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Mapping People's Forests: The Role of Mapping in Planning Community-Based Management of Conservation Areas in Indonesia

Type: Document

Author: Cristina Eghenter
Year published: 2000
Research focus: Biodiversity
Keywords: Decentralization, Local Governance, Forests, Indonesia, Civil Society
Abstract: This PeFoR discussion paper, which draws on experience from Indonesia, focuses on a conservation organization's involvement in mapping indigenous lands for the purposes of creating protected area borders and management plans. A core issue discussed involves the conflict between the prior rights of local people and the recent claims of rights over the same territory.
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