THE COOPERATION AND MANAGEMENT ON HEART OF BORNEO INITIATIVE AT WEST KALIMANTAN

Abstract

Abstrac: The research aimed to examine Indonesia's means to improve the results of the Heart of Borneo Initiative's cooperation with Malaysia and Brunei. We will also explain the means made by the Indonesian government both at the central and regional levels in managing the Heart of Borneo (HoB) area. Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam followed up on the problem of deforestation on the island of Borneo by carrying out trilateral cooperation called the Heart of Borneo Initiative which began with the Heart of Borneo Declaration in 2007. However, in practice, there were still gaps among the three countries in implementing the initiatives. Especially in Indonesia, there was still a lack of efforts taken to maximize the HoB region into the nation's benefit. Whereas in terms of numbers, Indonesia is the country with the largest HoB area. This research will use descriptive qualitative research methods by collecting data through observations in the HoB area at West Kalimantan and interviews with relevant stakeholders and supplemented with literature studies from book sources, journal articles, documents, and online article sources. Data analysis will be carried out through a constructivism approach in International Relations, public policy analysis, and environmental communication. The data validity will be conducted by triangulating different data sources.

Keywords: Cooperation, Management, Borneo.