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Nongovernmental organizations as interest groups and their roles in policy processes: Insights from Indonesian forest and environmental governance Laraswati, Dwi; Krott, Max; Soraya, Emma; Rahayu, Sari; Fisher, Micah R.; Giessen, Lukas; Maryudi, Ahmad
Forest and Society Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): NOVEMBER
Publisher : Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24259/fs.v6i2.19125

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The traditional conceptions and claims of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have profiled NGOs as civil society representatives and as benevolent philanthropic actors of development in the Global South. However, recent phenomena indicate NGOs often acting in opposition to their benevolent claims. This study attempts to move away from the normative concepts of NGOs and develop an analytical framework fitted with the current empirics in environmental governance. Using theories of organized interest groups in a democratic political system, we analyze the extent of NGOs fulfilling their roles as organized interest groups (OIGs), where they should take roles representing the interests of particular groups within societies and exerting political influence on governments on the basis of these common interests. We use empirics from Indonesian forest and environment-related governance, and our framework is called “Representation–Influence Framework,” which assists in establishing more systematic coherent typologies of OIGs. Analyzed from the perspective that NGOs claim to serve as representatives of specific groups within societies, we establish three overarching categories of OIGs, that is, 1) en route to fulfilling the claim, 2) breaking the claim, and 3) opposing the claim. We further detail our framework into a subset of nine OIG typologies. In this way, we provide pathways to begin deconstructing the common simplifications and misunderstandings about NGOs. For empirics, we identified 38 OIGs in the cases of social forestry and timber legality policies and populated them according to the typologies. We found that most of them are en route to fulfilling the claim of representing the groups’ interests, although their political influence on the government is, in most cases, limited.
Understanding the role of scientific knowledge transfer in the women's participation and farmer activities in Central Java Dharmawan, Budi; Krott, Max; Prasetyo, Kunandar
Jurnal Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Alam dan Lingkungan (Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management) Vol 13 No 2 (2023): Jurnal Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Alam dan Lingkungan (JPSL)
Publisher : Pusat Penelitian Lingkungan Hidup, IPB (PPLH-IPB) dan Program Studi Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Alam dan Lingkungan, IPB (PS. PSL, SPs. IPB)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29244/jpsl.13.2.347-361

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Di DAS Serayu di Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, hutan berubah menjadi lahan pertanian. Tujuan proyek Penguatan Pengelolaan Hutan dan Daerah Aliran Sungai Berbasis Masyarakat (SCBFWM) adalah untuk meningkatkan dan memperluas program pengelolaan hutan dan daerah aliran sungai berbasis masyarakat dari pemerintah Indonesia. Dengan menggunakan model RIU (Research-Integration-Utilization), studi ini mengkaji bagaimana penelitian ilmiah dapat menghasilkan saran kebijakan yang efektif dan peran pembuat keputusan dalam mengubah saran menjadi pemecahan masalah yang efektif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemerintah kabupaten peduli terhadap lingkungan, namun tidak melarang secara tegas budidaya kentang di hulu. Ketika proyek SCBFWM didirikan, pembatasan penanaman diterapkan. Penelitian tentang pentingnya partisipasi perempuan dalam pengelolaan DAS telah dikomunikasikan kepada pemerintah kabupaten dan dimasukkan dalam proposal proyek SCBFWM, namun tindakan yang sebenarnya berbeda. Model RIU menunjukkan bahwa sains berkualitas tinggi tidak cukup tanpa integrasi yang efisien dan penggunaan yang demokratis.