CORRUPTION IN ACESSING AND UTILIZING THE COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES IN INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: This article reviews
corruption cases that are associated with natural resources management,
especially in accessing and utilizing common property resources in Indonesia. A
crucial fact about to highlight in this article is corruption case in natural
resource. This article applies social-ecological systems (SES) framework to
deliver a clear roadmap for incorporating more ecological or natural
characteristics into studies that explores linkage social and legal systems.
The framework therefore considers how problems are deļ¬ned and how action and
policy are formulated to deal with these problems. This article studies macro
data in National level, the law on natural resource and environment in
Indonesia where the case is occurred in West Pasaman. The case in West Pasaman
is the evidence based. The data is gathered by interviewing local people who
live around palm plantations in West Pasaman. Thus, this article is also linked
with Indonesian regulation about environment and natural resources. Corruption
in the context of managing common property resources brings many disadvantages
to community and State because it will lead to the scarcity of resources.
Overall, eradicating corruption is not only on the hands of community or
private sectors, but also needs active involvement from government and
policy-makers as the main stakeholders.
Penulis: Lengga Pradipta
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd160140
