Projects & Grants
| The impact of geopolitics on deforestration of Indonesia | |
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| Project Id | SGS13/PřF/2020 |
| Main solver | Mgr. Dávid MARKO, M.A. |
| Period | 1/2020 - 12/2020 |
| Provider | Specifický VŠ výzkum |
| State | finished |
| Anotation | In the present, Indonesia with more than 260 million people represents 4th most populated country in the world and the most populated Muslim country overall. With the area of more than 1,9 million km2, containing more than 17 000 islands, Indonesia is a natural regional leader in the area of Southeast Asia. This trend in the international field is supported mainly by the increasing role of Indonesian republic not only within its region, but also in the whole Indian-Pacific area. The space between the Indian ocean and the Pacific is becoming the focus of a future geopolitical struggle, which can be perceived even today, especially by the increased sensitivity of China and USA and their allies, because of this area. Geopolitical struggle of the incoming and the current superpower will significantly influence another foreign-political course of Indonesia as well as the whole region. One of the most current global problems of humanity is an immense scale of deforestation on all levels. The most important are mainly tropical areas, also known as ?green lungs of the planet?, where the highest decrease of forested areas is present. The Indonesian republic within Southeast Asia presents an exemplar case of years-lasting country deforestation, linked with the growing of economically profitable crops ? especially palm oil ? and the mining of mineral resources. Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua belong among the most hit parts of Indonesia, since from the Indonesian point of view, they are not too populated territories (except Sumatra). The aim of the proposed project is an analysis and explanation of the geopolitics-deforestation connection, using the Indonesian republic as an example, which is linked with a prognosis of further geopolitical, geoeconomic and environmental development of the country and the region. One of the reasons of our interest in Indonesia is the author's one-year experience in the Darmasiswa study program, which he completed in the 2016/2017 academic year. |
