ABSTRACT
The government of Indonesia has committed to the international world and shall establish 20 million hectares of Marine Protected Areas for Indonesia by 2020. The ocean, due to its vastness and the diverse resources available in, requires the cooperation among a variety of parties ranging from planning to the establishment of conservation areas, such as the role of traditional fishing communities and eligibly existing local wisdom. With regard to this issue, the ideally crucial problem is that Indonesia adheres to the flow of positive law, thus to involve the community as a part that encourages the planning and establishment of marine conservation areas shall be supported by the rule of law. For such obvious reason, conducted with qualitative analysis techniques, the current study is carried out using library research method through inventory of various laws and regulations and will be analyzed descriptively in regard to how Indonesian legislation accommodates the role of communities from planning to the establishment of marine protected areas. Based on results obtained in this line of research, the government of Indonesia, either in general or in particular, has regulated and accommodated the role of communities and local culture in part in various laws and regulations.
