COMMUNITY FOREST
& WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Indonesia, the country that comprises the majority of Borneo’s land area, recognizes the constitutional rights of communities to manage their forests and is putting policies in place legalize such use. Borneo Futures has been engaged with several research programs which assessed the extent to which community managed forests provide socioeconomic benefits to communities as well as reduce deforestation and fires. Overall, studies indicate that there are positive impacts both socially and economically from allowing communities to manage their own forests. The extent of which does, however, depend on the areas in which these community-based programs are implemented.

Community forest management projects in Indonesia often, but not always, provide win-win solutions for environmental and social outcomes compared to villages without such programs.