People Monitor

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Analysis

The Community Interest Study In terms of current forest management, it must be directed at the greatest possible prosperity of the communities in accordance with the spirit of Article 33 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution, where the State controls natural resources including forests which are utilized for the prosperity of the communities. For forest management it must involve all stakeholders, namely the government, society and the private sector or the business world, these components interact with each other and carry out their respective functions in mutual cooperation. The government creates a conducive and transparent political and legal environment as well as policies, the private sector creates jobs and income while the community plays a positive role in social, economic interactions and politics, especially in supporting forestry development programs. In terminology, community participation can be defined as a way of interacting between two groups that have not been included in the decision-making process, which is dominated by the government. A more specific meaning is that participation is actually a moral incentive that empowers groups that have the potential to spearhead forest protection to take part in negotiating forest management policies. In other words, the moral incentives serve as their participation to influence the higher macro spheres related to decision making that greatly shape their well-being. Regarding community participation in eradicating illegal logging or illegal logging, it is regulated in several laws and regulations, including: 1. Constitution no. 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction, Article CHAPTER VI Community Participation is explained as many as 6 Articles (58 – 63) on how the involvement and participation of the community in eradicating illegal logging 2. The SVLK regulation which was first enacted through Minister of Forestry Regulations No 38/2009 which then underwent several refinements with the issuance of Minister of Forestry Regulations No 68/2011, Minister of Forestry Regulations No 45/2012, Minister of Forestry Regulations 101


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