Assessment and Scoping of Extractive Industries and Infrastructure in Relation to Deforestation: Indonesia
This report is part of a larger study commissioned by the Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) to explore the impacts of extractive industries and infrastructure (EII) on forest loss and degradation and community rights in the Amazon, Mexico and Central America, and Indonesia.
The Indonesian archipelago hosts much of the globe’s remaining humid tropical forest, concentrated especially in Papua, Kalimantan and Sumatra. While the fiber, logging and palm oil industries have been the principal proximate drivers of Indonesian land cover change, investments in resource extraction and infrastructure have also led to forest loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and rights infringement in forest communities. Their future impacts on forest may be far greater. Most of Indonesia’s coal reserves are located in East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and South Sumatra, and recent governments (Joko Widodo, “Jokowi,” 2014-19 and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, “SBY”, 2004-2014) have promoted large-scale infrastructure investment in support of extractive industry and other natural resource based economic development by linking resource extraction to domestic and international commodity and energy markets.
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- Author(s)
- S Agrawal, A J Bebbington, A Imhof, M Jebing, N Royo, L A Sauls, R Sulaiman, T Toumbourou, A Wicaksono
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Associated Partners
- Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta, University of Melbourne, Clark University, European Climate Foundation, Samdana Institute, Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI)
- Language
- English
- Publishing Institution Webpage
- http://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Indonesia-Impacts-of-EII-on-Forests-1.pdf
- Data Source Classification
- Program Report
- Research Type
- Secondary
- Research Methodology
- Secondary - PREVIOUS RESEARCH
- Thematic Tags
- Political, Governance, Economic, Finance, Social, Community, Legal, Land Rights, Environmental, Deforestation, Land
- Minerals
- Coal, Gold
- Region
- South Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Last Updated
- November 18, 2020