Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States

Indonesia is known as one of the richest countries for its biodiversity. Plants, animals, and forest are very diverse in every region in Indonesia. Unfortunately, from time to time the numbers of biodiversity have been decreased along with the development of Indonesia. Nowadays, numbers of Sumatera...

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Main Authors: Lusi Apriyani, Fahmi Yoesmar AR, Marta Erwandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hasanuddin University 2018-08-01
Series:Hasanuddin Law Review
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Online Access:http://pasca.unhas.ac.id/ojs/index.php/halrev/article/view/1315
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spelling doaj-art-8ad533dde58348d1ae756fc25317bea12018-09-03T09:12:46ZengHasanuddin UniversityHasanuddin Law Review2442-98802442-98992018-08-014218119310.20956/halrev.v4i2.1315396Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United StatesLusi Apriyani0Fahmi Yoesmar AR1Marta Erwandi2Faculty of Law, Sriwijaya UniversityFaculty of Law, Sriwijaya UniversityFaculty of Law, Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia is known as one of the richest countries for its biodiversity. Plants, animals, and forest are very diverse in every region in Indonesia. Unfortunately, from time to time the numbers of biodiversity have been decreased along with the development of Indonesia. Nowadays, numbers of Sumatera Tigers and Orang Utan are not more than 400 since they were traded, captured, and killed in the name of economic development. Even wildlife habitat, forest, were converted to non-forestry use. Theoretically, Indonesia has Conser-vation Act which is the Law Number 5 of 1990 on Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem in which providing protection to the biodiversity. However, this law mostly talks about conservation system rather than providing legal protection to the wildlife and its habitat. In addition, the law seems to stand on its own, meaning only Biodiversity Law regulates protection to wildlife. Other acts like Forestry law, Environmental law, Plantation law, and Mining law do not provide wildlife protection. While both flora and fauna are the most vulnerable elements affected by activities which are regulated by those laws. The existence of the conditions above indicates that the legal protection of wildlife needs to be improved. One of the improvement efforts is to reform the Indonesian wildlife protection law. The law reform of Indonesia wildlife protection can be done through comparative approach toward legal framework of wildlife protection of Indonesian and United States.http://pasca.unhas.ac.id/ojs/index.php/halrev/article/view/1315Forestry LawWildlife LawWildlife Protection
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Fahmi Yoesmar AR
Marta Erwandi
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Fahmi Yoesmar AR
Marta Erwandi
Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States
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Forestry Law
Wildlife Law
Wildlife Protection
author_facet Lusi Apriyani
Fahmi Yoesmar AR
Marta Erwandi
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title Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States
title_short Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States
title_full Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States
title_fullStr Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Wildlife Protection Law between Indonesia and the United States
title_sort comparison of wildlife protection law between indonesia and the united states
publisher Hasanuddin University
series Hasanuddin Law Review
issn 2442-9880
2442-9899
publishDate 2018-08-01
description Indonesia is known as one of the richest countries for its biodiversity. Plants, animals, and forest are very diverse in every region in Indonesia. Unfortunately, from time to time the numbers of biodiversity have been decreased along with the development of Indonesia. Nowadays, numbers of Sumatera Tigers and Orang Utan are not more than 400 since they were traded, captured, and killed in the name of economic development. Even wildlife habitat, forest, were converted to non-forestry use. Theoretically, Indonesia has Conser-vation Act which is the Law Number 5 of 1990 on Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem in which providing protection to the biodiversity. However, this law mostly talks about conservation system rather than providing legal protection to the wildlife and its habitat. In addition, the law seems to stand on its own, meaning only Biodiversity Law regulates protection to wildlife. Other acts like Forestry law, Environmental law, Plantation law, and Mining law do not provide wildlife protection. While both flora and fauna are the most vulnerable elements affected by activities which are regulated by those laws. The existence of the conditions above indicates that the legal protection of wildlife needs to be improved. One of the improvement efforts is to reform the Indonesian wildlife protection law. The law reform of Indonesia wildlife protection can be done through comparative approach toward legal framework of wildlife protection of Indonesian and United States.
topic Forestry Law
Wildlife Law
Wildlife Protection
url http://pasca.unhas.ac.id/ojs/index.php/halrev/article/view/1315
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