Environmental Dispute Resolution in Indonesia

Environmental Dispute Resolution in Indonesia
ISBN-10
9004253866
ISBN-13
9789004253865
Category
Social Science
Pages
353
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
BRILL
Author
David Nicholson

Description

In the last two decades, Indonesia has seen a dramatic proliferation of environmental disputes in a variety of sectors, triggered by intensified deforestation and large scale mining operations in the resource rich outer islands, together with rapid industrialisation in the densely populated inner island of Java. Whilst the emergence of environmental disputes has sometimes attracted political repression, attempts have also been made in recent times to explore more functional approaches to their resolution. The Environmental Management Act of 1997 created a legal framework for the resolution of environmental disputes through both litigation and mediation. This book is the first attempt to analyse the implementation of this framework in detail and to assess the effectiveness of litigation and mediation in resolving environmental disputes in Indonesia.

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