Exploring Local Perspectives for Conservation Planning: A Case Study from a Remote Forest Community in Indonesian Papua

摘要: Reconciling conservation and livelihoods is a concern wherever forests are important in local people’s lives. We plead for engaging these people survey activities to clarify what them, as first step planning. This will help address their priorities gain guidance support interventions. paper presents the results of such with community Kwerba Mamberamo, remote little known part Indonesian Papua. Views were explored through interviews, scoring exercises, mapping field survey. Whereas small gardens provided most staple food, culture linked forest. People scored primary forest highest nearly all use categories. Primary was particularly highly valued source construction materials, ornaments rituals, hunting place. developed list overall plants animals. Many natural resources used, but few commercially exploited. The had rules control access certain areas resources. Taboos restrict sacred places also maintained. Our evaluation identified opportunities achieve outcomes jointly people. In follow-up activities, presented government land-use plan territory. recognized value our approach requested training implement it more widely region.