The Role of Regional Government in Providing Legal Protection to Communities Around Palm Oil Plantation Companies

Abstract

The purpose of this writing is to find out and describe the role of regional government in providing legal protection to communities around palm oil plantation companies. The approach method in writing uses a sociological juridical approach. The results of the research conducted state that the role of regional governments in providing legal protection to communities around oil palm plantation companies is to update conflict resolution policies by creating independent institutions at the national and regional levels accompanied by operational mechanisms and procedures for conflict resolution. The government provides space for voluntary mediator institutions to be involved in conflict resolution at both the national and regional levels. The government must immediately identify and map the existence of forests and customary lands so that parties can guide them in resolving conflicts based on customary rights claims. The National Land Agency and the Ministry of Forestry must have an understanding in translating the authority to issue rights in forest areas to third parties, so that if a conflict is resolved through mediation, the agreement can no longer be challenged for reasons of authority. It is important to determine that in the event of community conflict with companies that are already operating, a temporary pause in operations must be implemented.