Dampelas Tinombo Forest Management Unit Faces Land Conflicts and the Key Role of Resolution

Image: article cover, from Golar et al. (2022), Jurnal Wasian, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

A research team from the Faculty of Forestry at Tadulako University has identified three forms of tenure conflict in the Dampelas Tinombo Forest Management Unit (FMU) area. These conflicts take the form of land clearing, threats of illegal logging activities, and low community trust in programmes originating from the FMU. The research was conducted in 2020 and published in the Journal Wasian.

According to the study, tenure conflict encompasses various forms of claims over the control, management, utilisation, and use of land within the FMU area. Because it is located directly within its territory, the FMU is responsible for handling these disputes. The research team notes that the FMU's role is greatly needed, particularly to facilitate collaborative forest resource management and to reduce obstacles to the implementation of social forestry through empowerment and forestry partnership schemes.

For communities living around the forest, these findings indicate that resolving land conflicts requires more than just rule enforcement. An approach that involves residents is needed, for example through social forestry, so that land claims can be discussed and forest management programmes become more trusted.

Source and how to cite

This story is based on the research article Conflict Variety and the Facilitation Role of Forest Managemen Unit (FMU) on Resolution of Tenurial Conflict by Golar Golar Golar, Hasriani Muis Hasriani and Wahyu Syahputra Simorangkir Wahyu, published in Jurnal Wasian Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022). The full article is free to read on the Jurnal Wasian website.

Cite the original article (APA 7):

Golar, G. G., Hasriani, H. M., & Wahyu, W. S. S. (2022). Conflict Variety and the Facilitation Role of Forest Managemen Unit (FMU) on Resolution of Tenurial Conflict. Jurnal Wasian, 9(1), 30–47. https://doi.org/10.62142/96h0sa84

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