The Kalimantan Forest Fires: An Actor Analysis Based on Supreme Court Documents in Indonesia

Eko Priyo Purnomo, Abitassha Az Zahra, Ajree Ducol Malawani and Prathivadi Anand
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Eko Priyo Purnomo: Department of Government Affairs and Administration, Jusuf Kalla School of Government, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Yogyakarta 55183, Indonesia
Abitassha Az Zahra: Department of Government Affairs and Administration, Jusuf Kalla School of Government, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Yogyakarta 55183, Indonesia
Ajree Ducol Malawani: Department of Government Affairs and Administration, Jusuf Kalla School of Government, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Yogyakarta 55183, Indonesia
Prathivadi Anand: Faculty of Management, School of Social Sciences, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: Forest fires in Indonesia are of a local, national, and global concern, which is why the activities of local actors have emerged as a new problem in Indonesia, especially in Kalimantan. The current study employed a network content analysis method to examine the involvement of actors in forest fire cases based on Supreme Court decisions, complemented by several reputable online news sources such as kompas.com, detik.com, and tribun.com. By examining the cases, the actors involved were able to be identified as key actors, contest setters, and subject actors. Key actors, referring to companies and landowners, were found to have high correlations between one another. Moreover, key actors were observed to be involved in providing funds for land clearing or burning, yet they remained legally untouchable. Meanwhile, contest setters—permanent employees—were found to be the most involved in land burning/clearing, and they were often convicted in the Supreme Court rulings as they were merely commoners, farmers, and jobseekers in need of cash. Nevertheless, the subject actors, i.e., jobseekers and farm workers, were seen to have a weak relationship with key actors in the Supreme Court rulings, particularly in terms of forest burning and its operational funding.

Keywords: local actors; economic activities; forest fire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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