Hibernation of the Village Law in Large-Scale Palm Oil Plantations: A Case Study of Oil Palm Expansion in Sintang District, West Kalimantan

Kharis Fadlan Borni Kurniawan; Arya Hadi Dharmawan; Titik Sumarti; Mochammad Maksum

doi:10.36574/jpp.v7i2.505

Authors

Kharis Fadlan Borni Kurniawan The Department of Communication and Community Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Arya Hadi Dharmawan The Department of Communication and Community Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Titik Sumarti The Department of Communication and Community Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia; The Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Mochammad Maksum The Department of Communication and Community Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia; The Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36574/jpp.v7i2.505

Keywords:

village law, indigenous people, land acquisition, partnership

Abstract

This paper seeks to present the results of testing the implementation of the Village Law in villages covered by large-scale oil palm plantations. The socio-economic and political dynamics of villages with oil palm are in stark contrast to villages that are relatively free from the circle of the plantation capitalist system. This research examines it by focusing on the study of customary land acquisition practices and partnerships between smallholders and oil palm plantation companies in the Sintang District. Qualitative research using a case study approach which is the basis for writing this paper found that the Village Law, which many people hoped would free villages from the threats of the industrialization of forests and oil palm plantations, in fact, could not do much or, in the author's language, the Village Law was in hibernation.

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