期刊
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
卷 9, 期 1, 页码 1-12出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2005.01.003
关键词
forest conversion; forest-clearing; rubber; population; road construction; transmigration; Indonesia
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.
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