Participatory modelling to improve partnership schemes for future Community-Based Forest Management in Sumbawa District, Indonesia

Published Date
December 2009, Vol.24(12):1402–1410, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.07.001
Special issue on simulation and modelling in the Asia-Pacific region

Author 

• Aritta Suwarno ^a,,
• Ani Adiwinata Nawir ^b,
• Julmansyah ^c,
• Kurniawan ^d,

• aTropenbos International Indonesia Programme, Gedung Sylva Graha, PT. Inhutani I, Jln. Jend Sudirman No.27, 76100 Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
• bFenner School of Environment & Society, ANU (Ph.D. Scholar) and CIFOR, Indonesia
• cSumbawa District Forest Agency, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
• dWWF Indonesia Nusa Tenggara Programme, Indonesia

Received 7 May 2007. Revised 30 June 2009. Accepted 1 July 2009. Available online 7 August 2009.

Abstract

As part of its Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Programme, the local government of Sumbawa District in West Nusa Tenggara Province of Eastern Indonesia initiated a partnership programme between the Forestry District Agency and tree grower cooperatives in 2002. The partnership scheme aims to reduce illegal logging and forest encroachment on abandoned state plantations initially developed in 1986. However, the cooperatives have no secure full rights to harvest the mature teak trees (Tectona grandis) inside the plantations, as important incentives to maintain their commitment. This paper aims to explore the potential benefits of different scenarios, as the basis for convincing the Ministry of Forestry (MoF) to give full secure rights to the local communities. In this study, we used a participatory modelling approach, to identify problems and to define future scenarios of partnership arrangements with the local key stakeholders. This research used the concept of system dynamics modelling, which included the two concepts of systems thinking and resilience. As a management tool, the visualisation of the management alternatives and their associated impacts had stimulated the community's awareness of the importance of protecting the teak plantations from illegal logging and forest encroachment. The simulation results have also shown how granting local communities a full secure access to manage the state forest does not necessarily reduce the revenue for the government at all levels.

Keywords

Participatory modelling

System dynamic

Community and state partnership

Timber revenue-sharing

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