local wisdom of tengger indigenous community in the management of thebromo tengger semeru national park

Tengger indigenous community are native people who have lived in the highlands of tenggermountains long before that area was declared a national park in 1992. bromo tengger semeru nationalpark is managed with a zoning system that affects the living space of the tengger indigenous community.in fact, act number 5 of 1990 concerning conservation and biological natural resources andecosystems gives dominance to the government to manage conservation areas and there is no truegenuine public participation for the native people who live inside national park areas. this articlepresents: (1) the forms of managements of zones in bromo tengger semeru national park area whichtangens the living space of tengger indigenous community (2) forms of local wisdom possessed bytengger indigenous community in maintaining natural sustainability. the research method used in thearticle is socio-legal research which examines the application of law in tengger indigenous communitythrough philosophical, juridical, theoritical and sociological aspects. the result of this research indicatethat government does not provide enough space for the tengger indigenous community to participate inmanaging bromo tengger semeru national park. the management of national park conservation iscentralized and ignores the living space and traditional rights of tengger indigenous community.