Forest is invaluable since it plays a crucial role for harmonizing and
balancing the environment as the blessing from God the Almighty. The role,
however, gets harmed due to a seriously harming factor, illegal logging. The
thesis tries to answer the following questions (1) How the controlling activities are
carried out by the forest rangers in Kotawaringin Timur District, Central Borneo
Province? (2) What constraints are faced by the forest rangers in conducting
control towards illegal logging? The study aims to find out the implementation
control activities are carried out by forest rangers and the constraints they face in
conducting control towards illegal logging in Kotawaringin Timur District,
Central Borneo Province. The study uses the empirical method. The findings of
the study indicate that the controlling activities were conducted through giving
education and dissemination to community,conducting patrols, establishing
security posts, and conducting repressive operation or taking harsh measures to
illegal loggers. Meanwhile, the constraints refer to the insufficient number of
forest rangers, limited support and infrastructures in conducting controlling
activities. Therefore, the Regional Government of Central Borneo Province shall
increase the number of forest rangers by recruiting new forest rangers. The
recruitment mainly aims to improve the control and the protection towards forest
and its surrounding areas to be more effective.