More than just ownership : ten land and   natural resource conflict case studies from East Java and Flores

Clark, Samuel [editor]; Said, Mohammad; Manggut, Peter; Barnawi, Saifullah; Didakus, Stanis; Ghewa, Yan; Mahur, Agus; Anggraini, Cici Novia; Ashari, Luthfi

More than just ownership : ten land and natural resource conflict case studies from East Java and Flores

In Indonesia it is commonly stated in various forms that land and natural resources issues are what is really at stake behind the high-profile "ethnic" or "religious" conflicts that have erupted since the fall of Suharto. Consequently comprehending how land and natural resources are controlled and distributed, and how they can act as a base for wider communal mobilization, is essential for understanding what are largely reported and conceptualized as ethno-religious conflicts in Indonesia. The ten case studies in this edited compilation were selected from over 70 conflicts that were followed by fifteen researchers, who spent nine months living in villages in two Indonesian provinces (East Java and East Nusa Tenggara - NTT).9 They were collected as part of a large-scale mixed method research project (the KDP & Community Conflict Negotiation study) which aims to understand better the causes and pathways of local conflicts in Indonesia, and to help illuminate how interventions interact-for good or bad-with these processes. The study seeks to examine the relationship between the Kecamatan Development Project (KDP), the Bank's major community development project in Indonesia, and local conflicts, and to evaluate whether the program helps communities manage conflict in peaceful ways. As well as land and natural resource conflicts, case studies relating to, amongst other things, development, issues of domestic violence, vigilante justice, and village election disputes, were followed.

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