| Title | Community Fire Use, Resource Change and Livelihood Impacts: The Downward Spiral in the Wetlands of Southern Sumatra. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Chokkalingam, U.; Suyanto, R.; Permana, P.; Kurniawan, I.; Mannes, J.; Darmawan, A.; Khususyiah, N.; Susanto, R. |
| ContactAuthor | asb@cgiar.org |
| Journal | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change |
| Pagination | 32 |
| ISSN | 1573-1596 |
| Keywords | fire use, livelihoods, wetlands |
| Abstract | Fire is an important community wetland management tool in Indonesia, but its increasing use in the wetlands of southern Sumatra is degrading the landscape and diminishing household incomes and livelihood options. We studied evolving community land and fire use, resource and livelihood impacts on two sites of roughly 250 km2 each using satellite image analysis and biological and socio-economic surveys. Uncontrolled fire use expanded over time in relation to sonor or swamp rice cultivation, logging, fishing, grazing, and annual cropping on drained wetlands. |
| URL | http://www.worldagroforestry.org/our_products/publications/details?node=49487 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11027-006-9038-5 |
