The Legal Aspects of Heritage Protection and Management in Indonesia: Toward Integrated Conservation

Abstract

The cultural heritage protection and management in Indonesia has been experiencing many challenges, obstacles, and changes from a century. This paper discusses the legal aspects of cultural heritage management and protection in Indonesia based on the current heritage legislations as well as its relevancies with the international instruments issued within the same period. The study relied on a literature review highlights that the current heritage legislations still have many loopholes and unparalleled to the heritage trends at a global level. Alsothe current issues in heritage protection and management have become more complex and unintegrated with a development plan.