Country Reports

Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn in Indonesia: Summary Report and Synthesis of Phase II, 1998.

ABSTRACT:

This report presents results from ASB benchmark sites in Jambi and Lampung provinces on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, which are part of ASB's ongoing global research project. The report links global environmental benefits to sustainable alternatives to slash-and-burn in Indonesia, drawing on ASB Phase II assessments of the implications of alternative land use practices on climate change and biodiversity. This is achieved via assessments of tradeoffs (and complementarities) among impacts spanning the plot, household, landscape, watershed, and national level--as well as global environmental phenomena. The report additionally includes an in-depth assessment of the socio-economic and policy issues that affect adoptability of these alternatives by Indonesian smallholders.

Overview & Summary, Biophysical and socioeconomic context for assessment of land use alternatives (176KB)
Global environmental impacts criteria/indicators, Sustainability indicators for land uses following forest conversion (183KB)
Criteria/indicators for local and national concerns, Linking global environmental benefits to sustainable land use alternatives (231KB)
Development of policy/institutional options, Action at the local and national level, Annexes (231KB)