Environmental dispute resolution in Indonesia
By: David Nicholson
Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde -- 259
Publisher: KITLV Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9789067183260
Subjects: Umweltpolitik; Wirkungsanalyse; Dispute resolution (Law); Umweltrecht; Environmental law; Indonesien; Environmental mediation; Umweltmanagement
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. It includes a detailed overview of the environmental legal framework and its interpretation by Indonesian courts in landmark court cases. The book features a number of detailed case studies of both environmental litigation and mediation and considers the legal and non-legal factors that have influenced the success of these approaches to resolving environmental disputes. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Environmental dispute resolution : theoretical and Indonesian perspectives --; title: Environmental litigation in Indonesia : legal framework and overview of cases --; title: Case studies of environmental litigation --; title: Environmental mediation in Indonesia --; title: Case studies of environmental mediation -- -- Conclusion:; title: Environmental justice in Indonesia.