A policy breakthrough for Indonesian farmers in the Krui damar agroforests

Abstract

In January 1998, Djamaloedin Soeryohadikoesoemo, Indonesia's Minister of Forestry from April 1993 to March 1998, signed an historic decree that established for the first time in Indonesia-an official precedent for community-based natural resource management. Based on the minister's concept for a distinctive forest-use classification, 'Kawasan dengan Tujuan Istimewa' (KdTI), the new decree recognizes the legitimacy of community-manged agroforests on a significant area of State Forest Land