Forest and Society
Journal published by Hasanuddin University
Forest and Society
Forest and Society is an international and interdisciplinary journal, which publishes peer-reviewed social, political and economic research relating to people, land, and forests. Forest and Society has a specific focus on Southeast Asia but we do not limit research possibilities that compare between and across regions.
Subjects: Environmental Science & Forestry, Anthropology & Sociology
Accreditation: Certified National Journal (Grade 2) by Ristekdikti with Accreditation No. 10/E/KPT/2019.
Articles
13 results.
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• November 2017 Thailand
English
Opium poppy cultivation in Thailand fell from 12,112 hectares in 1961 to 281 ha in 2015. One outlier exists: Chiang Mai province's remote southwestern district, Omkoi. 90% of the district is a nationa... -
Improving Food Security? Setting Indicators and Observing Change of Rural Household in Central Sulawesi Download• November 2017 Indonesia
English
Household food security is a critical issue for Indonesia, which is investigated in this study. Many of rural household in Indonesia depends on agricultural sectors and facing challenges of global war...
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Forest, Water and People: the Roles and Limits of Mediation in Transforming Watershed Conflict in Northern Thailand Download• November 2017 Cambodia • Indonesia • Thailand
English
This study focuses on watershed management in Northern Thailand, where conflict over forest, land and water-use is a prevailing problem. A characteristic of watershed conflicts is that they are often ...
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Gaps in the Thread: Disease, Production, and Opportunity in the Failing Silk Industry of South Sulawesi Download• November 2017 Indonesia
English
Indonesian silk farming (Sericulture) has experienced two waves of a pebrine epidemic (also known as pepper disease) and grasserie. The first pebrine epidemic occurred in 1973 and the second one occur...
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• November 2017 Indonesia • Vietnam
English
Community forestry or social forestry (henceforth referred collectively as SF) programs have become new modes of forest management empowering local managers and hence, allowing integration of diverse ...
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Bound by Debt: Nutmeg Trees and Changing Relations Between Farmers and Agents in a Moluccan Agroforestry Systems Download• November 2017
English
Agroforestry is a land management system long practiced by communities in the Moluccas. The practice is commonly known as "Dusung", where one cash crop in particular, nutmeg, is interspersed throughou...
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• November 2017 Bangladesh • India • Indonesia • Nigeria • Thailand
English
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a perennial herb revered as one of the most popular and valued spices of the world. Ginger is the main cash crop supporting the livelihood and improving the economic le...
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Forest and Society: Initiating a Southeast Asia Journal for Theoretical, Empirical, and Regional Scholarship Download• April 2017 Indonesia • Malaysia • Myanmar • Thailand
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Welcome to our first edition. We are excited to provide a new, and what we believe, timely avenue for presenting research findings and publications in Southeast Asia, for scholars interested in Southe...
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Corporate Spheres of Responsibility: Architects, Cowboys, and Eco-Warriors in Myanmar's Oil & Gas Industry Download• April 2017 Myanmar
English
Myanmar's recently opened economy is flush with incoming investment and activity. World leaders advocate that all businesses entering the country must operate in a "socially responsible manner." Howev...
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Productivity and Cost Analysis of Forest Harvesting Operation in Matang Mangrove Forest, Perak, Malaysia Download• April 2017 Malaysia
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Matang Mangrove Forest is under systematic management since 1902 and still considered as the best managed mangrove forest in the world. This research was conducted to measure the time and productivity...
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People, Land and Poppy: the Political Ecology of Opium and the Historical Impact of Alternative Development in Northwest Thailand Download• April 2017 Afghanistan • Myanmar • Thailand
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Thailand's near-total elimination of opium poppy cultivation is attributed to “alternative development” programming, which replaces illicit crops with licit ones. However, opium poppy cultivation was ...
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Potential Economic and Development Prospects of Non Timber Forest Products in Community Agroforestry Land Around Sibolangit Tourism Park Download• April 2017 Chile
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The communities who live around Sibolangit Tourism Park have developed nontimber forest products (NTFP) in their own agroforestry lands. This research evaluates the potential economic and development ...
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• April 2017 Indonesia
English
Recent expansion of the forestry and plantation sectors in Indonesia has intensified agrarian and natural resource conflicts, and created increased awareness of the social, economic and environmental ...