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Community participation both in policies and management of forest resources can prevent and overcome forest destruction. One of the government policies is to restore local communities as the main role of forestry development through the Social Forestry policy. For the village community, The forest strait is considered a source of water, a source of livelihood, a natural tourist area, and has magical values that are respected by the community. The formulation of the problems to be examined is: how to protect and effectiveness in the management of village forests by Village-Owned Enterprises (BumDesa) and Selat Village. This type of research is mixed legal research. Based on the results of the study it was concluded that the protection of village forests was carried out in a preventive and repressive manner. The effectiveness of BumDesas authority on village forest management has not been effectively implemented in accordance with the Village Forest Rights and Management Work Plan and legislation that applies both state law and customary law. The problem faced by BumDesa as the village forest manager in the process of implementing the utilization and protection of village forests is the unavailability of adequate human and capital resources for the management of all village forest areas.