Shifting contestation into cooperation: Strategy to incorporate different interest of actors in medicinal plants in Meru Betiri National Park,Indonesia |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Forest Policy, Department of Forest Management, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Kampus IPB Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia;2. Forestry & Environment Research Development & Innovation Agency, Bogor, Indonesia;3. Department of Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Indonesia;4. Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia;5. School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA;1. INGAR - Instituto de Desarrollo y Diseño (CONICET-UTN), Avellaneda 3657, (S3002GJC) Santa Fe, Argentina;2. FIQ-Facultad de Ingeniería Química (UNL), Santiago del Estero 2829, (S3002GJC) Santa Fe, Argentina;1. Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;2. Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;3. Nepal Agro Forestry Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal;4. South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, Kathmandu, Nepal;5. International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Abstract: | Meru Betiri National Park (MBNP) is home to a variety of medicinal plants that local communities collect for individual use and sale. In MBNP, a variety of actors are interested in medicinal plants for different reasons. This paper analyzes the interest and influence of ten important actors related to medicinal plant collection and use in MBNP: national park management, the Plantation and Forestry Office of Jember District, farmer groups (jaket resi), medicinal plant collectors (pendarung), medicinal plants purchasers (pengepul), small-scale medicinal plant industries of the Toga Sumber Waras, Bandealit plantation company, a conservation NGO (LSM KAIL), loggers (blandong), and log buyers (borek kayu). To examine and map the position of different interests and influences of actors involved in medicinal plant usage, this paper uses a power grid matrix. The analysis confirms that five of the ten aforementioned actors play a direct role in the medicinal plant policy process, while five actors do not and can be categorized as context setters, subjects, or crowd. This paper ends by recommending a strategy for considering policy options that promote shared interests and minimize anticipated objection from actors concerning the harvest of medicinal plants in MBNP. It concludes that the utilization of medicinal plants in MBNP, together with protection of natural resources, should become an integral part of the park's conservation strategy. |
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