The chainsaw economy in Tanimbar archipelago, indonesia

Jean-Marc Roda (), Patrick Langbour and Bayuni Shantiko

Chapter 2.3 in Chainsaw milling: supplier to local markets. Wit, Marieke and Jinke van Dam (eds.). (2010). Tropenbos international, wageningen, the netherlands. xxii + 226 pp. ISBN 978-90-5113-094-2, 2010, vol. 1, pp 31-37 from CIRAD, Forest department, UPR40

Abstract: The Tanimbar islands are of great interest for their biodiversity (lidon and kartiwa 2005). located in the province of maluku, indonesia, their main city, saumlaki, is also a district capital. The islands were extensively studied during the Tanimbar land-use planning project, funded by the European Commission, which covered land-use planning, biodiversity protection and biodiversity enhancement through participatory approaches (Jewell et al. 2006; astawa et al. 2006). The project team analyzed the wood production system in the southern part of Yamdena island (lidon and kartiwa 2005), where chainsaw activi- ties supply most of the wood to local villages, saumlaki, other indonesian islands, and abroad. Two villages of south Yamdena, wermatan and ilngei, specialize in chainsaw milling, although at a very rudimentary level. wermatan is accessible only by sea and has an economy shaped by its traditional social structure. ilngei, which is very close to saum- laki and connected to it by a paved road, has a comparatively advanced state of economic development that is reflected in its wood production system (shantiko et al. 2004).

Keywords: ethnic business; informal trade; timber; forest; tropical; chain saw; economics; flegt; Indonesia; Malaysia; china; Europe; EU; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L73 O13 Q23 Q56 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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