Being the fourth-largest country, Indonesia plays an essential role in international climate protection. While the government has implemented forest and peatland protection measures, national energy planning heavily relies on fossil fuels, and is in clear conflict with the country’s climate goals.
The article aims at expanding political ecology research towards the role and constitution of states by demonstrating how local stateness is negotiated within conflicts over natural resources. It draws on a qualitative field study on the conflict over coal mining in East Ka-limantan's capital…
The extraction of natural resources is inevitably bound to specific patterns of governance, usually centering on access control regulations. Thus, these governance efforts not only target the resources themselves or the land in which they are located, but also the lives of people living in and…
Despite widespread criticism and concerns about their impacts on climate change, fossil fuel energy sources like coal still contribute a significant share to the global energy supply. In emerging economies like Indonesia, they are perceived to play a pivotal role in meeting growing energy demands…
Being the fourth-largest country, Indonesia plays an essential role in international climate protection. While the government has implemented forest and peatland protection measures, national energy planning heavily relies on fossil fuels, and is in clear conflict with the country’s climate goals.
The article aims at expanding political ecology research towards the role and constitution of states by demonstrating how local stateness is negotiated within conflicts over natural resources. It draws on a qualitative field study on the conflict over coal mining in East Ka-limantan's capital…
The extraction of natural resources is inevitably bound to specific patterns of governance, usually centering on access control regulations. Thus, these governance efforts not only target the resources themselves or the land in which they are located, but also the lives of people living in and…
Despite widespread criticism and concerns about their impacts on climate change, fossil fuel energy sources like coal still contribute a significant share to the global energy supply. In emerging economies like Indonesia, they are perceived to play a pivotal role in meeting growing energy demands…
