Samenvatting

Indonesia's decentralization in the form of regional autonomy has opened many new opportunities for the people. Especially in the regions, higher authority allowed local governments to develop their regions and increase the people's welfare. Despite a number of positive developments, there are many problems in the implementation of regional autonomy. Bigger power has been given to local governments but lack of control to oversee the use of their increased authorities led to governance problems and rapid deforestation. Problems at the government level spread to other stakeholders in the forestry sector; namely, local people, the private sector and local NGOs.