Land Acquisition for Oil Palm in Perspective Living Environment

Abstract

Procurement of land is any activity to gain ground through the transfer of rights over land or by way of assignment or waiver of land by giving compensation to those entitled. In the process of land acquisition for oil palm plantations should first pay attention to the status of land available, namely whether the State Land, Land Rights and Land Rights Management. Then Palm Oil Plantation Company will acquire land must also consider the procedure for acquisition of land provided by the National Land Law, namely the project, its location and status of the land available. In the process of the procurement or acquisition of land is often in trouble. Community (adat) is still difficult to let go of their land rights because they are emotionally already have very close ties with the land or is a physically and mentally already feel at one with the land. Because they believe that the soil has the power that control so that should not be released so saja. Selain it, all activities will be community centered on the ground because the ground work, whether it's farming, gardening, doing cultural activities or religious. Core,  land is part integral to the activities of life, even that is not land that have emotional ties (religio-magical) with the public but also to water and forest. Because the procurement of land for oil palm plantations should consider the rights on land that has been attached to the land which is owned by indigenous peoples. After the acquisition of land in accordance with the Location Permit, the plantation companies can apply for leasehold to the National Land Agency Region with the requirements specified. Once your application is accepted HGU, Planters' the company can conduct business estates must go through a deliberation to reach an agreement, either on the agreement, the delivery of land to those who require or regarding compensation which is the right holder of the rights over the land to receive it. In the process of deliberation there must be agreement between the parties (the plantation companies and holders of land rights), an agreement on the handover of land and an agreement on compensation or damages. The parties' agreement is interpreted as hear each other, give each other and accept each other opinions in a peaceful atmosphere, without pressure and coercion where rights holders are willing to relinquish their land rights and the buyer / employers are willing also to compensate for the waiver of the land. This agreement continues on a shared understanding of the waiver of land and rewards. The rewards n   understood as the form and amount of damages.

KEYWORDS: Land Acquisition     Oil palm plantation   Living environment