CONSERVATION POLICY OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR ECOSYSTEMS: A STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL REGULATION OF MALINAU REGENCY NUMBER 4 OF 2007 CONCERNING MALINAU REGENCY AS A CONSERVATION REGENCY

Abstract

In accordance with Law Number 47 of 1999 concerning The Establishment of Nunukan Regency, Malinau Regency, West Kutai Regency, East Kutai Regency and Bontang City, the area of Malinau regency is approximately 42,620.70 km2, where 90% of them is forest cover. This number shows that Malinau regency has a vast area of forest cover which also being the largest in Indonesia. In order to safeguard and protect the preservation of vast areas of virgin forest as well as its diverse and unique biodiversity so that it can fulfill its purposes as the absorber of carbon dioxide (C02) emissions and producer of oxygen (O2), the Malinau regency government immediately issued Regional Regulation Number 4 concerning Malinau Regency as a Conservation Regency with a limited definition that “a Regency area which as a whole is declared as conservation area, where natural resources that are not renewable are wisely managed to guarantee their utilization, and renewable natural resources are wisely managed to ensure the sustainability of their supply by preserving and improving the quality of its diversity”. In addition to the biodiversity (genetics, species, and ecosystems) and diverse fauna species, this region stores various types of mines and minerals while also serve as the main stream and catchment area of major rivers in provinces of East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan. Regional Regulation Number 4 of 2007 states that those included in the conservation area consist of protected forest, tana Ulen/Adat, Kayan Mentarang National Park, forest cultivation area, non-forest cultivation area, and other utilization areas.

Keywords

• Biodiversity
• conservation
• lungs of the world
• Malinau regency
• state assets