| Abstrak/Abstract |
This research proposal is part of our ongoing collaborative research project on natural resource conflicts management in a context of decentred and multilevel governance in Indonesia which involve
academics from Fisipol UGM (Department of Politics and Government, Department of Sociology, and Department of International Relations) and School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne. The central aim of this research is to better understand how the problems of conflicts surrounding ownership and use of natural resources can be managed where political authority to respond to
conflicts is highly dispersed—between multiple sites of formal and informal power traversing local, national, and sometimes international boundaries. A central premise underlying the rationale for this project is that the intersection between the distinct challenges associated with natural resource governance, decentred governance and conflict management poses pressing practical and theoretical challenges for the effective management of natural resource conflict in complex governance settings like Indonesia. This project will make a significant contribution to building knowledge on effective responses to complex natural resource conflicts in decentred, multi-level governance setting. This proposed research project seeks to explore four case studies: tin mining in Bangka-Belitung, gold mining in Banyuwangi, oil and gas industries in Bojonegoro, and Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) in Merauke, Papua. |
