Menakar Keadilan Ekologis dalam Penegakan Hukum Lingkungan di Indonesia

Abstract

Environmental law enforcement in Indonesia still faces significant challenges in realizing ecological justice. Cases of pollution and environmental destruction are rarely followed by adequate restoration or protection of ecological victims. The urgency of this study lies in the need to shift the law enforcement paradigm from anthropocentric to ecocentric. This research uses a normative juridical method with a conceptual and statutory approach. The results show that the Indonesian legal system still positions nature as an object, not as a legal subject, hindering the achievement of substantive ecological justice. Moreover, the implementation of administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions lacks synergy in providing comprehensive environmental recovery. This study concludes the importance of reconstructing environmental law enforcement based on ecological justice by strengthening the principle of in dubio pro natura, recognizing the rights of nature, and ensuring the participation of affected communities in legal processes.