LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF THE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Abstract

This study aims to discover the principles of law in the use of natural resources. Pemanfaatan natural resources for the development and preservation of environmental functions must not be contradictory and mutual sacrifice, even the two should be mutually supportive and running parallel.

The research method used is Normative or Doctrinal Law research, namely research on Legal Principles, Concepts, and Implementation in society. The type of pure legal research is research based on the view that law is a positive norm in the national legal system of legislation. Oriented in a positivistic understanding with a doctrinal method, a statute approach, a conceptual approach.

The findings of this study are that the characteristics of laws and regulations that regulate the use of natural resources already contain the principles of sustainable development. Characteristics of statutory regulations governing the use of natural resources in the future in order to guarantee the value of certainty, the value of justice, and the value of the benefit in regulating the use of natural resources according to their

function.