IMPLEMENTATION OF RAWLS THEORY OF JUSTICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD ESTATE IN CENTRAL KALIMANTAN

Abstract

The rapid increase in the world's human population and the threat
of a global economic crisis have also led to the threat of a food
crisis, which requires action from the government to anticipate the
threat of a food crisis and ensure sufficient food availability for the
entire community. The food estate program is a national food
development program that integrates the agriculture, plantation
and livestock sectors in one area, so to implement this program the
government needs to provide sufficient land. Forest areas in
Central Kalimantan are one of the locations used for the Food
Estate program and the land use for the program is guaranteed by
Peraturan Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan No. 24
Tahun 2020 about Provision of Forest Area for Food Estate
Development. The results of the study found that the
implementation of the program in Central Kalimantan did not run
smoothly because it only planted crops according to market
demand and changed local commodities that were already running
in the area. In addition, the food estate program is also detrimental
to indigenous peoples living in Central Kalimantan because of
land conversion so that their livelihoods are reduced and even lost.
This food estate program cannot meet the criteria of justice such as
Rawls' theory of justice, because the program that was created to
ensure the welfare of the people at large has instead caused harm to
indigenous peoples living in the Central Kalimantan forest area