Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 442 Riau Annual Meeting on Law and Social Sciences (RAMLAS 2019) The Status of Indigenous Forest in Riau Province Gusliana H.B.*, Ikhsan Ikhsan, Ferawati Ferawati Fakultas Hukum Universitas Riau Pekanbaru, Indonesia *
[email protected] Abstract—The position of customary forest after the people is formulated into four benchmarks, namely: (1) the Constitutional Court Decision No. 35/PUU-X/2012, which was benefits of natural resources for the people; (2) level of formerly regarded as a state forest within the territory of distribution of benefits of natural resources for the people; (3) customary law communities, transformed into a forest that is the level of people's participation in determining the benefits of within the territory of customary law communities. Forest natural resources; and (4) respect for people's rights for control by the state continues to focus on the rights of indigenous generations in utilizing natural resources [2]. people, for as long as they live and in accordance with the development of the community and the principles of the Republic Forests in Indonesia, including communal forests, of Indonesia as regulated under the law. The pattern of according to Article 1 number 6 of Law Number 41 of 1999 on customary forest protection after the Constitutional Court Forestry are state forests within the territory of communal law Decision No. 35/PUU-X/2012 in the context of providing legal community. However, the definition of communal forests after protection to indigenous peoples in Riau Province, where the the Constitutional Court Decision Number 35/ PUU-X/2012, indigenous peoples have the right to open their customary forests which were formerly defined as state forests within the territory to be controlled and cultivate their land to fulfill their personal of communal law communities, became communal forests and family needs.