Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Kabupaten Sambas

In accordance with the Law legislation. 24 of 1992, concerning the expansion of oil palm plantations Kabupaten Sambas Government since 2003 to 2011 to develop 52 325 ha with an extensive reach through partnerships with 22 private sector companies. Covering an area of 18 973 ha or 36.26% are plants that have been produced up to 2012. Velocity and acceleration of the expansion of oil palm plantations unplanned and uncontrolled in Kabupaten Sambas emerging social impacts and the most significant result of the expansion of oil palm plantations is a land dispute between the company and indigenous / local people, farmers and oil palm plantation workers. Quite often it leads to violent conflict and criminalization. Environmental degradation to loss of biodiversity, floods and landslides every year due to conversion of protected areas to oil palm plantations. Oil palm plantation development has also become a political commodity and interest of very visible in the construction of the apparatus of the oil palm plantations, has been the arena of political negotiations between politicians with planters. Keywords: oil palm plantation, palm plantation expansion, the impact of oil palm plantation