Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

Edition 106: Oct - Dec 2011
Environmental challenges facing Indonesia’s villages Environmental challenges facing Indonesia’s villages
Written by Anton Lucas and Carol Warren   
Village society is the coal face of environmental destruction, but it’s also where we’ll find the key to environmental protection
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Managing village water Managing village water
Written by Achmad Uzair Fauzan   
Two communities on the slopes of West Java’s Mount Ciremai try to take control of their water needs, in the face of stiff competition
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Staying afloat in changing tides Staying afloat in changing tides
Written by Dirk J. Steenbergen   
Local culture is moulding conservation approaches on an eastern Indonesian island
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Empty seas and hard times Empty seas and hard times
Written by Carol Warren   
A community in western Bali hopes that government regulation and a shift to eco-tourism will save it from the decline of its traditional fishing industry
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Ideals that don’t make money Ideals that don’t make money
Written by Laurens Bakker   
Environmental activists have done a lot for rural communities, but some are feeling the pinch
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Catching songbirds in a national park Catching songbirds in a national park
Written by Anton Lucas   
Livelihoods trump conservation in a Sumatran village
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Using old resources in new ways Using old resources in new ways
Written by Johan Weintré   
Taman Dayaks owe their existence to carefully nurtured resources, but they have to adapt if they want to survive
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Where custom meets conservation Where custom meets conservation
Written by Niniek Toley Acciaioli   
Conservation has to adapt to the constraints imposed by local customs and traditions
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Struggling for control Struggling for control
Written by Jodie Goodman   
Winning the right to manage its own forest is not easy for a community in West Lombok
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Seeing the forests for the trees Seeing the forests for the trees
Written by Fawziah Selamat   
Villages hope a regulation allowing them to manage forests will protect them from commercial interests
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White rice or black sago? White rice or black sago?
Written by Maskota Delfi   
On the island of Siberut, eating rice is both a status symbol and a sign of destruction of traditional ways
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Confronting oil palm plantations Confronting oil palm plantations
Written by Greg Acciaioli   
A community in Central Kalimantan, unable to claim indigenous status, finds it difficult to defend its resources against global capital
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