ARAHAN KEBIJAKAN PENGELOLAAN HUTAN MANGROVE: KASUS PESISIR KECAMATAN TELUK PAKEDAI, KABUPATEN KUBURAYA, PROVINSI KALIMANTAN BARAT

Abstract

General purposes of this research was to assess perceptions and participation in
utilization, prevention of mangrove forests damage, to look for an alternative
direction for mangrove forest management to the societies surrounding. Data
collection using surveys, through interviews with a sample of respondents were
90 families (KK) or 25 percent of the total population of 358 families. The results
showed that the population majority (48.8%) had moderate category knowledge
about the benefits, the damage effect after use, and the need for prevention of
mangrove forests damage. Most of the population (53.6%) had a low perception
of the category. This is influenced by the knowledge level of mangrove forests (c
= 12.71; significance 0.013). Local government policy to mangrove forests
management, responded negatively by the local community. This was caused by
the absence of mangrove forest management efforts clearly and firmly. Local
government should immediately develop a plan of integrated mangrove forests
management, and immediately disseminated to the public around the mangrove
forests.