Forest Conservation & Environmental Awareness in Kayan Mentarang National Park in Malinau District, North Kalimantan Province

Dolvina Damus, Zaenal Kusuma, Bagyo Yanuwiadi, Imam Santoso

Abstract: This study aims to describe and analyze comprehensively and in detail about the process of managing conservation forest areas carried out by several parties, namely the community and the government as stakeholders. Based on the conditions of the Kayan Mentarang National Park which are different from other conservation areas, where the results of the research show that the process of collaborative management in the Kayan Mentarang National Park area found obstacles in terms of communication and coordination from planning to supervision, parties could only play a limited role, and that indigenous peoples have land rights in their customary territories within the region.

Keywords: Forest, Conservation, Environment, Kayan Mentarang, National Park