Deforestation and Social Resillience

This book investigates critical issues related to forest resource management in some districts in Indonesia: Merangin Jambi Province Gunung Mas Central Kalimantan Simalungun North Sumatera Kulon Progo Jogyakarta and so on. First it emphasizes how forest land conversion from coffee plantations palm oil and mining resulted in deforestation. Second how local government policy responses on deforestation. The third is the impact of deforestation on ecological aspects in terms of flood drought forest fires climate changes soil erosion etc. Confronting three critical issues above the book would like to explore the response in terms of critiques from private sectors NGOs academics and local community toward regulation and policy. The strength of the book findings based on field work reality in the mid of society.