Halfheartedly Protecting the Forest
Migrants, Conflict, and Politics Undermine the Law in Jangkat District, Jambi
Abstract
Deforestation has remained a complicated problem faced by Indonesia. One of the contributing factors is the ineffective legal protection of customary forest management in the relationship between transmigrants and indigenous peoples. In the literature, this factor has not received in-depth attention. Therefore, this article aims to examine the interaction between indigenous peoples (as local communities) and migrants/transmigrants from the phenomenon of deforestation in Jangkat District, Jambi. The article reveals how indigenous communities are not homogeneous entities as generally assumed where members of indigenous communities can be actors who cooperate with outsiders in illegal encroachment of customary forests. As a result, the customary forest becomes land controlled by migrants, which in turn has changed the social, economic and political landscape around the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS), especially in Jangkat District. Currently, encroachment in Jangkat Sub-district in the TNKS area is a complex problem to solve, because it has the potential to cause conflict between indigenous peoples (as local communities) and migrants/transmigrants who have become dominant landowners.
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