Crafting Local Institution Using Social-Ecological System Framework for Sustainable Rattan Governance in Lore Lindu National Park

R Soekmadi,A Hikmat,C Kusmana,Yulianto Yulianto

doi:10.7226/jtfm.25.3.135

Abstract

Rattan is the most important non-forest timber product utilized by communities adjacent Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP). The establishment community conservation agreement (CCA) in 2001 was unable to prevent rattan depletion. Then, a local institution called community conservation partnership (CCP) has been recently proposed. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore how to craft a local institution of CCP for sustainable rattan governance in LLNP using Social-Ecological Systems (SES) Framework. The study was conducted in LLNP area and Ngata Toro, a buffer zone village of LLNP. We conducted rattan inventory and collected social data by interview for analyzing CCP development using SES framework. The results showed that CCP is most likely to be successful in implementing due to several reasons. Firstly, the establishment of constitutional-choice rules made clear the nested enterprise. Secondly, the reallocation of CCP location to the traditional zone increase the boundary clarity. Thirdly, transferring rights to the Ngata Toro community will make effective co-management, increase the legitimacy of rattan utilization, decrease potential conflicts among resource unit users and reducing monitoring cost. Finally, deciding the rattan harvesting quota will ensure the rattan ecological and livelihood sustainability. With the clarity of system boundaries and property rights, we argue that CCP institutions will bring many benefits in many ways. Overall, most variables of SES framework can be used to analyses the readiness of CCP institutional arrangement for sustainable rattan management in LLNP.

Highlights

Utilizing non-timber forest products (NTFs) is generally giving less ecological impacts compared to timber harvesting and wildlife hunting in a conservation area
Two first-tier concepts related to the ecological system, namely the resource system and resource units, whereas governance systems and actors related to a social system
We argue that strengthening the local institution of community conservation partnership (CCP) is most likely to be successful due to several reasons

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Introduction

Utilizing non-timber forest products (NTFs) is generally giving less ecological impacts compared to timber harvesting and wildlife hunting in a conservation area. The most important NTFPs for local communities adjacent Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP) is the rattan. It has been utilized for both subsistence and commercial purposes. Rattan in LLNP is common-pool resources (CPRs) that characterized by their rivalry and non-excludable characters. Within a single common-pool resource situation, a conglomeration of de jure and de facto property rights may exist, which overlap, complement, or even conflict with one another (Schlager & Ostrom, 1992). It is commonly found that many rattan plants exist in many customary lands, which overlapping with LLNP area and among other customary lands. Many local communities have regulated utilization rattan and other resources of their customary land, but for overlapping claimed land properties in LLNP area have several weaknesses. Local communities did have a scientific method to decide the amount of sustainable rattan harvesting

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