Community Institutions On Rawa Danau Nature Preserve

Abstract

The forest area has experienced a lot of pressure due to the increasing of encroachment activity over last decades. The existence of communities around forest areas plays an important role for the preservation effort because the function of these efforts strongly associated with interaction or society behavior. This study aimed to explain the community institutions that affect the function of forest management. The method used was a case study, in which data collection is done through in-depth interviews and participant observation. The results showed that the villagers of Cikedung knew the existence, meaning, functionality, and benefits of Rawa Danau Nature Preserve; also the rules that apply in the management of Rawa Danau Nature Preserve, as well as the status of the land that is in the nature reserve area of Rawa Danau Nature Preserve.Communities had developed some system of arable land, which is cultivated on their own system/heritage, maparo (profit-share system), pawn, and replace power. Economic factors became the main reason that caused encroachment activities being conducted by people in the area of Rawa Danau Nature Preserve. Various efforts have been made by stakeholders to overcome this encroachment activities, but it has not yet run optimally because they still tend to be project-basedHlm.143-14