Impact of Indonesia's forest management units on the reduction of forest loss and forest fires in Sulawesi

Chervier Colas, Atmadja Stibniati Soeria, Nofyanza Sandy, Nur Annisa Choiriatun, Nurfatriani Fitri, Kristiningrum Rochadi, Sahide Alif K. Sahide, Suhardiman Ali, Umar Syukur. 2025. Impact of Indonesia's forest management units on the reduction of forest loss and forest fires in Sulawesi. Ecological Economics, 227:108418, 15 p.

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Economie-gestion

Résumé : The establishment of Forest Management Units (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan/ KPH) represents one of Indonesia's most significant forest governance reforms, covering the 120 million hectares of designated Forest Areas. Sharing features with the Landscape Approach, KPHs are expected to reduce deforestation and forest degradation through improved forest planning, oversight, open access avoidance, and fire prevention and response. This paper assesses the impact of KPHs on the reduction of forest loss, including forest loss due to fire, and the factors that influence this impact (e.g. KPH's primary objective, deforestation risk). We use remotely sensed data to estimate difference-in-differences models accounting for differences in baseline characteristics and multiple time periods. Our case study, Sulawesi Island, is primarily shaped by smallholder farmer land use, where KPHs can exert significant influence. We do not find evidence of an overall effect of KPHs on deforestation. However, we observe intriguing heterogeneous effects depending on the year, including significantly less deforestation in already-established KPHs during the El Niño years of 2015–16, and a notable impact on the reduction of forest loss due to fire in some early-established KPHs. These findings warrant further investigation.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : déboisement, aménagement forestier, forêt tropicale, gestion des ressources naturelles, protection de la forêt, incendie de forêt, politique forestière, utilisation des terres, dégradation des forêts, forêt, évaluation de l'impact, télédétection, gouvernance

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Indonésie, Sulawesi

Mots-clés libres : Impact evaluation, Indonesia, Deforestation, Landscape approach, Forest fire

Agences de financement hors UE : Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers

Auteurs et affiliations

• Chervier Colas, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Atmadja Stibniati Soeria, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (FRA)
• Nofyanza Sandy, CIFOR (IDN)
• Nur Annisa Choiriatun, Mulawarman University (IDN)
• Nurfatriani Fitri, National Research and Innovation Agency (IDN)
• Kristiningrum Rochadi, Mulawarman University (IDN)
• Sahide Alif K. Sahide, Hasanuddin University (IDN)
• Suhardiman Ali, Mulawarman University (IDN)
• Umar Syukur, Tadulako University (IDN)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/610700/)

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