“Kemanakah Hutan Kami ?†Dinamika Sosial dan Kontestasi Antara Pihak-pihak yang Terlibat dalam Pengelolaan Hutan di Kabupaten Seruyan Kalimantan Tengah

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Social dynamics in forest management is quite complicated. The
locals are the hereditary lived in adjacent of forest area and use it for
supporting their daily need. The timber and mining company exploited of
forest for earning of profit. The government stands in the crossroad, they
must manage the forest for conservation area while at the other hand they
must increase the regional income.
The euphoria of reformation has encouraged the Regional
Autonomies (decentralization) and has rolled over of new policies by the
regional government in term of the natural resources management. Despite
the regional government is now concerning the locals who their needs are
depend on the forest but the conflict lie where the people with different
interest meet. In this case, it talks about forest exploitation, the locals are the
misfortune one.
The article shall describe the social dynamic and the contested
among parties related to the forest management in Seruyan District
Province of Central Kalimantan.