The government policy on the covid-19 handling viewed from environmental and biodiversity perspectives

Abstract

Abstract This legal analysis aims to analyze the government policy on the Covid-19 handling viewed from the environmental and biodiversity perspectives. This study applied a normative juridical research method. The results showed that Large-Scale Social Restriction policy makes the environment and biodiversity better as the industrial and economic activities stop temporarily and the production activities stop exploiting the environment. Finally, it can be concluded that the government policy in the form of Large-Scale Social Restriction has positive impacts on the environment and biodiversity in several places, especially in urban areas, so that the policy can be applied in the future.