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The Riung Conservation Area in Flores, Indonesia: Lessons from Failure in Improving Governance, Managing Conflict, and Inducing Institutional Reform

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dc.contributor.author Moeliono, Ilya en_US
dc.contributor.author Maing, Ben Polo en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:36:08Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:36:08Z
dc.date.issued 2004 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2007-07-01 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2007-07-01 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1348
dc.description.abstract "The Riung Conservation area is located on the North Coast of the Ngada District on the island of Flores, in the Nusa Tenggara region of Eastern Indonesia. The area is a mosaic of forests interspersed with grasslands and a patchwork of small farms sloping downwards to the sea. The coastal zone of Riung is dotted with a number of small islands harboring outstanding reefs and marine life. "...A number of original tribes settled the uplands at one time, but have since been resettled along the coast. Several fishing communities from Sulawesi and Selayar have also migrated to the area in more recent times. Facing recurring droughts and harvest failures, in the late 1980s, communities along the coast began converting forested areas back into gardens in order to ensure their survival. Ever since, government agencies responsible for the protection and management of these protected areas have tried to enforce existing laws to curb the encroachment. Squeezed between the coastal and terrestrial reserves, these communities have had little choice but to clash with government. "This conflict was brought to the attention of the Nusa Tenggara Community Development Consortium (NTCDC), a multi-stakeholder network, by Sannusa, a local NGO working in the area. The NTCDC, through Koppesda4, then initiated an area wide participatory action research (PAR) and conflict resolution effort involving all stakeholders, including the seven villages in the area and several key agencies of the district government. The Ngada District Planning Board (Bappeda) was formally appointed to coordinate this initiative. The aim of this effort was to identify natural resource conflicts and to prepare the stakeholders to negotiate comprehensive solutions. In the process, a myriad of conflicts beyond the initial dispute around the land-clearings in the protected forest were uncovered, including many horizontal conflicts within the government and among the communities." en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject land tenure and use en_US
dc.subject forestry en_US
dc.subject protected areas en_US
dc.subject environmental policy en_US
dc.subject governance and politics en_US
dc.subject deforestation en_US
dc.subject action research en_US
dc.title The Riung Conservation Area in Flores, Indonesia: Lessons from Failure in Improving Governance, Managing Conflict, and Inducing Institutional Reform en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.coverage.region East Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Indonesia en_US
dc.subject.sector Fisheries en_US
dc.subject.sector Forestry en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference The Commons in an Age of Global Transition: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities, the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates August 9-13 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Oaxaca, Mexico en_US
dc.submitter.email yinjin@indiana.edu en_US


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