STRATEGI PEMANFAATAN DANA DESA UNTUK KELESTARIAN LINGKUNGAN HIDUP DI INDONESIA

Nowadays, environmental issues have not been prioritized in village development. Village funds as a village financial instrument have the potential to be used in activities that support environmental sustainability. However, the utilization of village fund still focuses on economic and infrastructure issues. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the strategy of utilizing village fund to support environmental sustainability. This research used a library research approach. The results of study explain that there are 4 strategies in utilizing village funds to support environmental sustainability in Indonesia, namely (1) Formulating and budgeting the provision of incentives as environmental services through village fund; (2) Evaluating regulations that related to the priority utilization of village fund; (3) Increasing synergy and collaboration between stakeholders to provide education and socialization on the use of village funds to support environmental sustainability; and (4) Applying the concept of green budgeting in the state financial planning and budgeting process. These four strategies can be implemented if the village community and government are aware about the importance of environmental sustainability. Thus, the natural and environmental conditions in Indonesia will become better. The author realizes that this research still has limitations in collecting and studying references based on a library research approach.. In addition, research related to village fund needs to conduct field studies to deepen existing problems. However, the author hopes that this research can be used as a recommendation or reference for the Ministry of Villages in formulating priorities for the use of village fund.