THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN SETTLEMENT OF AGRARIAN CONFLICT

(Case Study of Conflict in Traditional Areas of Indigenous Communities Kutei Lubuk Kembang in the State Forest Area)

Abstract

The Kutei Lubuk Kembang indigenous community, Rejang Lebong Regency, is one example of the many conflicts faced by the community as described in the section above in the forestry sector. In 2016, suddenly the Kutei Lubuk Kembang traditional community area with plantation and agricultural functions which had been cultivated for generations by community members covering an area of 125.4 hectares was designated by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry as a state forest area with its function as production forest limited. The main problem of this research is what is the role of local government in resolving agrarian conflicts (Case Study of Conflict in the Traditional Area of the Kutei Lubuk Kembang Indigenous Community in a state forest area). This research is an academic effort that aims to analyze and describe the role of local government in resolving agrarian conflicts, especially in Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu Province. this research uses a sociolegal approach. Sociolegal studies are interdisciplinary studies that are a hybrid of major studies of legal science and legal sciences from a societal perspective that were born previously. The need to explain legal issues in a more theoretically meaningful way fuels this study. Meanwhile, practically, this study is also needed to explain the operation of law in people's lives. This research concludes that, Regional Government has an important role in resolving agrarian conflicts in forest areas, Issuance of Rejang Lebong Regency Regional Regulation No. 5 of 2018 concerning Recognition and Protection of Customary Law Communities in Rejang Lebong Regency and Regent's Decree No. No. 180.65.I of 2020 concerning Recognition and Protection of Kutei Lubuk Kembang as a Customary Law Community Unit in Rejang Lebong Regency, is an effort by the Regional Government of Rejang Lebong Regency to resolve agrarian conflicts, especially in the state forest area in Lubuk Kembang Village.