Current Situation of Land Grab in State Forest Area in Indonesia

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Recently, large-scale land deals, investments, and acquisitions, called “land grab”, are rapidly increasing. It has a positive viewpoint that it can be utilized as an opportunity for developments. On the other hand there are concerns that privatization and accumulation of lands devastate small-scale farming and rural livelihoods. This study focused on forest and wood products utilization licenses and investigated current situation of land grab in state forest area in Indonesia through the related statistical data and legal instruments. The most licensed areas were designated for logging natural forests and establishing industrial plantations. The licenses less than hundred thousand hectares represented large percentage of the natural forests’ and plantations’ ones. However, few companies have been holding large-scale forest lands and some have been holding plural licenses as a group. It revealed that accumulation of forest lands has been progressed by the companies’ groups.