Abstract:
One of the ironies of the development of human civilization is the development and
modernization is intended to improve the quality of human life, but it is more often the
presence of people become victims of development and modernization. More ironically,
land and indigenous peoples are victims of an anthropocentric perspective and
government policies that do not favor the local community.This is attributable to several
factors: First, the ideology of developmentalism does not incorporate local wisdom,
especially regarding indigenous land policy and management and wealth preservation
socio-economic-cultural as an integral part of all development programs. In the ideology
of developmentalism traditionalism is the opposite of modernization so that all that is
traditional, including indigenous lands rich culture and local wisdom considered adaptive
in the times. Second, misperceptions people who think the indigenous people of Rokan
Hilir as a destroyer of the environment that must be removed or relocated in order to save
the environment. Yet, precisely Rokan Hilir indigenous peoples are the guardians of the
environment from the invasion and destruction by outside communities, immigrant
communities. Third, the nature only in terms of economic value, so that the release of the
entire ecological value, the local political, social, cultural, spiritual and moral associated
with customary land and the lives of indigenous peoples in the surrounding. Exploit
indigenous lands and natural resources for the purpose of economic development and seen
off as not have negative consequences for the existence of the indigenous population.
Fourth, modernization and progress of civilization seen and measured primarily by the
quality of the physical-economic-capitalistic.
To improve the socio-economic level of local communities, especially the Malays must be
returned to the ethical values of indigenous peoples. Socio-economic rights of indigenous
peoples should be recognized and guaranteed by the government. There must be political
commitment at global and national levels to protect the land rights of indigenous peoples
and all the wisdom of socioeconomic Through paradigm approach eco-culture is to save
the existence of indigenous land as a factor supporting economic activity and all the
wealth and wisdom of traditional, it can also be save the ecological crisis is mainly caused
by faulty worldview that policy makers anthropocentric-capitalistic paradigm should be
changed to eco-culture perspective
