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The Role of Indigeneity NGOs in the Legal Recognition of Adat Communities and Customary Forests in Indonesia

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ID2175011
AuthorsYance Arizona (0000-0003-0523-3965), Muki Trenggono Wicaksono, Jacqueline Vel, Jacqueline A C Vel
Year2019
Volume20
Issue5
Pages487-506
Publication date2019-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanberra Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0314-9099 • E-ISSN: 1740-9314
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14442213.2019.1670241
OpenAlexW2980969613
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited21

The main assumption of indigeneity NGOs in Indonesia is that state recognition will strengthen indigenous peoples’ rights to their land and forests against ongoing or future dispossession. In Indonesia, legal recognition has become central to the approaches of indigeneity NGO campaigns, while the local realities and problems among indigenous communities seem to receive less attention. Has legal recognition of indigenous communities turned into a national NGO project that does not solve the communities’ land and forest-related problems? In this article, we compare two locations where communities have succeeded in obtaining state recognition. By focusing our analysis on the steps in the recognition process, from articulating community problems to eventually solving them, we show how indigeneity NGOs have had a dominant role, but achieved limited success. Instead of resulting in community autonomy and tenure security, the legal recognition process reproduces state territorialisation over customary forests and communities

Autonomy · Environmental planning · Geography · Indigenous · Land rights · Political science · Process (computing · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · Cambodian History and Society · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Law

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year1,71
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12

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