The Authority of Environment Management by the Local Government in Indonesia

The implementation of environment management is divided among the central government and local government. After the implementation of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Local Government, there are some of government affairs concurrent that shared between local and central government. Those, the affairs are divided into governmental matters relating to basic services and not related to basic services. Law Number 23 of 2014 classifies the “environment” as an affair not related tobasic services. This research is focused on the discussion on how enviromental management by local government after the implementation of Law Number 23 of 2014. Research method used is normative jurical. The result of this research points out that there is a disharmony with regard to the management of the environment that are regulated on the Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Local Government compare to the Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Protection and Management of the Environment.