Food estate: Village regulations to support and protect sustainable agricultural land

¹ Faculty of Law, Trunojoyo University of Madura
² Faculty of Law, Brawijaya University
³ Faculty of Law, Dr. Soetomo University

^* Corresponding author: wartiningsih@trunojoyo.ac.id

Abstract

Countries around the world expect stable and sustainable forest management. Climate change is one of the issues related to global development and the environment. Furthermore, the sustainable development paradigm emerged by introducing a development orientation emphasizing the importance of economic growth, social development and protection of ecosystem carrying capacity. Indonesia ratified the Paris Agreement on October 31, 2016, through Law Number 16 of 2016. Based on the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Indonesia must prevent climate change. The NDC reflects the current conditions in data and information and the analysis and future scenarios carried out by Indonesia. Indonesia must make more efforts to maintain forest sustainability to avoid deforestation. The Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry (Permen LHK) Number 24 of 2020 concerning the Determination of Forest Areas for the Development of Food Estates has emerged. It is controversial because the Regulation stipulates that food estates can be built in forest areas with 2 (two) mechanisms, namely through changes in the designation of forest areas and the determination of Forest Areas for Food Security. This article uses a legislative approach, analyzing prescriptively and concluding using inductive logic. The study found that the current Ministerial Regulation, which allows the construction of food barns in forest areas, has been criticized for its potential to cause deforestation and environmental degradation. The proposed model village regulation addresses these issues by aligning food barn construction with local community needs and environmental protection.