Introduction and theoretical approach - 20[-] Introduction - 22[-] Theoretical Approach - 28[-] Discourses reflected in the scholarly literature on nature conservation policy, law and practice in Indonesia - 44[-] Nature conservation: actors, policy, law and processes - 48[-] Main research questions, methodology and structure of the book - 54[-]Dominant discourses reflected in policies and laws from pre-colonial times to the present - 60[-] Introduction - 62[-] Spiritualist discourse - 68[-] Hindu subjugate-and-rule discourse - 78[-] Rational forestry discourse - 88[-] Protection against disaster discourse - 96[-] Nature Protection discourse - 106[-] Re-emergence of the three natural scientific discourses after the Second World War - 126[-] Pembangunan discourse - 136[-] Sustainable development discourse under the New Order - 144[-] Sustainable development discourse under Reformasi - 164[-] Conclusion part II: Continuity and Change - 176[-]Dominant discourses in Indonesian nature conservation policy- and lawmaking: three cases from 1990 to the present - 188[-] Introduction - 190[-] The 'Un-politics' in Indonesian lawmaking in 1990: the parliamentary debates on the Biodiversity Conservation Bill - 194[-] Arguments and strategies to close debatesand counter strategies - 226[-] The outcome: The Biodiversity Conservation Act - 234[-] Policymaking at the beginning of the Reformasi era: The Rakornas of 1999 - 250[-] Reformasi Lawmaking: Drafting the Natural Resources Management Act - 268[-] Conclusion part III: continuity and change - 306[-]Dominant discourses in national park implementation in Indonesia: case material from conventional and donor parks - 314[-] Introduction - 316[-] Pulau Seribu Marine National Park - 324[-] Kutai National Park - 364[-] Donor parks - 380[-] Conclusions part IV - 392[-]Conclusion - 400[-] Introduction - 402[-] A history of dominant nature and conservation discourses in Indonesia - 404[-] Actors and their struggles from 1990 until 2005: stories, arguments and strategies - 406[-] Enabling and constraining effects of pembangunan structures - 410[-] Effects on nature conservation policy, law, and practice - 414[-] An alternative agenda - 416[-] Epilogue - 418[-] Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) - 420[-] References - 426[-]Appendix - 458[-]Index - 460[-]Curriculum vitae - 468