CHAPTER I
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here is a joke about a grain of corn and chicken. Somehow, there is a person who feels that he is a grain of corn. When he meets a chicken, he is always shivering afraid from the cold. He is afraid of being pecked by the chicken. The doctor advises to do therapy for several weeks, and finally the patient realizes that he is a human, not a grain. When he leaves the doctor’s room, he turns back in again, trembling with fear. He reports that there is chicken ahead, and he is afraid that the chicken will eat him. “My brother” the Doctor said, “You know very well you are not a grain of corn, but you are a human.” Of course, I know that,” the patient answers“, but does the chicken know it? We want to put that joke on what happens in timber legality regulation in Indonesia. Of course the chicken will know that that person is not a grain. As well as the academics and civil society activist who struggle indigenous people know that community is the nearest party either knowledge or daily visions of natural resources in Indoensia. However, the natural resources management so far still uses academics knowledge approach. After “New Order” government in Indoenesia, the involvement slogan of indigenous people/local communities mainstreaming in natural resources management in Indonesia came up until now. But unfortunately, the slogan is still above interest, knowledge, and policy system which is opposite. In other government policy, such as Agrarian Reform and Social Forestry policy, there is an increase number of acknowledgement
