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ABDOELLAH, Oekan Soekotjo
oekan@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Visiting Research Fellow
(Term: October 16, 2008 - April 15, 2009)
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Traditional Agroforestry as Humanosphere Component and bio-resource management

Research Interests

Traditional agroforestry as humanosphere component and bio-resource management

I have been working on tradional agroforestry since I was undergraduate student under the guidance of Prof. Otto Soemarwoto. Traditional agroforestry is classically said to be sound, efficient and sustainable land use systems. In many cases, traditional agroforestry systems meet several ecological, economic, social and institutional conditions which contribute to their sustainability. Thus, traditional agroforestry as humanosphere component has the potential to produce economically, socially and environmentally sound results. In addition, traditional agroforestry can help to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels through carbon storage, conservation of C stock in the existing forest and carbon substitution. Thus, traditional agroforestry can hence be promoted for solving the global problem such as poverty, food security, environmental degradation and climate change through local action by integrating formal and local sciences.

The important role of traditional agroforestry as humanosphere component, in the past, is often neglected by the policies makers as well as scientists as either being too small and insignificant and therefore seen as inefficient and unable to make a meaningful contribution to local food security, alleviating poverty, and enhancing ecosystem resilience. It is only recently, traditional agroforestry as component of humanosphere are increasingly receiving scientific attention. Various aspect of traditional agroforestry have also been reviewed such as the dynamic of agroforestry systems, socioeconomic aspects and ecological interaction and management implications. Many scientists acknowledge that traditional agrofoestry have several functions such as economic, social and cultural as well as ecological functions.

I have been conducted a number of case studies on traditional agroforestry and bio resource management in Indonesia by using human ecological perspective which focuses upon the complex relations between people and their environment. The common characteristic of human ecological perspective is that they are concerned with interactions between the natural and social world what are normally thought of as wholly separate and distinct aspects of reality. Human populations have ongoing contact with and impact upon the land, climate, plant, and animal species in their vicinities, and these elements of their environment have reciprocal impacts on humans. By using human ecological perspectives allow us to analyze the relation between humans and their environment more exclusively and dynamically.

Academic Career

1. March, 1980 : Graduated from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biology, Padjadjaran University with specialization on Ecology.
2. August, 1984 : Received Master of Arts, Department of Anthropology-University of California, Berkeley-USA.
3. May 1990 : Received PhD, Department of Anthropology - University of California,Berkeley-USA. Specialization: Ecological Anthropology (Human Ecology).
4. May 2002 : Professor in Human Ecology at Faculty of Social and
Political Sciences and Post Graduate Studies Padjadjaran

5. July 13 – August 15, 2003: Visiting Professor at Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Science, The Institute of Forestry Economics, University of Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
6. Mei 1 – October 2, 2004 : Visiting Professor at Laboratory of Landscape Ecology and Planning, Department of Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
7. Nov. 24 –Dec. 25. 2004 : Visiting Professor at Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Science, The Institute of Forestry Economics, University of Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Position :
1997 – 2007 : Director Institute of Ecology, Research Institute Padjadjaran University.
1999 – present : Head of Magister Program on Environmental Studies Padjadjaran University.
2007 – present : Chairman of Research Institute, Padjadjaran University
2006 – present : Editor for Journal Sustainability Science, Springer Tokyo

Publications

1. Abdoellah, O.S.;Hadikusumah, H., Takeuchi, K., Okubo, S., and Parikesit, 2006. Commercialization of homegardens in an Indonesian village: vegetation composition and functional changes. In B.M. Kumar and P.K.R. Nair Editors. Tropical Homegardens: A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry. Springer, The Netherlands.

1. Abdoellah, O.S.;Hadikusumah, H., Takeuchi, K., Okubo, S., and Parikesit, 2006. Commercialization of homegardens in an Indonesian village: vegetation composition and functional changes. Journal of Agroforestry System.

1. Abdoellah, O. S., Asdak, C., Gunawan, B., and Kurnani, B. A. (eds.), 2002. Genetic Engineering: Challenges and Hopes. Unpad Press, Bandung. (in Indonesian)

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 2001. Coping with environmental degradation in the context of watershed: human ecological perspective. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 8(6), 505-514.

1. Abdoellah, O.S. and Asdak, C., 2000. Shifting the paradigm on environmental management: A challenge to achieve New Indonesia. Journal Ecology and Development. No. 4. August 2000. Institute of Ecology, Padjadjaran University. Bandung-Indonesia. pp. 5-17 (In Indonesian)

1. Abdoellah, O.S. et al., 1997. Biodiversity condition and its maintenance in the upper Citarum river basin. In: Dove, M.R. and Sajise, P.E. (eds.), The Conditions of Biodiversity Maintenance in Asia. East West Center of Hawaii University, Honolulu, pp. 1-15.

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 1996. Social and environmental impacts of transmigration: a case study in Barambai, South Kalimantan. In: Padoch, C. and Peluso, N.L. (eds.), Borneo in transition: People, Forests, conservation, and development. Oxford University Press, London, pp. 266-279.

1. Abdoellah, O.S. and Parikesit, 1995. The non-align movement towards 21st century: environmental dimension. In: Sudarsono, J. (ed.), The Non-Aligned Movement Towards the Next Millenium. Pustaka Sinar Harapan, Jakarta. 40 pp.

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 1993. Indonesian Transmigrants and Adaptation: An Ecological Anthropological Perspectives. Centers for Southeast Asia Studies of University of California, Berkeley.

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 1990. Homegardens in Java and their future development. In: Landauer, K. and Brazil, M. (eds.), Tropical Homegardens. United Nations University Press, Tokyo, pp. 69-79.

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 1985. Food consumption of Sundanese in Kampung Salamungkal, West Java. In: Suzuki, S. (ed.), Human Ecological survey in rural West Java Villages in 1978 to 1982. Nissan Science Foundation, Tokyo, pp. 116-129.

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 1987. The evolution of transmigration policies in Indonesia: government aims and popular response. In: Morgan, S. and Colson, E. (eds.), People in upheaval. Center for Migration Studies, New York, pp. 180-196.

1. Abdoellah, O.S., 1987. Comparative adaptive strategies of transmigrants in Indonesia: A case study in Barambai, South Kalimantan. In: Suzuki, T. and Ohtsuka, R. (eds.), Human Ecology of Health and Survival in Asia and the South Pacific. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan. pp 73-91.

1. Abdoellah, O.S. and Marten, G.G., 1986. The complementary roles of homegradens, upland fields, and rice fields for meeting nutritional needs in West Java. In: Marten, G. G. (ed.) Traditional Agriculture in Southeast Asia: A Human Ecology Perspective. Westview Press, London, pp. 293-325.

1. Abdoellah, O.S. and Marten, G.G., 1984. Production of Human Nutrients from Homegarden, Upland Field (kebun), and Rice Field Agricultural Systems in the Jatigede Area, West Java. Working paper. East West Center of Hawaii University, Honolulu.

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