Climate change disputes and justice in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Climate change disputes and justice in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

In 2010, the province of Central Kalimantan in Indonesia was established as a Climate Change pilot province to reduce emissions from deforestation and through peat land forest rehabilitation. Today, international agencies, carbon traders, local and national governments, non‐governmental organisation...

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Published in:Asia Pacific viewpoint 2015-04, Vol.56 (1), p.62-78
Main Author: Lounela, Anu
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Australia
Carbon emissions
Climate
Climate change
Deforestation
dispute
Environmentalists
Ethnographic research
forest
Forest conservation
Global warming
Government
Indonesia
International agencies
justice
justification
Land
Location
NGO
Non-governmental organizations
Partnership
Population
REDD
Rehabilitation
Social activism
Studies
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Summary:In 2010, the province of Central Kalimantan in Indonesia was established as a Climate Change pilot province to reduce emissions from deforestation and through peat land forest rehabilitation. Today, international agencies, carbon traders, local and national governments, non‐governmental organisations, and local populations have participated in debates and disputes over the establishment of carbon forests and forest protection areas in Central Kalimantan. One such scheme, promoted by the government of Australia (Kalimantan Forest and Climate Partnership), intended to establish a REDD+ pilot project within an area that covers about 120 000 hectares in Kuala Kapuas in Central Kalimantan, the field location of this research. This specific dispute offers a case study based on ethnographic research that helps to illustrate how widespread climate change debates and disputes become embedded at local and national levels in Indonesia. The dispute over REDD+ will be discussed within a framework of dispute theories which focus on moments of crisis, wherein participants must present arguments and justify their actions and theories of justice. The article shows that competing and conflicting conceptions of justice that emerge in the dispute may bring to a halt a climate change pilot project in the locality.
ISSN:1360-7456
1467-8373