THE THE KUTAI NATIONAL PARK: MANAGEMENT POLICY IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Conflicts of interest relating to the forest sector show that forests are not physical media, but also social, cultural, economic and political media. In this case, forests can be the basis for explaining the social, cultural, economic and political phenomena that exist in the “National Park”. Referring to the reasons above, this article will explain how the Kutai National Park is discussed with a different side and how the implications of this discussion are about the appearance of conflicts of interest and the changing meaning of Kutai National Park. The type of research used is a qualitative descriptive type with an ethnographic approach design. Data collection techniques used were interviews and observations. The analysis model is carried out interactively, which includes: data reduction, data exposure, and conclusions, through description and verification. The results show that the struggle for access to forest and land resources in Kutai National Park is the main motive that triggers social conflict and interests, both political interests or economic interests framed by one policy. This conflict occurs among people living in and around Kutai National Park on one side and the Kutai National Park itself on the other. Therefore, this conflict has implications for the emergence of resources through land tenure andmanagement within the Kutai National Park area as a part of the battle effort which is automatically considered as a colonialism within Kutai National Park.