Journal
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 1-12Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2005.01.003
Keywords
forest conversion; forest-clearing; rubber; population; road construction; transmigration; Indonesia
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Agricultural expansion is the main factor contributing to forest clearance in Indonesia. In particular, the expansion of cash tree crop cultivation-primarily rubber-has a greater impact than the expansion of shifting cultivation. This paper examines the impact of various factors on the acceleration of forest conversion to rubber based on a case study of four villages in Jambi Province, Sumatra. Household surveys on land tenure, land acquisition methods and forest-clearing activities were conducted for 160 randomly selected households in the four villages. Data analysis by ordinary least square (OLS) regression found the following: (1) both road construction, which reduces transportation cost and time and raises rubber profitability, and agricultural population density are significant determinants of forest clearance; (2) proximity to Transmigration projects, which influence the land tenure of the local people, temporarily encourages them to clear forest, but does not accelerate their forest-clearing in the long-term; and (3) no particular households, but rather, all households were responsible for forest-clearing. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available