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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Indonesia

    The biggest challenges in establishing timber plantations in Indonesia concern a range of social aspects, in particular those dealing with people living inside concessions and in the areas surrounding plantations. CIFOR’s research shows that a sustainable supply of timber may be achievable through partnership schemes that encourage companies and local communities to work together in sharing both the benefits and risks of investing in plantations.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2003
    Indonesia, Philippines, Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    How does the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) affect the livelihoods of rural women in Asia? This paper, prepared on the occasion of the WTO-AOA review in 2003, analyzes the impact of the new trading rules imposed by the WTO on Asian peasants. It illustrates the inherent imbalances in the WTO-AOA's trade liberalisation policies which, among other things, flood local markets with highly subsidized agricultural imports from developed countries to the detriment of domestic agriculture.

  3. Library Resource
    January, 2004
    Indonesia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Indonesia’s forests have been disappearing rapidly since the 1980s: 1.8 million hectares per year are estimated to have been deforested between 1985 and 1997. Consequently, there is a possibility that in some areas, the forests will cease to function as a viable resource base in the near future.This paper examines the role of economic incentives in causing deforestation, focussing on policies that distort prices and create the conditions for unsustainable harvesting.

  4. Library Resource
    January, 2003
    Indonesia, Philippines, Gambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, China, Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, Eastern Asia

    This report presents a collection of case studies which focus on processes of conflict management and resolution and the different ways and means that conflicts are addressed.

  5. Library Resource
    January, 2004
    Indonesia, Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia

    This article, a summary of the book sharing the same title, examines issues around the allocation of land and education within families.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2003
    Indonesia, Malaysia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    This report summarises two separate Friends of the Earth reports on, respectively, the increasing demand for palm oil in developed countries, and the social and environmental impacts of palm oil cultivation in Southeast Asia - focussing particularly on Indonesia.

  7. Library Resource
    January, 2003
    Indonesia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Overproduction of coffee and low coffee prices have resulted in a global crisis affecting the people and biodiversity of many tropical countries. The authors, from the Wildlife Conservation Society in Indonesia, describe expanding production of low-quality robusta coffee, which contributes to low prices and lowland deforestation, but is not improving the livelihood of local farmers.

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