Relational values of forests: Value-conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesi

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationOase NGOen
cg.contributor.affiliationDala Institute Indonesiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationColumbia Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of British Columbiaen
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.coverage.countryIndonesia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ID
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10389en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2575-8314en
cg.issue6en
cg.journalPeople and Natureen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume5en
dc.contributor.authorYuliani, E.L.en
dc.contributor.authorMoeliono, M.en
dc.contributor.authorLabarani, A.en
dc.contributor.authorFisher, M.R.en
dc.contributor.authorTias, P.A.en
dc.contributor.authorSunderland, T.C.H.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-13T07:47:20Zen
dc.date.available2022-12-13T07:47:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125897
dc.titleRelational values of forests: Value-conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesien
dcterms.abstractStudies found that rapid decline of biodiversity and ecosystems globally have adversely affected an estimated 1.6 billion rural people whose livelihoods both directly and indirectly depend on forests. To halt the loss of forests and other natural ecosystems that simultaneously support rural livelihoods, various external programmes have been developed and applied, including market-based and rights-based approaches. However, rapid biodiversity and ecosystem decline continues, and better incentives or more secure rights have not always led to local community participation and improved livelihoods. This suggests the need to better explain local communities' motivations in nature stewardship. We conducted a study of local communities in two villages in Sulawesi who voluntarily maintain forests but showed resistance to participation in formal Social Forestry programmes. The study aimed to identify motivations and underlying reasons of community preferences, guided by two research questions: (i) how did local people value forest landscapes? and (ii) how did those values interact with externally driven Social Forestry programmes? We applied the Relational Values concept to understand a community's relations with the forest (or its elements) and land and identified points of value divergence. Data collection involved in-depth semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions framed by the principles of Appreciative Inquiry, participant observation and land use/land cover change analysis. Our findings show that people value their forests in relation to their identity, ancestral heritage, sense of place and spiritual values. We also identified the points of value divergence and their underlying reasons of resistance towards externally driven forestry programmes. This study thus contributes to the broader conceptualisation of values in conservation and community participation by providing empirical evidence on the importance of the Relational Values framework in understanding the motivation and behaviour of nature stewardship and in the evaluation of value conflicts.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2022-08-09en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationYuliani, E.L., Moeliono, M., Labarani, A., Fisher, M.R., Tias, P.A., & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Relational values of forests: Value-conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesi. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10389en
dcterms.extentpp. 1822-1838en
dcterms.issued2022-08-09en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversity conservationen
dcterms.subjectecosystem managementen
dcterms.subjectlocal communityen
dcterms.subjectvalue systemsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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