{"id":12540,"date":"2021-10-21T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T04:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2022-02-19T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T11:10:03","slug":"fy2021iv-9hosobuchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/en\/fy2021iv-9hosobuchi\/","title":{"rendered":"IV-9. \u201cA Preliminary Study of Aid and Community Organization in Degraded Peatland Areas of Indonesia\u201d (R2-3 FY2020-2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of aid on local people in degraded\u3000tropical peat areas in four provinces of Indonesia (Riau, Riau Islands, Central\u3000Kalimantan, and Papua) given the level of local autonomy at the community level.<\/p>\n
The study compares the environmental, economic, political, and social impacts of\u3000local self-governance at the local and regional levels, considers appropriate indicators\u3000of support, and examines the creation of mechanisms multi-disciplinary review\u3000of peatlands societies mechanisms existing community organizations. We will conduct\u3000research that includes both a practical model and theoretical analysis in order\u3000to propose a sustainable model of community organization in devastated tropical\u3000areas. <\/p>\n
By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this study promotes collaboration\u3000among a variety of stakeholders, including government officials, experts, researchers,\u3000companies, practitioners, and communities.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this research is to understand the nature, economy, politics,\u3000and society of tropical peat wastelands (wetlands and drylands) in\u3000Indonesia, to present an analytical framework for the construction of \u201cappropriate\u201d\u3000community organizations, and to consider how to provide nonburdensome\u3000and non-dependent assistance and cooperation in consideration\u3000of environmental and economic sustainability.<\/p>\n
By proposing appropriate indicators for each stakeholder and creating\u3000a system that can be easily sustained, this project aims to conduct practical\u3000research to enable the comprehensive organization and implementation\u3000of activities by residents of peat wastelands. <\/p>\n
The significance of this study is that it identifies a typology and a regional\u3000model of sustainable community organizations in tropical peat\u3000wastelands of Indonesia. It first clarifies the life histories of residents in\u3000tropical peatlands in this region (oral accounts of migration, land-use\u3000change, livelihood and risk hedging, and transformation of village organizational\u3000communities). It then elucidates the mechanisms causing conflicts\u3000over land, natural resources, human resources, and social capital that\u3000have been discussed during the last 20 years in terms of the confrontational\u3000structures between corporations, communities, and NGOs. Third, it\u3000presents a model for transferring the methods of peatland development\u3000that have been established during the last decade to general society, or\u3000what is called community, in a sustainable manner. Fourth, we propose\u3000creating an environment for the long-term maintenance of the project by\u3000the community. <\/p>\n
We had planned to continue fieldwork in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan,\u3000and Malauke, Papua during FY2020, but due to COVID-19, we\u3000decided to continue fieldwork only in Riau and Riau Islands provinces. In\u3000FY2020, we focused on the arid areas of the degraded peatlands and will\u3000research the wetlands during FY2021. <\/p>\n
This study aims to clarify the actual situation of degraded tropical peat\u3000lands in Indonesia and the effects of aid by focusing not only on shortterm\u3000observations of community organizations, but also on aspects overlooked\u3000by existing studies (including climate change, carbon, water table,\u3000soil, regulations, land use, agriculture, forestry, conflict, and international\u3000networks). By focusing on these aspects it is possible to clarify the research\u3000achievements in Japan from a modern perspective while at the\u3000same time elucidating the construction of community organizations and\u3000the institutions and mechanisms that support them, taking into account\u3000nature, agriculture, land use, economics, politics, and society in tropical\u3000peat swamps and arid lands. We hope to deepen our understanding of the\u3000diversity of community organizations\u3000in tropical peatlands\u3000in Southeast Asia and gain a\u3000theoretical understanding of\u3000community organizations in\u3000tropical peatlands beyond\u3000Southeast Asia. In this way,\u3000we hope to deepen our understanding\u3000of the diversity of\u3000peoples\u2019 organizations in\u3000tropical peatlands in Southeast\u3000Asia.<\/p>\n