To What Extent Green Accounting Measure Sustainable Development

To what extent green accounting can properly measure sustainable development, not only depend on how well we maintain the link between the indicators and a clearlydefined concept of sustainable development but also on cautious interpretation of those indicators. Information from green accounting in general could be used to calculate adjusted, and better indicator of macroeconomic aggregates such as Green GDP, Genuine Savings, and Change in Wealth Per Capita. Green GDP, the most popular indicators, however, could not tell straightforwardly whether or not an economy is on sustainable path, neither could the growth of Green GDP. We show from a simple formal analysis of growth accounting that there are cases where interpretation of Green GDP growth could be misleading, especially when we are making comparison across economies (such as across province or districts) with differing resources dependence. Thus cautious interpretation of Green GDP (and its growth), is needed, and we propose that other indicators i.e. Genuine Saving and Change in Wealth Per Capita, which are easier to interpret, are better measures of sustainable development.Accounting, Sustainable Development, Indonesia

Assessing Indonesia's sustainable development: long-run trend, impact of the crisis, and adjustment during the recovery period.

We adopt the definition of sustainability as “non-declining welfare per capita”, and measure genuine savings and change in wealth per capita as indicator of weak sustainability. The results suggests that the overall trend in sustainability as measured by changes in wealth per capita had shown that the Indonesian economy during the last twenty years had not been on a sustainable path. Despite this, sustainability had been on an improving long-run trend due to the restructuring of the economy away from oil and gas sector, towards more reliant on secondary and tertiary economic activities. However, the need for more appropriate approach in managing mineral, forest resources depletion, as well as environmental degradation caused by industrial sector’s pollution is called for as they had rapidly becoming a growing problem. Measures of sustainability during the economic crisis and its adjustment period clearly show that the crisis had adversely affected the positive trend in sustainability through a combination of reduction in savings rate and increases in natural resources depletion. This has rephrased the importance of economic growth in the context of sustainable development, and provided empirical evidence that economic crisis had created incentives for more rapid natural resources extraction that could endanger sustainable development. Relevant policies to help address both problems are discussed.Genuine Savings, Changes in Wealth per Capita, Sustainable Development, Indonesia.

Assessing Indonesia's sustainable development: long-run trend, impact of the crisis, and adjustment during the recovery period.

We adopt the definition of sustainability as “non-declining welfare per capita”, and measure genuine savings and change in wealth per capita as indicator of weak sustainability. The results suggests that the overall trend in sustainability as measured by changes in wealth per capita had shown that the Indonesian economy during the last twenty years had not been on a sustainable path. Despite this, sustainability had been on an improving long-run trend due to the restructuring of the economy away from oil and gas sector, towards more reliant on secondary and tertiary economic activities. However, the need for more appropriate approach in managing mineral, forest resources depletion, as well as environmental degradation caused by industrial sector’s pollution is called for as they had rapidly becoming a growing problem. Measures of sustainability during the economic crisis and its adjustment period clearly show that the crisis had adversely affected the positive trend in sustainability through a combination of reduction in savings rate and increases in natural resources depletion. This has rephrased the importance of economic growth in the context of sustainable development, and provided empirical evidence that economic crisis had created incentives for more rapid natural resources extraction that could endanger sustainable development. Relevant policies to help address both problems are discussed.Genuine Savings; Changes in Wealth per Capita; Sustainable Development; Indonesia

Phenomenon and determinant characteristics of NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) youth in matrilineal province

Economic development positions human as an important factor of production. Therefore quality human resources are needed for sustainable development. Indonesia as a country with a large population potential is expected to take advantage of the opportunity through demographic bonuses that will occur in 2020-2030. However, the emergence of NEET (not in employment, education or training) has become a new problem that threatens the success of development. NEET is a measure that includes young people in the age range of 15-24 years old, who are not in employment, education or training. NEET is considered more comprehensive than unemployment because it can see the dynamics and activeness of youth in the labor market. The presence of NEET is inseparable from the determinant characteristics the chances of someone becoming a NEET youth. This study uses Sakernas data for 2017 and 2018 to see the phenomenon and determinant characteristics of NEET status. The result showed NEET youth in West Sumatera was dominated by economically inactive youth. And by using logistic regression analysis, obtained several characteristic that significantly influence the chance of youth’s vulnerability to become a NEET. Youth who live in rural areas have a greater opportunity to become NEET youth, while youth with high level education are even more vulnerable to becoming NEET. Gender does not have a significant effect on determinants of NEET status in areas that adhere to this matrilineal kinship system. Based on the result of this study, the government as the holder of authority is expected to implement policies to reduce the proportion of NEET youth

Legal Existence of Local Wisdom for Bajo Fishery Tribe on Indonesian Maritime Border

This work is aimed at exploring appropriate method in legitimating and admitting toward legal existence for Bajo effort’s local wisdom particularly in maintaining Indonesian’s Border. This effort is importance to maintain sovereignty of Indonesia's maritime boundaries without having to eliminate Bajo’s local wisdom that may exclude sustainable development for Bajo society. This situation has altered their traditions that they just initially and merely fished fishes just for consumption. For that reason, this work offers appropriate values in legitimating and admitting a legal existence for Bajo effort’s local wisdom such as the rights of traditional fisherman community of Bajo tribe in human rights law as indigenous people right based either on National and International Law and; the legal protection of Bajo communal rights in exploiting sea and traditional fisherman criteria after UNCLOS 1982 and MOU BOX 1974 including its amendments. The application of this method may create holistic and traditional manners in keeping and managing collective strategic resources for the greatest benefit for national defend especially for Bajo fishery tribe

Indonesian Food Security Policy

Food security has been an issue of endless discussions given its sensitive nature of being associated with the wellbeing of individuals. Pursuant to Article 33 of the Indonesian Constitution, the Indonesian Government, in principle, have the legal capacity to utilize to the greatest extent the nation's natural resources for the sake of the welfare of Indonesian citizens through regulating and issuing relevant policies. As regards food security, Indonesian policies, in general, have been more focused on programs that aim to promote self-sufficiency in food production in order to achieve food security, as stated in Law No. 18 of 2012 regarding Food. The Law provides that importing food products can only be conducted if production by local producers is insufficient for the consumption needs of Indonesian citizens. Thus, this article will discuss further the national and International implications as a result of the government's continuous perception that food security problems can be resolved with self-sufficiency in food production. The question is whether this policy has managed to reach its intended goal, namely ensuring Indonesian citizens the availability and access to nutritious food? Finally, this article will offer two solutions that are deemed to be more effective and efficient than the notion of food self-sufficiency in achieving the food security policy objective

STRATEGY OF ECOREGION PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT, CASE STUDY OF TASIKMALAYA CITY

The Tasikmalaya City Ecoregion Protection and Management Strategy is a planning study aimed to support other developments, in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management. The purpose of this document is to provide an indication of the policy direction for environmental protection and management plans in the Tasikmalaya City based on the results of an analysis of the main challenges and strategic issues that refer to an environmental inventory at the ecoregion level in the Tasikmalaya City. The preparation of this document is intended to provide direction, reference and basis for development in the Tasikmalaya City based on the potential, availability, limitations of ecosystem services and natural resources in the Tasikmalaya City which are manifested in the threshold and status of the carrying capacity and the carrying capacity of the environment. Based on this status, policy interventions and program directions for environmental management and protection can be further formulated as a controller of development in Tasikmalaya City. The study is structured through the following stages: (1) data collection, thematic maps, and related literature, (2) Situational Analysis for the formulation of the main challenges and strategic environmental issues in Tasikmalaya City, using a spatial analysis framework, followed by DPSIR analysis (Driving Forces-Pressure-State-Impacts-Response) to identify the root causes of strategic issues of environmental protection and management, formulate their impact on community welfare and formulate policies and program directions as interventions in environmental protection and management

Sustainable Interior: A Holistic Approach of Eco-Socio-Econo Interior

Sustainable interior theory construction model with the contextual eco-socio-econo interior holistic approach become a problem and also research objective. Theoretical study was started from the sustainable development to the sustainable interior understandings, hypothesis of eco-socio-econo interior and terminology and theory of the sustainability of product-interior-structure scope. Generally, method used in the research execution was referring to the theoretical construction method. The research stages were the theoretical problem that continued by hypothesis and argumentation idea for the theory construction in general. Methods used were: logical and critical argumentation, report and description. Fisrt stage result of this research from the literature study was general theory in nature, the sustainable interior consisted of 3 holistic and balanced consider of major pillars namely: eco-interior, socio-interior, econo-interior

Hasil konferensi kependudukan di kairo: implikasinya pada program kesehatan reproduksi di indonesia

Abstract The World Population Conference in Cairo has received substantial attention and comments from the mass media and a large circle of experts, although a more basic explanation is still needed due to the result of the conference. Since abortion is considered a very important issue which dominates the field of reproductive health, it needs to further analyze the relations between abortion and the \u27new concept\u27 of reproductive health. This paper broadly analyzes the objectives and the agreed result of the conference. It also proposes several implications on the reproductive health program in Indonesia. Even though, as the mass media reported, the Cairo Conference seemed to be a conference on abortion, the theme of the conference was: Population, Sustainable Economic Growth, and Sustainable Development. Indonesia takes a very active role in the preparation of the world\u27s population conference, including to conduct and initiate the summit population conference of the Non-Aligned Ministerial level prior the Cairo Conference. The Cairo World Population Conference has resulted in a substantially broad Population Action Program, in which the implementation needs serious consideration on the heterogeneity of the respective countries according to the priorities of development, cultural considerations, norms, religion, and law that prevails in the respective countries, yet the Conference should consider the norms of the universal human rights. Out of various materials covered in the Population Action Program, reproductive health problems have become one of the important controversial sources. For this reason it has thus been agreed to accept a "new concept" of reproductive health. Out of this \u27new concept\u27, some implications of several reproductive health programs emerge, particularly the family planning program of the countrywhich should be expanded and qualified. Even though the "new concept" of reproductive health covers sexual reproductive rights, it has been wholly agreed that abortion would not be promoted as one of the implementations of the family planning method! The target of quantity in various fields could be optimistically achieved except the maternal mortality decline. Without a breakthrough effort in the new reproductive health sector the quantitative aims to reduce the maternal mortality rate in Indonesia could never be achieved. Keywords: maternal mortality , abortio