Customary Forest Development in Indonesia: Opportunity and Challenge (A Literature Review)

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The research on Customary Forest (CF) has become more widely discussed after the implementation of Constitutional Court Determination (CCD) 2012. The related research is discussed in not only the forest science field, but also in anthropology, economic development, and geography. This poster aims to review the literature on the CF development and discusses the main issues studied, including lesson learned from institutional and social perspectives. The results shows that the studies mostly focused on the institutional dynamic on CF development. It is including the actor’s connection, supporters, and inhibitors on its development process. Those studies mainly focus on western region in Indonesia. The main benefit of CF recognition is the authority to regulate its own traditional territory. While the barriers come from the absence of national regulation, dependence on the presence of indigenous NGOs, and the weakness of the issue of customary forests urgency at the regional and local level.