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View article: ANALYSIS OF POST-DISASTER CITY STRUCTURE CHANGES IN INDONESIA: STUDY CASE MATARAM CITY OF LOMBOK (NTB)
ANALYSIS OF POST-DISASTER CITY STRUCTURE CHANGES IN INDONESIA: STUDY CASE MATARAM CITY OF LOMBOK (NTB) Open
Purpose: Research has been carried out on identifying the risk of earthquake disasters in the West Nusa Tenggara. Methodology: Region based on 3 factors: the earthquake hazard factor, namely the maximum acceleration of ground vibrations (P…
View article: Incumbents’ in/ability to drive endogenous sustainability transitions in livestock farming: Lessons from Rotenburg (Germany)
Incumbents’ in/ability to drive endogenous sustainability transitions in livestock farming: Lessons from Rotenburg (Germany) Open
Livestock farmers, as incumbents, face pressures to transition toward sustainability. We study these actors’ role in this process, particularly their in/ability to contribute to endogenous institutional change. Our study entails an intervi…
View article: Transformation Role of Forest Farmer Group’s (FFGs) in Indonesia from Development Agent to Brokering Project
Transformation Role of Forest Farmer Group’s (FFGs) in Indonesia from Development Agent to Brokering Project Open
The collapse of the Indonesia authoritarian regime in 1998 further elevated the role of the local level groups including Forest Farmer Groups (FFGs) in rural development. This research aims to describe changing the role of FFGs due to the …
View article: The cost of leisure: the political ecology of the commercialization of Indonesia’s protected areas
The cost of leisure: the political ecology of the commercialization of Indonesia’s protected areas Open
Using the political ecology approach, we investigated the Indonesian government's decision to commercialize protected areas (PAs) and promote its tourism sector aggressively, and examined how this commercialization is enabled through vario…
View article: Impacts of Agricultural Land Acquisition for Urbanization on Agricultural Activities of Affected Households: A Case Study in Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam
Impacts of Agricultural Land Acquisition for Urbanization on Agricultural Activities of Affected Households: A Case Study in Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam Open
Agricultural land acquisition for urbanization (ALAFU) has strongly impacted agriculture in Vietnam during the last decades. Given the mixed data obtained from a survey (with 50 households who lost 50% of their farmland area), in-depth int…
View article: Social-ecological transformation and COVID-19: the need to revisit working-class environmentalism
Social-ecological transformation and COVID-19: the need to revisit working-class environmentalism Open
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic points to unequally distributed vulnerabilities in society. Unevenly distributed disadvantages are also found in processes of a social-ecological transformation. The concept of working-class environmentalism a…
View article: Understanding permaculturist motivations among residents of the “PermaKulturRaum” in Goettingen, Germany: a qualitative analysis
Understanding permaculturist motivations among residents of the “PermaKulturRaum” in Goettingen, Germany: a qualitative analysis Open
By using an inductive qualitative approach, investigating the micro scale, that is, the individual level, we conducted a case study on the PermaKulturRaum in Goettingen, Germany—an experimental space for students to explore alternative lif…
View article: Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes
Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes Open
Land-use transitions can enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers but potential economic-ecological trade-offs remain poorly understood. Here, we present an interdisciplinary study of the environmental, social and economic consequenc…
View article: Deconstructing sustainable rubber production: contesting narratives in rural Sumatra
Deconstructing sustainable rubber production: contesting narratives in rural Sumatra Open
Funder: \n Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft\n http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659
View article: Flooding and land use change in Jambi Province, Sumatra: integrating local knowledge and scientific inquiry
Flooding and land use change in Jambi Province, Sumatra: integrating local knowledge and scientific inquiry Open
The rapid expansion of rubber and oil palm plantations in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, is associated with large-scale deforestation and the impairment of many ecosystem services. According to villagers' observations, this land use c…
View article: Environmental Governance Meets Reality
Environmental Governance Meets Reality Open
Multi-stakeholder sustainability certification schemes have become a favorite instrument for applying good governance, though studies indicate their inefficiency at the producer level. In this study, we used a mixed-method approach to firs…
View article: Environmental Governance Meets Reality: A Micro-Scale Perspective on Sustainability Certification Schemes for Oil Palm Smallholders in Jambi, Sumatra
Environmental Governance Meets Reality: A Micro-Scale Perspective on Sustainability Certification Schemes for Oil Palm Smallholders in Jambi, Sumatra Open
Multi-stakeholder sustainability certification schemes have become a
\nfavorite instrument for applying good governance, though studies
\nindicate their inefficiency at the producer level. In this study, we
\nused a mixed-method approach t…
View article: Improving the Socioeconomic Status of Rural Women Associated with Agricultural Land Acquisition: A Case Study in Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam
Improving the Socioeconomic Status of Rural Women Associated with Agricultural Land Acquisition: A Case Study in Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam Open
Since the 2000s, agricultural land acquisition (ALA) for urbanization and industrialization has been quickly implemented in Vietnam, which has led to a huge socioeconomic transformation in rural areas. This paper applies the sustainable li…
View article: Gotong royong (cooperation) transformation of rural communities in Jambi Province, Indonesia
Gotong royong (cooperation) transformation of rural communities in Jambi Province, Indonesia Open
One nowadays un denied phenomena is that society changed. Jambi Province rural community has also changed toward modernization. The main goal of this research is to analyze factors effect gotong royong (cooperation) transformation in Jambi…
View article: Governing the yarshagumba ‘gold rush’: A comparative study of governance systems in the Kailash Landscape in India and Nepal
Governing the yarshagumba ‘gold rush’: A comparative study of governance systems in the Kailash Landscape in India and Nepal Open
Under present conditions of economic globalization, social-ecological systems undergo rapid changes. In this context, internal and external forces put heavy pressure on the governance systems of commons to adapt effectively. While institut…
View article: Differences in Power Structures Regarding Access to Natural Resources at the Village Level in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Differences in Power Structures Regarding Access to Natural Resources at the Village Level in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia) Open
The mountain forests of the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi include core areas of the global Wallacea biodiversity “hotspot”. Remote sensing data indicated that deforestation rates around Central Sulawesi’s Lore-Lindu National Park…
View article: Mimicry of the Legal: Translating de jure Land Formalization Processes Into de facto Local Action in Jambi province, Sumatra
Mimicry of the Legal: Translating de jure Land Formalization Processes Into de facto Local Action in Jambi province, Sumatra Open
In Indonesia, as in many other countries of the global South, processes to formalize rights over land have been implemented with the intention to reduce deforestation, decrease poverty and increase tenure security. Literature on de jure pr…
View article: Smallholder Telecoupling and Climate Governance in Jambi Province, Indonesia
Smallholder Telecoupling and Climate Governance in Jambi Province, Indonesia Open
Current debates on climate change have led to an increased demand for sustainable commodities. Serving this demand, sustainability certification schemes and eco-friendly labels have become prominent mechanisms of climate governance. Smallh…
View article: Indonesian Traditional Market Flexibility Amidst State Promoted Market Competition
Indonesian Traditional Market Flexibility Amidst State Promoted Market Competition Open
The penetration of modern supermarkets is believed to be the cause of the declining role of traditional markets and street vendors in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the competition between state-promoted markets and traditional markets is rarely…
View article: Indonesian Traditional Market Flexibility amidst State Promoted Market Competition
Indonesian Traditional Market Flexibility amidst State Promoted Market Competition Open
The penetration of modern supermarkets is believed to be the cause of the declining role of traditional markets and street vendors in Indonesia. But the competition between state-promoted markets and traditional markets is rarely discussed…
View article: The Transnationalisation of Competing State Projects: Carbon Offsetting and Development in Sumatra's Coastal Peat Swamps
The Transnationalisation of Competing State Projects: Carbon Offsetting and Development in Sumatra's Coastal Peat Swamps Open
Indonesia's peatlands can be considered as conflict arenas where different state projects and actors compete. The case presented here stands for a new conservation controversy. The Berbak Carbon Initiatives overlap with a settlement projec…
View article: Catastrophe & Regeneration in Indonesia's Peatlands: Ecology, Economy & Society
Catastrophe & Regeneration in Indonesia's Peatlands: Ecology, Economy & Society Open
Kosuke Mizuno, Motoko S. Fujita, and Shuichi Kawai, eds. Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. xxvii and 466 pp; 14 tables, 80 figures, 4 photographs, glossary, index. $46.00 SGD (ISBN 978-4-87698-877-8).Whe...
View article: A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system
A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system Open
Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large‐scale land‐use change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts on both the areas converted to oil palm and their surroundings. However, research on the …
View article: Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion
Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion Open
Tropical lowland rainforests are increasingly threatened by the expansion of agriculture and the extraction of natural resources. In Jambi Province, Indonesia, the interdisciplinary EFForTS project focuses on the ecological and socio-econo…
View article: Economic and ecological trade-offs of agricultural specialization at different spatial scales
Economic and ecological trade-offs of agricultural specialization at different spatial scales Open
Specialization in agricultural systems can lead to trade-offs between economic gains and ecosystem functions. We suggest and explore a conceptual framework in which economic gains can be maximized when production activities are specialized…