Abstract:
This research was conducted in Erelembang Village, Buttono Pao District, Gowa Regency and
the office of the Alliance for Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) in South Sulawesi,
with the aim of knowing the fulfillment of the requirements for the recognition application for
Matteko customary forest in the Kecamatan Buttono Pao and what factors are the obstacles in
the application for recognition. Matteko's indigenous peoples' rights to Matteko's customary
forest in Tapio Pao District. This research is a normative legal research with a focus on
empirical juridical studies. The results of this study indicate that the requirements for the
application for recognition of customary forests of the matteko customary law community have
been fulfilled and the factors that hinder the recognition of customary law communities are
that there are no technical procedures and mechanisms for recognition and respect for
indigenous peoples as well as other factors that result in the role of local governments being
less optimal in providing protection and recognition of indigenous peoples, the Government
has been slow to identify the Matteko indigenous peoples, so that the Matteko indigenous
peoples never know their rights and there is no socialization of their customary territories.
