Analysis of local community conflict in a case study of partnerships with company in Peranap, Riau, Indonesia

Riau Province is a province of the largest oil palm plantation in Indonesia and attracted many plantation investors. However, the investment activities on oil palm plantations, if not correctly regulated is capable of causing conflict and harm to the local community and also brings adverse effects to the indigenous people who are owning the communal land. Thus, the agrarian conflict on the plantation sector in 2018 was the highest compared to other sectors and occurred on palm-oil plantations in Riau Province. This study aims to identify forms of conflict that have occurred between local communities and plantation investors. The study was conducted in Peranap District because this area has a local community who still have communal land. The selection of informant was done by purposive sampling based on specific criteria, namely local community leaders, companies, and local governments, with a total of 14 informant. The type of study is a case study using a qualitative approach method. The results of this study show that conflict has arisen during the partnership between cooperatives and the company, the internal conflict in the cooperatives, the company compensation that not worth it, and the conflict of company plantation development that takes over the community land. The result from the thematic analysis shows that there are three conflicts in the cooperative, namely, the creation of the plasma farmers list is inappropriate, the abuse of profit-sharing from the company, and also there are power struggle in the cooperative management.