Research article

THE ANALYZE OF INTEREST CONFLICT IN THE FIRE PRONE AREA OF THE FOREST AND THE LAND IN RIAU PROVINCE OF INDONESIA

1 Ashaluddin Jalil, 2 Rd. Siti Sofro Sidiq, 3 Yesi, 4 Achmad Hidir, 5 Seger Sugiyanto

Online First: November 30, 2022


The issue about governance interest conflict of peat moss land has been started in 2007 and strengthened more after the fire in 2014. The research goal is to analyze the interest conflict in five villages especially the fire prone area of the forest and the land because the peat moss degradation and its location are near with the company. The kind of this research is descriptive qualitative with purposive sampling. The research was implemented in five villages that were grouped to be 4 study locations. The writer interviewed 15 subjects in five different areas that consisted of the village head, neighborhood association/citizens association, MPA, Private, and Society. The research result identified 19 interest actor in five study areas. For the study location 1 of Lukun village and Sungai Tohor village, the interest conflict occurred between the company and the local society. The study location 2 of Kampung Rawa Mekar Jaya area, the interest conflict occurred horizontally namely Village Government and Fire Caring Community. The study location 3 of Lubuk Keranji Timur village, the interest conflict occurred between the concession company with the society related their land acquisition tha was claimed was in the concession map of that company. And the study location 4 of Dombas village, the interest conflict occurred between the local actors in keeping the peat moss restoration continuity. The mechanism of conflict solving used the solution model of tread level namely deliberation and law enforcement officers. The special uniqueness was in the study location 1 and 3, there were massive rebellion and social movement that such as demonstration, sewimg mouth, self burning, posts making, until using the custom sanction like village feast.

Keywords

: Interest Conflict, Peat moss Ecosystem, Peat moss Restoration