Conservation and Contested Development in Indonesia's Eastern Islands

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate how institutions, policies and processes at various levels of government interact to influence development and conservation outcomes at the local scale in eastern Indonesia. It illustrates how the processes arising from decentralised government are impacting upon development and conservation of both land and marine resources.

The authors show how these issues are modified and translated into activities implemented by regional government and their alliances with non-governmental organisations. The consequences of these activities and their outcomes are explained through analyses of governance issues at the community level, thereby providing an overview of policy implementation from the international through to the local scale.

This work extends current literature beyond the theme of community-based management to "coalition-based" management, emphasising and illustrating the importance of alliances and networks in determining development and environment policy at various scales. Through analyses of detailed case studies in this hotspot of marine biodiversity, which is within the Coral Triangle, readers will be better able to understand the drivers of environment and development policy and their outcomes in a decentralised political situation.