Abstract:
In Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, there has been a reduction
in the forest area of 32,209.24 hectares over the last 10 years. The area
experiencing deforestation is on the east side of Banjar Regency which is one
of the production forest areas. Environmental change does not occur
naturally but is an implication of the socio-political aspects that surround it.
This study aims to explain the model of environmental politics in the context
of deforestation in the Banjar Regency. The theory used is the theory of
political systems from Gabriel Almond and the concept of environmental
politicization. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The type
of data is in the form of secondary data related to legal documents on forest
management authority, and primary data in the form of findings on the
characteristics of actors and the motives of the interests of the actors
involved in them. The informants of this research include elements of the
South Kalimantan provincial government, the district government, the
Environmental Care Community, and local community groups. The results
show that the environmental politics model in the context of deforestation in
Banjar Regency is centralized. The centralized political environment model
is a model that shows the alternating political currents that ultimately refer to
the interests of the central government. This interest is oriented towards
forest management to support the acceleration of national economic growth.
