Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia

This article explores the roots of environmental changes in the history of the Dutch colonization of Indonesia. It analyzed how the Dutch colonial exploitation, which was based on trade capitalism and later industrial capitalism, drove the re-organization of nature and integrated it into the world m...

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Main Author: Devi Itawan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Master Program of History, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University 2023-01-01
Series:IHiS (Indonesian Historical Studies)
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Online Access:https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/ihis/article/view/16037
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description This article explores the roots of environmental changes in the history of the Dutch colonization of Indonesia. It analyzed how the Dutch colonial exploitation, which was based on trade capitalism and later industrial capitalism, drove the re-organization of nature and integrated it into the world market system. As a result, it brought about systematic and structural deforestation, transforming the landscape of many parts of Indonesia. However, the state of deforestation raised concerns about environmental degradation as it is entangled with the importance of sustainability in extracting natural resources. From that point, the colonial environmental awareness paradigm was embarking. This article shows how the Dutch colonization and exploitation system directly led to significant environmental changes accumulated in the current climate crisis. Nevertheless, on the other hand, it also drove environmental awareness.
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spelling doaj-art-a8d936383570459a9b0b9bddddd5fc382025-01-20T06:45:55ZengMaster Program of History, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro UniversityIHiS (Indonesian Historical Studies)2579-42132023-01-016219220510.14710/ihis.v6i2.160377389Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in IndonesiaDevi Itawan0Department of History, Universitas Jambi, Jl. Jambi - Muara Bulian No.KM. 15, Mendalo Darat, Muaro Jambi- Jambi, IndonesiaThis article explores the roots of environmental changes in the history of the Dutch colonization of Indonesia. It analyzed how the Dutch colonial exploitation, which was based on trade capitalism and later industrial capitalism, drove the re-organization of nature and integrated it into the world market system. As a result, it brought about systematic and structural deforestation, transforming the landscape of many parts of Indonesia. However, the state of deforestation raised concerns about environmental degradation as it is entangled with the importance of sustainability in extracting natural resources. From that point, the colonial environmental awareness paradigm was embarking. This article shows how the Dutch colonization and exploitation system directly led to significant environmental changes accumulated in the current climate crisis. Nevertheless, on the other hand, it also drove environmental awareness.https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/ihis/article/view/16037climate crisiscolonialismdutch colonizationenvironmental changedeforestationenvironmental awareness
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Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
IHiS (Indonesian Historical Studies)
climate crisis
colonialism
dutch colonization
environmental change
deforestation
environmental awareness
title Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
title_full Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
title_fullStr Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
title_short Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
title_sort colonialism and climate crisis the root of environmental changes and the rise of environmental awareness in indonesia
topic climate crisis
colonialism
dutch colonization
environmental change
deforestation
environmental awareness
url https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/ihis/article/view/16037
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