IUFRO International and Multi-disciplinary Scientific Conference Forest-Related Policy and Governance: Analyses in the Environmental Social Sciences””

The proceedings contain 16 papers. The topics discussed include: alternative livelihood dilemmas and the degradation of protected areas: power contestation and social-ecological interests in Gede Pangrango National Park; assessing factors to influence the willingness of smallholders to participate in a replanting zonation scheme in Pelalawan District, Riau Province, Indonesia; economic benefits of natural tourism: driving community's participation for conservation in Halimun Salak National Park, Indonesia; economic losses and forest fire causes at Ranu Pani Resort, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park; finding alternatives of livelihood sources for forest dependent communities in protected areas: a case study of Sebangau National Park, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia; and impacts of the new decentralization law 23/2014 to the implementation of community based forest management in Lampung Province, Indonesia.