This study aims to examine the laws and regulations that give recognition to indigenous peoples and their rights to determine subak as a world heritage and to find out the legal implications of regulating subak as KMHA local wisdom. Normative legal research with statutory regulations and a conceptual approach. Using primary and secondary legal materials, the analysis technique uses legal hermeneutic techniques. The results showed legal recognition and protection of subak as KMHA in Indonesia while still providing space and authority for subak institutions. The role of the community, can ensure the preservation and sustainability of world cultural heritage, by cooperating with bureaucratic management that adopts the potential and participation of local communities. The subak institution maintains its existence by clinging to awig-awig and perarem.
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