Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system

dc.creatorPambudhi, F.
dc.creatorBelcher, B.
dc.creatorLevang, P.
dc.creatorDewi, S.
dc.date2004
dc.date2012-06-04T09:08:57Z
dc.date2012-06-04T09:08:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:00:44Z
dc.descriptionRattan cultivated as part of the traditional swidden agricultural system has been a major source of internationally traded rattan raw material and, more recently, the basis of a strong domestic furniture and handicrafts industry. The rattan gardens of Kalimantan provide an example of an intermediate non-timber forest product management system that is well adapted to the local economy and ecology. Over the past two decades, however, important changes have taken place, changes that tested the resilience of the system. Government policies designed to encourage the domestic processing industry and monopsonistic manufacturing association have sharply depressed demand and prices. New developments in the region, in the form of roads, industrial plantations, mining, and other new activities. Recent widespread forest fires have destroyed large areas of rattan gardend, effectively forcing some rattan farmers out of businnes. Under current conditions, withlow prevailing demand and prices, rattan gardens provide valuable ecological services, in term of biodiversity conservation and other forest functions. As rattan remains an important commodity in Indonesia and internationally, the rattan garden system may remain viable, at least in the medium term.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/18925
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/71121
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCenter for International Forestry Research
dc.sourcePambudhi, F., Belcher, B., Levang, P., Dewi, S. 2004. Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system . In: Koen Kuster and Brian Belcher (eds.). Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia. :347-365. Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR.
dc.subjectcanes and rattans
dc.subjectcultivation
dc.subjectshifting cultivation
dc.subjectsocioeconomics
dc.subjectstate intervention
dc.subjectfire effects
dc.subjectplantations
dc.subjectnon-timber forest products
dc.titleRattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system
dc.typeBook Chapter

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