Traditional Forest Gardens in Central Sulawesi: A Sustainable Land Use System?

In many parts of Indonesia, farmers are traditionally managing forest gardens, some of which have already been researched in detail, for example in the description of the “Lembos” of East Kalimantan by Sardjono (1990). The rattan gardens of the Dayak in East- and Central Kalimantan have been researched by Arifin (1995), Kraienhorst (1990) and Weidelt (1990, 1996). Sundawati (1993) has presented the “Tembawangs” of West Kalimantan and, most recently, research has been conducted in forest gardens in Central Maluku (Kaya et al. 2002).