2019; push for SF, we examine national policies in Vietnam and Indonesia, changes in their policies over time and the shift in discourses influencing how SF has evolved. Vietnam and Indonesia are at different sides of the spectrum in democratic ambitions and forest abundance, and present an intriguing comparison in the recent regional push towards SF in Southeast Asia.&#xA0; We discuss the different interpretations of SF in these two countries and how SF programs are implemented. Our results show that governments, influenced by global discourse, are attempting to regulate SF through formal definitions and regulations.&#xA0; Communities on the other hand, might resist by adopting, adapting or rejecting formal schemes.&#xA0; In this tension, SF, in general adopted to serve the interest of local people, in practice SF has not fulfilled its promise.</description><publisher lang="en-US">Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin</publisher><contributor lang="en-US">ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC)</contributor><contributor lang="en-US">funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) &#x2013; Switzerland F-07476.02.04</contributor><contributor lang="en-US">CIFOR - NUOL- VAFS - UNTAN</contributor><contributor lang="en-US">IKI</contributor><contributor lang="en-US">BUMB</contributor><contributor lang="en-US">CGIAR</contributor><date>2017-11-27</date><type>Journal:Article</type><type>Other:info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion</type><type>Other:</type><type>Other:</type><type>File:application/pdf</type><identifier>http://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/article/view/2484</identifier><identifier>10.24259/fs.v1i2.2484</identifier><source lang="en-US">Forest and Society; VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2, NOVEMBER 2017; 78-97</source><source>2549-4333</source><source>2549-4724</source><language>eng</language><relation>http://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/article/view/2484/pdf</relation><coverage lang="en-US">Indonesia; Vietnam</coverage><coverage lang="en-US"/><coverage lang="en-US"/><rights lang="en-US">Copyright (c) 2019 Forest and Society</rights><rights lang="en-US">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</rights><recordID>article-2484</recordID></dc>
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author Moeliono, Moira
Thuy, Pham Thu
Waty Bong, Indah
Wong, Grace Yee
Brockhaus, Maria
author2 ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC)
funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – Switzerland F-07476.02.04
CIFOR - NUOL- VAFS - UNTAN
IKI
BUMB
CGIAR
title Social Forestry - why and for whom? A comparison of policies in Vietnam and Indonesia
publisher Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin
publishDate 2017
topic Community Forestry
Social Forestry
empowerment
rights
Indonesia
Vietnam
url http://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/article/view/2484
http://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/article/view/2484/pdf
contents Community forestry or social forestry (henceforth referred collectively as SF) programs have become new modes of forest management empowering local managers and hence, allowing integration of diverse local practices and support of local livelihoods. Implementation of these initiatives, however, face multiple challenges. State-prescribed community programs, for example, will remain isolated efforts if changes in the overall economic and social governance frameworks, including the devolution of rights to local users is lacking. Financial sustainability of these measures remains often uncertain and equity issues inherent to groups and communities formed for SF, can be exacerbated. In this article, we pose the question: Whose interests do SF policies serve? The effectiveness of SF would depend on the motivations and aims for a decentralization of forest governance to the community. In order to understand the underlying motivations behind the governments’ push for SF, we examine national policies in Vietnam and Indonesia, changes in their policies over time and the shift in discourses influencing how SF has evolved. Vietnam and Indonesia are at different sides of the spectrum in democratic ambitions and forest abundance, and present an intriguing comparison in the recent regional push towards SF in Southeast Asia. We discuss the different interpretations of SF in these two countries and how SF programs are implemented. Our results show that governments, influenced by global discourse, are attempting to regulate SF through formal definitions and regulations. Communities on the other hand, might resist by adopting, adapting or rejecting formal schemes. In this tension, SF, in general adopted to serve the interest of local people, in practice SF has not fulfilled its promise.
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