Discretionary Operations of Frontline Forest Bureaucrats in Tropical Developing Countries: A Case Study from Java, Indonesia

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Frontline bureaucrats in wildlife management: Caught in the dilemma between effectiveness and responsiveness

Serena Cinque et al.

Summary: Frontline bureaucrats face dilemmas in balancing political goals with public participation and collaboration, as they strive to implement policies effectively while being limited in pursuing genuine collaboration.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE (2022)

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Article Forestry

Customary Forest Managements and Its Challenges in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: An Implication of Constitutional Court Decision 2012

Imam Budiman et al.

Summary: In Indonesia, there have been significant changes in customary forest management in recent decades, with local communities playing important roles. However, the lack of local regulations regarding the rights of customary peoples still needs to be addressed, and conflicting claims over customary forests overlapping with state conservation areas may complicate the situation further.

JURNAL MANAJEMEN HUTAN TROPIKA (2021)

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Tenure reform for better forestry: An unfinished policy agenda

Safia Aggarwal et al.

Summary: The urgent need to restore and sustainably manage land and forests to combat social and environmental threats like climate change, COVID-19, and biodiversity loss highlights the critical role of tenure reform, particularly strengthening collective forest tenure. However, there are still challenges in providing robust tenure for community forestry in terms of legal protections, barriers to rights usage, access to justice, and administrative support, despite some successful cases showcasing the potential of communities and smallholders in sustainable forest management and climate change mitigation. Governments are urged to strengthen community and local rights within their legal frameworks and mainstream implementation in policies and practices, with support from NGOs, civil society organizations, donors, research institutions, and academia.

FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS (2021)

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Street level bureaucracy in response to environmental pressure. Insights from forestry and urban green space governance in Poland

Renata Putkowska-Smoter et al.

Summary: The study explores the policy intentions of street-level bureaucrats in environmental governance by introducing the perspective of environmental SLBs and using the strategic response framework. It reveals that SLBs may distance themselves from new expectations as a coping mechanism to balance various pressures, breaking the monolithic image of decision-makers and pointing towards the need for new forms of environmental (post-) bureaucracy to reinforce social trust.

ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-POLITICS AND SPACE (2021)

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