Formulation of Legal Politic on Environment Permit Management in Protection Forest Area That Accommodates Conservation and Sustainable Principle

Protection forest based on article 1 paragraph f Law number 41 on 1999 on Forestry said “Protection forest means a forest area having the main function of protecting life-supporting systems for hydrology, preventing floods, controlling erosion, preventing sea water intrusion and maintaining soil fertility.” Protection forest may used to obtain non-timber forest products. Utilization is implemented through the licensing of utilization area, environmental services utilization license, and permits the collection of non-timber forest products. One of the forest damage factors related with the mining activities that conduct in forestry area, especially protection forest area. In its development, there is national development demand, where forest area is not only use as forestry sector development that has strategic value that cannot set aside. Yet, mining is considered as the ringleader of environment damage includes also deforestation.