ABSTRAK
Disertasi ini membahas dinamika penguasaan tanah dan eksploitasi sumberdaya alam yangberdampak pada krisis sosio-ekologi di wilayah Teluk Kao, Maluku Utara. Studi inimenggunakan extended case method dengan teori regimes of dispossession dan metabolic rift.Hasil studi menunjukkan, bahwa penguasaan tanah oleh negara dan perusahaan berlangsung dibawah paksaan dan kekerasan dengan melibatkan elit adat telah menciptakan ketimpanganpenguasaan dan kepemilikan tanah, serta retaknya relasi sosial dalam masyarakat. Adapuneksploitasi sumberdaya alam memiliki dampak negatif yang lebih luas, bukan hanya menutupdan menghilangkan sarana produksi masyarakat terhadap tanah, tetapi telah berdampak padaketidakberlanjutan ekologi-pencemaran tanah, sungai dan laut yang mengakibatkanterganggunya keberlanjutan produksi-konsumsi masyarakat, serta perubahan budaya. Studi inimerekomendasikan agar kebijakan dan regulasi terkait penguasaan tanah untuk eksploitasisumberdaya alam harus ditinjau kembali dalam upaya pemulihan krisis sosio-ekologi di wilayahTeluk Kao.

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ABSTRACT
This dissertation discusses the dynamics of land control and exploitation of natural resources thathave an impact on the socio-ecological crisis in the region of Teluk Kao, North Maluku. Thisstudy used the extended case method with the theory of regimes of dispossession and metabolicrift. The results of the study showed that land control by the state and companies took placeunder coercion and violence by involving indigenous elites which created inequalities in landcontrol and ownership, as well as the breakdown of social relations within the community. Theexploitation of natural resources had a wider negative impact, not only closing and eliminatingcommunity production facilities on land, but had an impact on ecological unsustainability pollution of land, rivers and seas which resulted in disruption of the sustainability of communityproduction consumption, as well as cultural changes. This study recommends that policies andregulations relating to land control for the exploitation of natural resources must be reviewed inthe context of restoring socio-ecological crisis in the Teluk Kao region.