This article explores how in Timor‐Leste the implementation of national law is shaped by local conditions. In Oecussi District, the ability of the state to regulate hunting is both constrained and enabled by the continuing importance of indigenous (meto) socio‐spiritual frameworks ontologically distinct from those assumed to be normative by both the State and outside actors. Through the case study of a public servant tasked with upholding these laws, I show how in Timor‐Leste the seeming stability of centralized control cloaks a more complex reality whereby the daily practice of governance emerges from the interaction of local perspectives on nature and governance with state authorized authority.

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归还岩石并保护比赛：东帝汶的南斯拉夫风俗和环境治理

本文探讨了东帝汶如何根据当地条件来制定国家法律。在欧库西地区，国家规范狩猎的能力既受到制约，又由于土著（气象）社会精神框架在本体论上与国家和外部行为者都认为是规范性框架不同的持续重要性而受到限制和支持。通过对负责遵守这些法律的公务员的案例研究，我展示了在东帝汶，中央控制披风的看似稳定如何掩盖了一个更为复杂的现实，即日常的治理实践是从地方对自然和治理的看法与国家授权机构。