CD Tesis
Strategi Keberlanjutan Pengelolaan Hutan Lindung Sungai Pulai Di Pulau Bintan Kepulauan Riau
Protected forests experience problems covering ecological, economic, socio-cultural, and institutional legal aspects. Problems in protected forest areas include land conversion to plantations, agriculture and community settlements, illegal logging and forest fires.
This study aims to analyze the existing conditions of the Sungai Pulai Protection Forest, the management sustainability level and formulate a strategy for the sustainability of the Sungai Pulai Protection Forest management in Bintan Island, Riau Islands. This research is expected to be considered by the government and stakeholders in formulating policies for the management of the Sungai Pulai Protected Forest. Data collection methods in this study consisted of field surveys, interviews and literature studies. Data analysis techniques consisted of descriptive analysis and MDS analysis with Rap-Forest software.
The results showed that the existing condition of the Sungai Pulai Protection Forest, from an ecological perspective, had experienced a lot of forest damage and changes in land cover, economic and sociocultural aspects had agricultural and settlement activities within the area, legal aspects had been carried out to protect the area but not yet optimal, and institutional aspects had a forest farmer group that has been formed.
The results of the MDS (Rap-Forest) analysis show that the legal and institutional dimensions (54.01%) and the ecological dimensions (52.72%) are sufficiently sustainable. The sociocultural dimension is classified as less sustainable, with an index value of 48.87%. In comparison, the economic dimension is classified as unsustainable with a minimal index value of 15.66%. Multidimensionally, sustainability status of Sungai Pulai Protected Forest management is in the less sustainable category, with an index value of 37.59%.
The results of the Rap-Forest analysis also produce lever attributes. 9 (nine) lever attributes were obtained which were considered to have the most influence on the sustainability of HLSP management, namely: (1) Price of NTFP/cultivation commodities, (2) Rare flora and fauna species, (3) Area occupancy by settlements, (4) Ecotourism potential, (5) Frequency of illegal logging, (6) Land clearing activities for plantations/settlements, (7) Availability of forest management blocks, (8) Local cultural practices in protecting protected forests, and (9) Land/vegetation cover.
A sustainable management strategy for the Sungai Pulai Protected Forest can be carried out by: (1) Increasing the income of the community around the HLSP through cultivation products, NTFPs and agro-tourism, (2) Inventorying and protecting rare species of flora and fauna, (3) Management, protection and restoration HLSP ecological conditions, (4) Counseling, supervision and law enforcement, (5) Formation of communication forums between stakeholders, and (6) Empowerment and education of communities around the forest.
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It is necessary to conduct further research on economic valuation, including the potential for environmental services in the Sungai Pulai Protection Forest, to increase the value of the sustainability index of the economic dimension of the HLSP. All stakeholders need serious attention to take part in efforts to save the ecology, resolve various regional problems and empower the community around the HLSP. Efforts to protect and rescue HLSP need to be made one of the priorities in local government activity programs, given the critical role of HLSP. By prioritizing it, all efforts to protect and rescue HLSP can run optimally due to the availability of more adequate budget, human resources and infrastructure.
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