Lesson Learned RATA Garut dan Bengkunat: Suatu Upaya Membedah Kebijakan Pelepasan Kawasan Hutan dan Redistribusi Tanah Bekas Kawasan Hutan

A Rapid Land Tenure Assessment (RATA) method has been developed by ICRAF and
it’s partners since 2003. It has become one of the tools for gaining a better understanding of land and resource tenure claims by the different interest groups. The
refined understanding on land and resource tenure is meant to be used together by
other related bodies of knowledge to support the negotiation processes among the
different interest groups, which may improve the quality of the negotiation for better
management of the natural resources. The purpose of the RATA Assesment in Sagara
and Bengkunat aimed to understand the policy setting (forestry, land and local government policies) in the implementation of the land redistribution from formerly
forest areas between 1997- 2009 in Indonesia to support the policy revision for the
national land reform program (PPAN).


The assessment was conducted in between 2007-2009 in two village in Sagara (Garut
District, West Java) and Tanjung Kemala (West Lampung district, Lampung Province). The assement found five key problems in the implementation of the national program which need to be address together by the forestry departement, national land agency as well as the local government to support their common goals.