WSEAS Transactions on Systems
Print ISSN: 1109-2777, E-ISSN: 2224-2678
Volume 22, 2023
(Special Issue: Environmental Systems and Administrative Science, Organizer - Guest Editor: Prof. Vincenzo Niola, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy) Forest Conservation and Social Welfare: The Legal Perspective of Society-Based Forest Resource Management in Ngawi Regency, Indonesia
Authors: Muhammad Taufan Badollahi, Murniati Ruslan, Arief Budiono, Andi Sukmawati Assaad, Sigit Sapto Nugroho, Siti Nurkhaerah
Abstract: Forest management in Java currently tends to be centralized. It is implemented in a top-down manner with state-based forest resource management, causing conflicts in the community. Thus, there needs to be a new paradigm, which is society-based forest management. The objective of this research is to analyze the society-based forest management in Ngawi Regency, East Java, Indonesia from a legal perspective. The legal perspective of society-based forest management is the essence of this policy because, without legal support, the management would be illegal. This study used the socio-legal research approach, with a naturalistic qualitative method. The results show that from the perspective of the legal implications, society-based forest management brings society benefits in the economic aspect. Such a benefit encourages society to protect the forest because it is more profitable for them if the forest is protected rather than destroyed. In the social aspect, it increases the welfare of the people. There is also legal certainty in the form of a cooperation agreement between the company and the forest farmers. In the ecological aspect, it contributes to forest preservation as forests are better maintained.
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Keywords: forest, society-based, management, welfare, conservation, legal perspective, Indonesia
Pages: 122-130
DOI: 10.37394/23202.2023.22.13
WSEAS Transactions on Systems, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2777 / 2224-2678, Volume 22, 2023, Art. #13