Reconstruction of Local Wisdom-Based Regional Policy as A Legal Instrument for Achieving Green Governance and The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the reconstruction of regional policy based on local wisdom as a legal instrument to achieve green governance and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The research explores how indigenous values, local knowledge systems, and socio-cultural practices can be transformed into regulatory frameworks that strengthen environmental sustainability, community participation, and ecological justice within regional development. The research applies a normative legal approach complemented by socio-legal analysis. Primary legal materials, regional regulations, and SDGs policy documents are examined through doctrinal interpretation, while empirical insights were obtained through interviews with policymakers, academics, and community leaders. The data were analyzed qualitatively to identify gaps, strengths, and the potential model of local wisdom-based policy reconstruction. The findings reveal that most regional policies remain formalistic, sectoral, and insufficiently rooted in community-based ecological values. However, local wisdom such as customary norms, collective land management, and traditional ecological rituals contains substantive principles aligned with green governance, including sustainability, balance, and participatory justice. Integrating these values into policy formulation enables regional governments to produce more inclusive regulations, enhance compliance, and accelerate SDGs indicators related to environment, law, and institutional governance. Reconstructing regional policy based on local wisdom provides a transformative legal pathway to realizing green governance and the SDGs. It strengthens regulatory legitimacy, fosters environmental accountability, and expands citizen ownership of development agendas. The study recommends the institutionalization of local wisdom into regional law-making processes through regulatory codification, multi- stakeholder dialogue, and adaptive governance models.