The Impact of District or Munnicipality Government Authority Annulment in Forestry Resources Management on Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Muazzin, Yanis Rinaldi dan Nuraini A

Universitas Syiah Kuala

Abstract

Article 14 of Law No. 23/2014 concerning Regional Government revokes some of the affairs of forest resource management from the authority of the district/city government to a centralized authority on the provincial government. In the context of Aceh, the presence of Law No. 23/2014 with the regulation transferring the authority to manage natural resources from the district/city government to the provincial government contrary to the provisions of Article 156 paragraph (1) of Law No. 11/2006 concerning the Government of Aceh, which states that The Aceh Government and district/city governments manage natural resources in Aceh both on land and at sea in the Aceh territory in accordance with their respective authorities. This means that the authority to manage natural resources is carried out jointly between the Aceh Government and district/city governments. This study examines the impact of the loss of authority of district/city governments in forest resource management on deforestation and forest degradation and builds a model for forestry resource management in Aceh Province through an analysis of the conflicting norms contained in Law No. 23/2014 and Law No. 11/2006.
The paper employs juridical normative research method.. The data used is secondary data in the form of primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials. The method used in this paper is qualitative juridical analysis.
The results of the study indicate that the revocation of the authority of the district/city government in managing forestry resources has an impact on the increasing of forest land cover and forest degradation in Aceh. Aceh^s forest land cover area in 2017 was 3,019,432 Ha, in 2018 it was reduced to 3,004,352 Ha, and in 2019 the remaining 2,989,212 Ha. In the last 4 (four) years, the forest area in Aceh has decreased by 41 hectares per day. In addition, forest destruction is also increasing. Management of forestry resources based on watersheds (ecosystems) under the control of UPTD KPH I-V

Keywords: impact, authority, management, and deforestation

Topic: Environment