Author: Reiner BuerginPublisher:
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Zusammenfassung: This report is part of the study 'Nature and impact of German bilateral development cooperation in the forest sector' of the Institute of Forest Sciences at the University of Freiburg which explores scope, organization, impacts and policy trends of forest related bilateral German development cooperation in the context of overall international development assistance and with a particular comparative perspective on the case study countries Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. This report focuses on the case study country Indonesia and explores the forest problematic and context of forest related German development cooperation in Indonesia as well as the influence and effectiveness of this cooperation. The report furthermore attempts an analysis of different approaches to forest protection and management, and includes an exploration of their suitability to achieve environmental and social goals of German development policies in the Forestry Sector as well as an assessment of various instruments applied in the context of these approaches.Chapter 2.1 provides an overview and analysis of the forest problematic and the socioeconomic and political context of forest related German development cooperation in Indonesia with a particular focus on Indonesia's involvement in the REDD preparatory process as well as problems regarding land tenure issues and forest dependent communities.Chapter 2.2 analyses forest related funding, programs, projects, and actors of bilateral German development cooperation in Indonesia in the context of overall German development assistance in Indonesia and the Southeast Asian region. In Chapter 2.3 two major programs of forest related bilateral German development cooperation in Indonesia are analyzed. The Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME) addresses the whole forestry sector in Indonesia. The review and assessment of the program is based on public documents and publications as well as on interviews with staff from all organizational levels of the program and people involved in activities of the program, with a particular focus on measures addressing community based forest management in Kalimantan. Another major focus of forest related German development cooperation in Indonesia is the support for Ecosystem Restoration Concessions (ERC). The analysis of this instrument concentrates on the Harapan Rainforest Project on Sumatra and is based on public documents and literature as well as on interviews and information from Harapan staff and other actors involved in the establishment of ERCs in Indonesia. Impacts of the ERC on forest dependent communities as well as national and transnational discourses regarding the Harapan Rainforest Project have been in the focus of the study.The concluding Chapter 2.4 provides a synthesis of the findings with regard to forest related bilateral German development cooperation in Indonesia. The chapter addresses problems and challenges found in the context of the study, assesses impacts and effectiveness of forest related German development cooperation in Indonesia, and suggests possible improvements with regard to future development cooperation. It furthermore provides an analysis of strategies and instruments of forest related development cooperation in the context of changing discourses on environment and development and reflects about the significance of related mindsets for the determination and implementation of development policies in the forest sector.The study is mainly based on the review and analysis of publicly available data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) and development projects as well as related documents, studies and literature. The study furthermore refers to information, opinions, and assessments provided by relevant persons in government agencies, development organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions and different stakeholder groups in Germany and in the case study countries which have been gathered in interviews, discussions and queries. In some parts, the analyses and assessments are supported by first-hand experiences of selected projects on site