The forests of Indonesia have been a major source of foreign exchange and have provided substantial employment opportunities. But ...

Authors: Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

Since the mid-1980s, policy discussions aimed at promoting sustainable forest management in Indonesia have focused almost exclusiv...

Authors: Barr, C.

The Indonesian oil palm subsector expanded rapidly after 1967. Much of this growth has occured in the last decade and posed a sign...

Authors: Casson, A.

An economic crisis and political changes that have occurred in Indonesia since 1997 have presented grave dangers but also importan...

Authors: Sunderlin, W.D.

The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) holds US$ 4.1 billion in loans related to forest and estate crop activities, of wh...

Authors: Barr, C.;Brown, D.;Casson, A.;Kaimowitz, D.

The severe fires that burned over 9.7 million ha of Indonesia in 1997/98 occurred in an El Niño year. Much of the impact of fires...

Authors: Applegate, G.;Smith, R.;Fox, J.J.;Mitchell, A.;Packham, D.;Tapper, N.;Baines, G.

This short paper summarizes the conclusions of a 1999 investigation into the causes of fires in six communities in East Kalimantan...

Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.

For more than thirty years beginning in the early 70’s, the forests of Indonesia were administered and managed centrally; mirrori...

Authors: Dermawan, A.;Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

Approximately 25 millon people live in the main forested regions of Latin America. The forestry sector there directly provides two...

Authors: Kaimowitz, D.

This chapter reports on a range of research conducted in CIFOR\'s research area in Malinau, East Kalimantan. A major emphasis of t...

Authors: Sheil, D.