Criminal Law Policy Against the Purpose of Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Their Ecosystems in Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is very rich in various natural resources, including the biodiversity contained therein. It is realized that natural resources which are scattered in various parts of Indonesia will one day be scarce and extinct if their management is carried out in an unsustainable and sustainable manner. Article 3 of Law No. 5 of 1990 states that the conservation of living natural resources and their ecosystems aims at realizing the preservation of living natural resources and the balance of their ecosystems so that they can better support efforts to improve people's welfare and the quality of human life. To prevent this condition, Law No. 5 of 1990 concerning the Conservation of Living Natural Resources and their Ecosystems contains a criminal law policy as part of a conservation policy. Indonesian environmental law already recognizes the concept of punishment in the form of recovery for the consequences of a crime, but this mechanism is not accommodated in Law No. 5 of 1990. The concept of punishment in the form of recovery for the consequences of a crime is a concrete form to support conservation goals to realize sustainable natural resources. biological natural resources and the balance of their ecosystems so that they can better support efforts to improve people's welfare and the quality of human life. Because the concept of punishment in the form of recovery for said crime is a relevant criminal law policy, meaning that there is conformity or harmony with demands, needs, and developments in society between the criminal law policies that are enacted to conserve living natural resources and their ecosystems.

Keyword: Criminal Law Policy. Purpose of Conservation of Living Natural Resources and Their Ecosystems