Local Actors and Gender Perspectives in Dealing with Water, Food and Energy Trade-Offs: A Case from Jambi, Indonesia

Abstract:

CONTESTED RULES between the state and local communities over use and protection of forest and its resources affect environmental services and livelihood in the forest margins of Indonesia. By providing the different perspectives and gender lenses of the local actors regarding different land uses, we will address the possible implications of the water-food-energy nexus at the local context.

A case study in Jambi province, where oil palm has rapidly transformed many areas intended for food production and water regulation is provided. We assessed the potential trade-offs using model and game simulation approaches and explored how local based community management (i.e., hutan desa) can resolve conflicting perspectives in achieving the water-food-energy nexus.[]

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Grace Villamor, “Local Actors and Gender Perspectives in Dealing with Water, Food and Energy Trade-Offs: A Case from Jambi, Indonesia”, Paper presented at the International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus “Synergies and Tradeoffs: Governance and Tools at Various Scales”, Bonn, Germany, May 19-20, 2014.