Natural Resource Management: Historical Lessons from Indonesia |
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Authors: | David Henley |
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Institution: | (1) Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), P. O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | This paper uses a variety of historical evidence from Indonesia to explore the conditions for sustainable management of natural
resources. In the agricultural sphere, history gives reason for optimism regarding the ability of individuals to conserve
and improve soil resources on an uncoordinated, anarchic basis under systems of intensive smallholder farming and agroforestry.
It also suggests that this ability may be enhanced, rather than eroded, both by population growth and by the commercialization
of agriculture. When it comes to the management of forests and fisheries and the conservation of nature, by contrast, there
is less reason for optimism. If sustainable solutions are to be found in these spheres, the historical evidence suggests that
they will involve political hierarchy, and will depend on the honouring of a social contract in which the state serves the
public interest while retaining the powers of coercion which it needs in order to do just that. |
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Keywords: | Indonesia Resource management History Institutional economics Political ecology |
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