Participatory action-research and a framework to evaluate community participation : Sustainability of one-forestry company village <Research Note>

This report addresses the issue of sustainability of one-forestry Company in Batu Majang, a remote village located in the tropical rainforest of east Kalimantan, Indonesia. In the given context, Batu Majang is facing uncertainties regarding the sustainability of forest maintenance in a scenario of discontinuation of a logging company operation in the region. The report is presented in a paper structure and is fundamentally based on secondary data and available references as well as updated information provided by Indonesian specialists during the 2010 summer course of the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, realized in Bogor, Indonesia. The output of the discussion is a tentative set of insights on sustainable aspects of forestry management defined within a participatory approach framework.