Natural Resource Governance in Indonesia and Pakistan: A Comparative Review
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https://doi.org/10.18196/iclr.v7i2.25037Keywords:
Indonesia, legal frameworks, Natural resource governance, Pakistan.Abstract
This article comprehensively reviews the legal systems governing natural asset entitlement, extraction, land use, and environmental conservation in Indonesia and Pakistan. Both countries allow government control over underground resources, but Indonesia has made greater strides in applying sustainability standards, conducting community consultations, and establishing innovative revenue distribution models to open access to environmental litigation. In contrast, Pakistan focuses on energy investments but faces similar environmental and land tenure issues. The normative legal research relied on secondary sources and employed statutory and comparative approach. The analysis reveals Indonesia's emphasis on institutionalizing sustainable and inclusive environmental practices, ensuring indigenous territoriality, environmental rehabilitation, revenue-sharing trusts, and constitutional environmental rights. Pakistan retains centralized control over resource extraction and energy revenue allocation, causing disparities in sustainability compliance, indigenous communities near extractive sites, and residents' communal land tenure deprivation. Developing economies aim for sustainable growth, with Indonesian governance exemplifying a shareable legal order and complex multi-stakeholder regulations, while Pakistan illustrates the limitations of centralized energy facilities without comprehensive stakeholder engagement. Although both countries grapple with biodiversity loss and climate change effects, this comprehensive review identifies legal innovations and conservation management approaches to align conservation priorities with national development goals based on natural capital assets
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