by Happy Tarumadevyanto
Community-based forest management is an effort to maintain the existence of the community with their activities and engagement. These management activities need to receive adequate support so they can continue to maintain the existence of their forests.
Local communities as one of the actors in management have a large role in their involvement., Local people manage the forest based on their experience inherited from their family in the past and through their routine activities.
Experience of Local Communities in Forest Management
Forest management carried out through the implementation of local customary law principal has brought communities living around forests to become one of the pioneers of nature conservation in the country. Indigenous peoples and traditional groups who have long experience in carrying out forest conservation activities and have valuable local knowledge on how to manage forests in a sustainable and sustainable manner. Until now, many parties have come to learn the wisdom of traditional tribes in managing forests.
It is necessary to go deeper into their understanding of the concept of integrated forest area management. As for the management of the area, in planning, it is imperative which sector has the biggest role.
Integrated Management
Integrated management means emphasizing the process of management. It requires the integration of systems that are interrelated with one another. In planning, forest management consolidates various social, economic, and environmental aspects so that it becomes a management unit that meets the elements of sustainability.
Integrated Management Forest in a Unit, is through controlling the consistency and achievement of site-level forestry development implementation in various regions,
Identification of the problems and environmental issues that exist in forest areas and In planning, it is necessary to obtain an overview of the local community’s knowledge of the concept of Forest Area Management. Therefore, understanding the policies implemented in forest areas is another necessary point
Most local people are considered to understand the intent of the concept of Integrated Forest Area Management. Thus it is necessary to implement efforts as a whole, both multi-stakeholder elements, sectors, the environment, and scientific disciplines.
Adequate support is through understanding the conditions of upstream and downstream requirements including the management plan, preparation of forestry business based on the norm and market demand, and In the development of community-based forest management, understanding natural conditions are very significant thought. For example, if the natural conditions are suitable for forestry commodities, but are constrained by plant pests and diseases, then farmers need to think hard and do action on choosing the plants that include the commodities.
Forest management that refers to local conditions includes considering at the people involved and their culture. The community is very sensitive and understands the condition of the surrounding environment. If the urge to plant forest plants is not strong enough, they will look for other ways to make ends meet by choosing other commodities.
necessary legal aspects they need to meet.
In the implementation process, the farmers also have the right to choose commodities and capacity building so that they can get to know the conditions of the land they work on, including the procedures for marketing their products.
Forest farmers now understand the dynamics of the group and the economic dynamic around them. They also have choices in determining the commodities to be maintained in their activities.
Community forest management is one of the success stories of green economy sectors. It was initiated in Indonesia to mitigate increasing deforestation and forest degradation and address the adverse impacts on rural livelihoods.
on 3rd day 6th of December
Visit to the Farmer’s group that has developed the information on membership. Throughout the discussion, activities were also explored that encouraged Gapoktan to continue their activities
One of those present said that every hair goes around looking for felling. Usually based on farmer groups and their location. There are members and non-members