Approaches for understanding and embedding stakeholder realities in mangrove rehabilitation processes in Southeast Asia: lessons learnt from Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan

• Published in: Sustainable development (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 260 - 270
• Main Authors: Powell, Neil, Osbeck, Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2010; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Series: Sustainable Development
• Subjects: Brackish; Coastal; coastal management; Deltas; Dynamical systems; Dynamics; East Kalimantan; Ecology; Ecosystem studies; Environmental monitoring; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Forest resources; Geopolitics; Governance; Indonesia; Institutions; Local communities; Natural resources; Policies; Pollution control; Rehabilitation; Responsibility; soft systems; Stakeholder; Stakeholders; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Systems analysis; East Kalimantan Indonesia; Indonesia; ISEW, Southeast Asia; ISEW, Borneo, Kalimantan; ISEW, Borneo; ISEW, Borneo, Kalimantan Timur, Mahakam Delta; ISEW, Indonesia

Using a soft systems narrative, this paper examines the implementation process growing out of a policy environment intended to promote the rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystems. The analysis is based on research conducted 2007–09 in the Mahakam Delta in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The rich a...