The Role of Customary Law Community of Moronene Hukaea Laea in Managing Ulayat Forests in the Rawa Aopa Watumohai Conservation Area

Jabalnur ,Heryanti ,Syed Khaja Safiuddin ,Nur Intan

doi:10.7176/jlpg/90-06

Abstract

Customary law community is identical with Ulayat (customary) rights to their customary tenure areas. The recognition of the existence of ulayat rights is implemented in a number of laws and regulations. The customary law community has a very big role in maintaining the preservation of customary territories, especially in customary forests that are heavily guarded because of their safety. In carrying out their lives in their customary territories, they are very strict with the principles of local wisdom that are regulated according to the customary law. One of them is opening up shifting plantation land and has been regulated in customary regulations. Land management and utilization of natural resources around it is done traditionally based on the knowledge possessed and become a habit that is adopted in the customary law. Customary law community.of Moronene Hukaea Laea is indigenous people who live based on ancestral ancestors over a customary area, which has sovereignty over land and natural resources, social and cultural life governed by customary law and traditional institutions that manage the continuity the life of its people so far. Keywords : Management of Ulayat Forests; Rawa Aopa Watumohai Conservation Area; Moronene Hukaea Laea; DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/90-06 Publication date :October 31 st 2019

Highlights

After Indonesia's independence, the existence of customary law communities and their biodiversity gained a constitutional foundation through article 18 of the 1945 Indonesian Constitution which stipulates that the division of Indonesian regions over large and small regions, with the form of governmental structure determined by law, by looking and remembering the basis of deliberations in the system of state government, and the rights of origin in special regions
The recognition and constitutional protection of the customary law community was not lost after the 1945 Indonesian Constitution was amended where the recognition and protection of the customary law community was at least stated in Article 18 B paragraph (2) and Article 28 I paragraph (3) of the 1945 Indonesian Constitution
The customary law community of the Moronene Hukaea Laea is indigenous people / natives who live based on the ancestor from generation to generation over a customary territory, who has sovereignty over land and natural resources

Summary

Introduction

After Indonesia's independence, the existence of customary law communities and their biodiversity gained a constitutional foundation through article 18 of the 1945 Indonesian Constitution which stipulates that the division of Indonesian regions over large and small regions, with the form of governmental structure determined by law, by looking and remembering the basis of deliberations in the system of state government, and the rights of origin in special regions. The customary law community of the Moronene Hukaea Laea is indigenous people / natives who live based on the ancestor from generation to generation over a customary territory, who has sovereignty over land and natural resources. Their social and cultural life are governed by the customary law and customary institution which manages the sustainability of people's lives over the years. The focus of this article is the role of the customary law community of Moronene Hukaea Laea in the management of customary forests in the conservation area of the Aopa Watumohai Rawa National Park?. The analysis was carried out with a descriptive approach, namely displaying the content or meaning of the customary institution decisions used in the study

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