Journal article
Unrelenting games: Multiple negotiations and landscape transformations in the tropical peatlands of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
AJP Sanders, RM Ford, L Mulyani, RD Prasti H., AM Larson, Y Jagau, RJ Keenan
World Development | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Land use change is often a result of negotiation between different interests. Focusing on negotiation practices helps to provide a nuanced understanding of land use change processes over time. We examine negotiations within a concession model for land development in the southern tropical peatlands of Central Kalimantan province in Indonesia. This region can be described as a ‘resource frontier’ where historical landscape transformations from large development projects and oil palm plantations intersect with state models of forest conservation and recent Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) projects. The study drew on actor-network theory (ANT) and combined an et..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was conducted during 2013-2015 under a project of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) [grant numbers QZA-10/0468, QZA-12/0882, QZA-16/0110], European Commission (EC) [grant number DCI-ENV/2011/269-520], United Kingdom Department for International Development (UKAID) [grant number TF069018], the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID, currently DFAT) [grant numbers 46167, 63560], and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP-ETA) [grant number TF No. 069018], with financial support from the donors contributing to the CGIAR Fund. Many organisations and individuals in Indonesia contributed their time and knowledge, and we wish to thank and acknowledge the contributions of Fatkhurohman, Dehen Hedek and Ewaldianson, and Kussaritano (Ran), and key informants from district government and several villages. We also wish to thank Fioreni Antika, Novi Riana and Erika (Indu Yusdan) for field assistance, Dan Young for preparation of the licensing diagram, Chandra Jayasuriya for preparation of the maps, Josi Khatarina and Tessa Toumbourou for advice on the manuscript, and other colleagues who contributed to the research. Additionally, thanks to the Katingan-Mentaya Project for facilitating a portion of the fieldwork and advice on the manuscript, and to the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on the original manuscript. Results and conclusions represent the views of the authors rather than supporting organisations.