Institusion
Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta
Author
Runggandini, Caritas Woro Murdiati
Subject
Pertanahan, Pembangunan dan Lingkungan Hidup
Datestamp
2015-02-23 09:02:30
Abstract :
This research studied the Reconstruction of Local Wisdom to Draft a Sustainable Forestry
Law (A Study of Traditional Communities of Kajang and Tenganan Pegringsingan). This research
aimed to examine: 1. The existence of local wisdom in managing the extant forest resources; 2. Local
wisdom resistance to outside cultural influences and government policy intervention; 3.
Synchronization of laws and regulations in the management of forest resources; 4. Reconstruction of
local wisdom to draft a sustainable forestry law.
A conceptual approach was used in this normative research. To support the normative
research, sociological research was conducted using ethnographic methods. The research sites were
located in the provinces of South Sulawesi and Bali. The normative research examined the
references/secondary data, which included primary and secondary legal materials. The sociological
research examined secondary data in the first place, and primary data, subsequently. For the data
obtained through normative research, instrument to sharpen the discussion was employed using the
methods of law interpretation and construction. The data obtained were then processed and analyzed
qualitatively, and conclusion was subsequently drawn.
The results indicated that: 1. the local wisdom remained to exist in the forms of: a. spatial
concept and outlook on life; b. public knowledge about the physical environment, forests and florafauna;
c. ceremony related to forest resources; d. common law in the management of forest resources;
e. experiences in the settlement of conflicts of forest resources management. The local wisdom in the
form of customary law in managing forest resources, include the following: a. legal principles; b.
values ; and c. concrete rule of law; 2. local wisdom of Tenganan Pegringsingan villagers was
stronger than that of Kajang villagers, since the existence of the traditional village (pekraman) in Bali
was reinforced by local government of Bali province through Bali Provincial Regulation No. 3, 2001
on Pekraman Village, which accompanied by a recognition of the region, the governance structure
and indigenous village assets; 3. the government was at the beginning recognized the rights of
indigenous people to a limited extent. However, in the legislation of forest resource management,
there is a tendency of the government to deny and negate them. The 1945 Constitution and Law No.
39 of 1999 on Human Rights and a variety of international instruments have yet to serve as
guidelines for the preparation of sectoral legislation material as well as other laws and regulations
under them; b. The drafting of legislation on the management of forest resources has not been in
accordance with the principles of local wisdom--the causal factors of which include: 1). the
employed norms and values of capitalism in the management of forest resources; 2) the system of
forest resources management paid more attention to the economic aspect; 3) since the government
mindset remain unchanged in the management of forest resources, forest resources are still regarded
as belong to state's domain; 4) to reconstruct the local wisdom in the drafting of forestry law, the
following considerations are necessary: a. the need for a strategy to revitalize the local wisdom
through increased recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in national legal systems and
through the preparation of forestry development programs tailored to local culture and environment;
b. local wisdom is the guidance for the development of the forestry law, especially in compliance
with the philosophical and sociological values; c. local wisdom and sustainable development
paradigm need to serve as principles in the drafting of forestry law. The local wisdom and
sustainable development paradigm that serve as principles in the drafting of forestry law will bring
about the effective and equitable laws; d. the drafting of future forestry law should be supported with
paradigm of Community Based Forest Management, by giving wider participation opportunity to the
traditional community in the management of forest resources in order to achieve the objectives of the
law.