Indonesia

Improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forest

The study analyzed earth observation data, clinic health records, and socioeconomic surveys to quantify conservation, health, and sustainable development outcomes simultaneously in order to show how a conservation–health care exchange in rural Borneo preserved globally important forest carbon and simultaneously improved human health and well-being, in a region of historically intense environmental destruction, widespread poverty, and unmet health needs.

EFForTS Symposium "Socio-ecological transformations of tropical lowland rainforests"

Heterogeneous climate effects on human migration in Indonesia

Using panel data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey and high-resolution climate data, the authors examined the effect of anomalous temperatures, rainfall levels, and monsoon timing on migration outcomes and assessed whether intra- and inter-province moves are used as a response to climatic shocks.

Land use change under conditions of high population pressure: The case of Java.

Regional-scale, land use change model based based on multi-scale modelling of the relations between land use and socio-economic and biophysical determinantsaapplied to the land use changes in Java.

Cultural ecological responses to environmental change: Lessons from Javanese transmigrants in Kalimantan, Indonesia.

This paper discusses the process of Javanese cultural and environmental adaptation in transmigration settlements in Kalimantan, Indonesia, with the central focus on the key components of adaptive strategies. However, many studies found that instead of introducing Javanese agriculture to Kalimantan, settlers also adopted and adapted traditional agricultural techniques practised by the indigenous people.

The contribution of human activities to subsurface environment degradation in Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

The results of this study show that in densely populated areas like Jakarta, human activities have influenced the subsurface environment condition.

The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)

The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia was established in May 1993 to support training and research in environmental and resource economics. Its goal is to strengthen local capacity for the economic analysis of environmental problems so that researchers can provide sound advice to policymakers. The program uses a networking approach to provide not only financial support but meetings, resource persons, access to literature, publication outlets, and opportunities for comparative research across its ten member countries.

Do Migrants Degrade Coastal Environments? Migration, Natural Resource Extraction and Poverty in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

The authors found that the context and timing of migrant assimilation may eliminate differences between migrant and nonmigrant families in terms of destructive fishing behavior, technology, and investment.

Do migrants degrade coastal environments? Migration, natural resource extraction and poverty in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Recent literature on migration and the environment has identified key mediating variables such as how migrants extract resources from the environment for their livelihoods, the rate and efficiency of extraction, and the social and economic context within which their extraction occurs. This paper tests these theories in a new ecological setting using data from coastal fishing villages in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea: Environmental and Socioeconomic Status, Future Prognosis and Ameliorative Policy Options

Article analyzes and projects the environmental and socioeconomic impacts and causes in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, and offers policy options through sustainable management and development.

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