Mitigating Tensions over Land Conversion in Papua, Indonesia

Mochamad Indrawan, Julian Caldecott and Ermayanti

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: In the south of the biodiversity-rich Indonesian province of Papua, a large agricultural program is planned for the districts around Merauke, with the ostensible aim of helping to meet Indonesia's food requirements. Questions arise over the scheme's compliance with national laws and sustainability policies, as well as its likely impacts on indigenous livelihoods and biodiversity. It is also contrary to the recent low-carbon development priorities of the provincial and national governments. For the initiative to be consistent with law and policy, therefore, considerably improved planning effort would be needed, taking into account many factors that have so far been ignored.

Keywords: Papua; sustainable development; low carbon; policy conversion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2017-02-16
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Published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Feb 2017, pages 147-157

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