DEMOCRATIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AT LOCAL LEVEL
Abstract
Environmental democracy is not new in indonesia since it was stated its commitments in rio declaration in 1992 and world summit on sustainable development in 2002. However, empirical evidence shows that the commitment to implement the idea] is still far behind. In theoretical, policy and empirical area, discussing environmental sociopolitical aspects should indude all stakeholders in it. In managing environment and natural resours, both politicians and government officials have the political power as representatives of the state. Their political actions should cover activities of development policies which are oriented towards sustainable development, whether at local, national, regional and global. Rondinelli and chemaa (1993) stated that the state states should committed to pursuing sustainable development across the region —it calls for a clean and green environment- with fully established mechanisms for sustainable development to ensure the protection of the environment, the sustainability of its natural resources and the high quality of life of its people and naigbours in one earth