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The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve REDD Project

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Villagers’ access to forests has become even more restricted withrecent oil palm plantation development. In the villages surveyed,it was common to hear complaints of oil palm companiesoperating in a manner that caused land tenure disputes. Thisform of conflict reportedly never occurred in the past, when landuse issues were resolved by visiting villages and asking forpermission to operate in the area. Only a few companies havehad the good will to resolve such conflicts by negotiating with thevillagers directly, some even asking for facilitation by thegovernment. A number of palm oil companies still use the ‘NewOrder approach’, arranging for the police’s special task force orthe military to support them in negotiations with villagers, aposture that is inevitably (and often intentionally) intimidating.From the villages visited, most of the villagers – who typicallybelong to Dayak and Banjar tribes – earn their living from fishing.Seeing this, the Seruyan District government developed aprogram to help the communities improve the productivity andsustainability of fish populations in the river by adopting akeramba (aquaculture) system. However, it is reported that inthe last five years the Seruyan River has experienced far morefrequent flooding than in previous periods. In the past, floodingoccurred predictably once each year and could be anticipated.Recently, they have experienced monthly flooding, and somecommunities remain flooded for up to three months at a time.Table 5. Population data for villages in the <strong>Rimba</strong> <strong>Raya</strong> <strong>Project</strong> AreaNo. Village No. of Families No. of People No. of Women No. of Men Predominant Tribe1 Bahaur -­‐ 1700 -­‐ -­‐ Dayak Kahayan2 Paring <strong>Raya</strong> 20 -­‐ -­‐ -­‐ Dayak Kahayan3 Parang Batang -­‐ 206 -­‐ -­‐Dayak Keninjal &Bangkul4 Tanjung Hanau 127 511 281 230 Banjar5 Banua Usang 215 642 -­‐ -­‐ Dayak Pante & Banjar6 Paren 113 227 113 114 Dayak Pante & Banjar7 Ulak Batu 70 181 89 92 Dayak Nadju & Banjar8 Palingkau 43 168 77 91 Dayak Nadju & Banjar9 Cempaka Baru 133 566 216 250 Dayak & Banjar10 Telaga Pulang 411 2313 1008 1305 Banjar & Dayak11 Baung 250 2015 992 1223 Banjar & Dayak12 Jahitan 133 477 208 269 Dayak & Banjar13 Muara Dua 140 523 236 287 Banjar & Dayak14 Tanjung Rengas 320 1406 641 765 Banjar & DayakTotals: 1,975 10,935 3,861 4,62631

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