From Laborers to Coffee Farmers: Collaborative Forest Management in West Java, Indonesia

Budhi Gunawan (), Oekan Soekotjo Abdoellah, Firman Hadi, Gianrico Juan Alifi, Riky Novalia Suhendi, Inas Yaumi Aisharya and Wahyu Gunawan
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Budhi Gunawan: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 45363, Indonesia
Oekan Soekotjo Abdoellah: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 45363, Indonesia
Firman Hadi: Department of Geodesy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50277, Indonesia
Gianrico Juan Alifi: Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 45363, Indonesia
Riky Novalia Suhendi: Center for Environment and Sustainability Science, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 40134, Indonesia
Inas Yaumi Aisharya: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 45363, Indonesia
Wahyu Gunawan: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 45363, Indonesia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-22

Abstract: Collaborative forest management (CFM) is assumed to provide benefits for improving the condition of the forest ecology and the community’s economy. However, its effectiveness is often debated, particularly regarding the involvement of poor and landless farmers in program implementation. In this relation, this study examines a CFM program implementation in Bandung District, West Java, the so-called Pengelolaan Hutan Bersama Masyarakat (PHBM). The study combined qualitative and quantitative approaches in collecting data. GIS analysis and vegetation identification supported this study. The study shows that the PHBM program implementation in the study area provided benefits for improving forest ecological conditions and the livelihood of the farmers. This study also suggests that poor or landless farmers could secure their rights and access to the forest; they became coffee farmers. Despite this, to ensure the sustainability of the program, especially the involvement of the poor and landless farmers, support from the government is very much needed.

Keywords: sustainable forestry; forest management; social forestry; collaborative forest management; agroforestry; coffee farmer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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