The Role of the Community in Controlling Environmental Damage to Achieve Justice from the Perspective of the Environmental Protection and Management Law

Human awareness regarding environmental sustainability and sustainability has received strong support at the regional, national, and international levels. The Stockholm Conference was the basis and foundation that then led to the issuance of the Stockholm Declaration, which became a very historic event for environmental law. A good understanding of the roles and obligations of society will also strengthen the synergy between the government, the private sector, and communities in maintaining environmental sustainability in a sustainable manner. Normative legal research is research that focuses on examining the application of positive legal rules or norms. Normative Juridical, namely an approach that uses the positivist legal concept. This concept views law as identical to written norms created and promulgated by authorized institutions or officials. This concept views law as a normative system that is independent, closed, and separate from the real life of society. These administrative actions include inspections, enforcement, the imposition of administrative sanctions, the revocation of permits, and the implementation of environmental improvements as a response to social supervision by the community. Examples of formal objections from citizens are recognized in Article 70 paragraph (2) of Law No. Law No. 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management (UUPLH) provides written objections submitted by the public to plans or implementation of activities that have an environmental impact. The role of the public in controlling environmental damage, according to Law No. 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management (UUPLH), is crucial and strategic. UUPLH provides ample space for the public to actively participate through social monitoring, providing advice, reporting, and submitting formal objections to activities that have the potential to damage the environment.