Current Situation of Land Grab in State Forest Area in Indonesia : Analysis of Forest and Wood Products Utilization License

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  • インドネシアの国有林地におけるランドグラブの現状 : 木材林産物利用事業許可の分析
  • インドネシア ノ コクユウ リンチ ニ オケル ランドグラブ ノ ゲンジョウ : モクザイ リンサンブツ リヨウ ジギョウ キョカ ノ ブンセキ

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Recently, large-scale land deals, investments, and acquisitions, called "land grab", are rapidly increasing. It has a positive viewpoint that it can be utilized as an opportunity for developments. On the other hand there are concerns that privatization and accumulation of lands devastate small-scale farming and rural livelihoods. This study focused on forest and wood products utilization licenses and investigated current situation of land grab in state forest area in Indonesia through analysis of "Forestry Statistics of Indonesia", "Forest Utilization Data and Information", and the related laws. The most licensed areas were designated for logging natural forests and establishing industrial plantations. There was a tendency that the natural forests' licenses had been decreased whereas the plantations' licenses had been increased. The licenses less than hundred thousand hectares represented large percentage of the natural forests' and plantations' ones. However, few companies have been holding large-scale forest lands and some have been holding plural licenses as a group. As of 2010, 28.6% of total licensed areas for logging natural forests were accumulated by 10 companies' groups and another 39.0% for establishing industrial plantations were done by 2 companies' groups. It revealed that accumulation of forest lands has been progressed by the companies' groups.

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