Illegal logging and its effects on law on forestry
| Author | Jenda Ingan Mahuli |
| Position | University of Upmi Medan, Indonesia |
| Pages | 158-167 |
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Illegal logging and its e ects on law on forestr
y
Jenda Ingan Mahul
i
U
niversity o
f
U
pmi Medan,
I
ndonesia
Ab
str
a
c
t
F
orests become the national development capital that can provide bene
fi
ts
f
or li
f
e and livelihood
of
I
ndonesia, either ecological, socio-cultural and economic benefi ts in a balanced way and
dynamically.
I
n that opinion, the forest must be taken care, managed, protected and utilized
continuously for the welfare of
I
ndonesian society, both present, and future generations.
I
n order to realize it, the principle of just and sustainable yield principle is needed. Factors
t
hat in
fl
uence illegal logging are due to the weakness o
f
f
orest security and management
systems, economic and social factors.
I
llegal logging handling e ort is regulated with the
Presidential
I
nstruction Number 4 of 2005 on
E
radication of
I
lle
g
al lo
gg
in
g
in Forest
A
rea
a
nd its Distribution. Throughout the Territory of the Republic of
I
ndonesia 18 government
ag
encies were addressed to take action in a coordinated manner.
Ke
y
words: illegal logging, forestry, government, e ects
.
I
ntr
oduc
t
io
n
T
he environment is a
f
undamental asset
f
or human li
f
e.
I
n
p
rinci
p
le, the environment
is a s
y
stem that is interconnected with one another so that the de
fi
nition o
f
the
environment almost covers all the elements o
f
God's creation on
E
arth including
humans. Forest is the largest source o
f
natural wealth owned b
y
I
ndonesia. Forests
b
ecome national develo
p
ment ca
p
ital that can
p
rovide bene
fi
ts
f
or li
f
e and livelihood
o
f
I
ndonesia, either ecological, socio-cultural or economic bene
fi
ts in a balanced wa
y
and d
y
namicall
y
. For that the
f
orest must be taken care, managed,
p
rotected and
utilized continuousl
y
f
or the wel
f
are o
f
I
ndonesian societ
y
, both
p
resent, and
f
uture
generations.
I
n order to make it ha
pp
en, the
p
rinci
p
le o
f
just and sustainable
y
ield is
n
eeded. This
p
rinci
p
le
p
laces the communit
y
as the subject o
f
active and intras
y
stem
f
orest management activities.
A
s the countr
y
with the third largest tro
p
ical
f
orest
in the world a
er Brazil and the Democratic Re
p
ublic o
f
Congo, the
p
rinci
p
les o
f
sustainable and e
q
uitable
f
orest building are essential.
I
n more detail based on Decree
o
f
f
orest and water area designation until November 2012,
I
ndonesia's
f
orest area
is 134.290.240,94 ha, consisting o
f
conservation
f
orest 27, 086, 910, 23 ha,
p
rotected
f
orest 30,539,823,36 ha and
p
roduction
f
orest 76,663 .507,34 ha. However, the area o
f
I
ndonesia's
f
orest has decreased ever
y
y
ear due to de
f
orestation occurring in various
regions. Based on the Forest Watch
I
ndonesia (FW
I
) anal
y
sis, the de
f
orestation rate in
the 2000-2009
p
eriod was 1.51 million ha
/y
ear. With this deforestation rate estimated
in 2020 the
f
orest in Java will be ela
p
sed, while in Bali and Nusa Tenggara 0.08 million
ha remainin
g
, 2.37 ha in Maluku, 7.20 ha in Sulawesi, 7.72 million ha in Sumatra, 21,
29 million ha in Kalimantan and 33.45 million ha in Pa
p
ua.
I
f it is
p
rojected to 2030 b
y
ignoring the grou
p
ing based on the
f
unction o
f
the area, it is estimated that
f
orests in
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