PERANAN BALAI KONSERVASI SUMBER DAYA ALAM (BKSDA) SUMATERA BARAT DALAM MENANGGULANGI TINDAK PIDANA MEMPERNIAGAKAN BURUNG RANGKONGYANG DILINDUNGI

Abstract

Hornbills are one the protected animals regulated in Government Regulation No. 7 of 1990 in conjunction with Article 21 paragraph (2) Living ResourcesNatural and their Ecosystems. Violattion off Articel 21 paragrapht criminal provisions is regualated in Articell 40 paragrapht (4) Conservation off Low on off Living Resouurces and their Ecosistems. On May 27, 2015, the West Sumatra BKSDA has arrested the 51-year-old TI who trades hornbills in Pasaman. Officers confiscated 4 hornbill beaks and one air rifle. Problem Formulation (1) What of the role West Sumatra Naturall Resourcees Concervation Agency (BKSDA) in overcoming the crime of trafficking protected hornbills (2) What are the obstacles that the West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) has in overcoming the crime of trafficking birds Protected hornbills. A tipe research its sociological juridicall, sourses data are primery data and secondry data, data collect techniq are equipt byon iinterview dan documentt sudy, data are analyzequalitatively. Conclusion research results (1) The role of the BKSDA in overcoming the criminal act of trafficking hornbills with preventive and repressive measures (2) Obstacles encountered by the Natural Resources Conservation Center in conducting investigations are human resources or insufficient BKSDA personnel and insufficient funding. not sufficient to support the investigation process.