Environmental permission and environmental crime in law enforcement concerning living environmental management and protection

Abstract

Environmental permission, according to the law on Living Environmental Management and Protection act no. 32 the year 2009 about protection and environment management (Undang-undang tentang Perlindungan dan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup) is a condition to obtain business permission and/or activity. This analytical descriptive normative juridical study revealed the regulation of legislation related to environmental permission concerning the reinforcement of administrative sanction and criminal sanction. The data obtained were analyzed through certain legal norms stated in the regulation of legislation. The result of this study depicted that permission was the written document issued by the government. The form of the decision of state administration as legal evidence stating that an individual or a legal entity is permitted to run a business or specific activity to protect and manage the living environment. Our present study suggested that the reinforcement of environmental law was carried out under-one-roof management to materialize an integrated licensing system. The reinforcement of administrative sanction may play a more optimal role in preventing the worse environmental pollution or damage and the violation of environmental permission.