Criminal Law Policy on Illegal Logging in Berbak National Park in Jambi Province and Efforts to Overcome

Abstract

Berbak National Park in Jambi Indonesia is one of the conservation area of forests and ecosystems conservation in it and as the conservation of peat forest in Sumatra as an activity scheme for carbon emissions reductions from deforestation and forest degradation according the Ramsar Convention. In fact, the forest has been used by the public by way of illegal logging for shipbuilding and create housing. As a result of the use of forests causes damage that covers all areas of life. Therefore, the government has issued a policy of criminal law in law enforcement against illegal logging activities set out in Act No. 41 of 1999 can not be implemented to the fullest.

Keywords: Criminal law policy, Illegal logging.