Transmigration and Integration in Indonesia : Impacts on Resource Use in the Napu Valley , Central Sulawesi
2004-01 | working paper
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- Authors
- Hoppe, M.; Faust, H.
- Abstract
- The large population movements under the Indonesian resettlement scheme transmigrasi have brought significant changes for the economic, social and cultural structure of the local com- munities as well as the environment in the programs’ destinations. Based on empirical find- ings in two transmigration settlements in the Napu Valley, Central-Sulawesi, this paper analy- ses these changes and focuses on the discussion of the relation between integration of the re- settlement units and their inhabitants into the destinations’ social environment and the way in which the natural resources are used. The results of our research show that failures in project planning, implementation, and maintenance as well as a lack of political and administrative integration (i.e. systems integration) lead to negative impacts on sustainable resource use. The economic and social development of the transmigrants’ community is doomed to fail without the availability of suitable natural resources, sufficient financial and material support by the transmigration authorities. On the other side a successful development depends on the indi- vidual skills and ability of the households. However, the importance of ethnic affiliation can- not be neglected as some (trans)migrant groups persisted while others failed. Finally, it can be assumed that a certain degree of social integration has positive impacts on the way in which the natural resources are used although it does not necessarily imply a sustainable resource use.
- Issue Date
- January-2004
- Project
- SFB 552: Stabilität von Randzonen tropischer Regenwälder in Indonesien (STORMA)
- Series
- STORMA Discussion Paper Series
- Language
- English
- Fulltext
- http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/serien/yo/STORMA/SDP13.pdf