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Desri Erwin

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• Research Article
  Collaborative Conflict Management on Ecosystem Restoration Concession: Lessons Learnt from Harapan Rainforest Jambi-South Sumatra-Indonesia
  Author(s): Mangarah Silalahi and Desri Erwin Mangarah Silalahi and Desri Erwin
  
  Ecosystem Restoration Concession (ERC) is an innovative solution for managing natural forests in Indonesia that integrates forest utilization, environmental services, biodiversity protection and improving the livelihoods of local people. The main aim of ERC is to restore the degraded forest to reach an ecosystem equilibirum. Harapan Rainforest is the first ecosystem restoration concession in Indonesia and it is a site rich with biodiversity. The field implementation process for ERC, however, faces many challenges, and one of the biggest is encroachment. Based on an analysis of a landsat satellite image 7 ETM and Envisat.asat images, from 2005-2012 the total area cleared due to encroachment was ±18,362 ha with an average cleared area as large as 2,623 ha/year. If encroachment continues to occur and cannot be reduced or stopped completely, an area totaling 98,555 ha is predicted .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9776.1000134

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