Community Empowerment Strategy for the Rehabilitation of Bukit Soeharto Grand Forest Park

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the factors that were influencing the participation of community empowerment for the rehabilitation of agroforestry patterns at Forest Area Special Purpose (KHDTK) Centre for Forestry Education and Training (BDK), Samarinda as well as to formulate an effective strategy of community empowerment to increase participation. This research was conducted at Forest Area Special Purpose (KHDTK) Centre for Forestry Education and Training (BDK) Batuah Village, Kutai Kartanegara Regency. The method, it was analyzed by non-parametric statistical analysis of rank spearman and analysis techniques interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM). The results showed that in internal factor, influencing factors participation of community empowerment in planning stage were the area of land management, proximity to BDK, income level, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation whereas in implementation stage were the level of education, proximity to BDK, income level, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. In external factor influencing factors participation of community empowerment in planning stage were the clarity of rights and obligations, the land distance, age and plants productivity, government support, attractiveness of cooperation and availability of production facilities. In elements of the main constraints, effective community empowerment strategies for increasing community participation in rehabilitation of agroforestry patterns at Forest Area Special Purpose (KHDTK) Centre for Forestry Education and Training (BDK) was improving the quality of human resources, especially farming communities and in elements of the program necessity were improving the quality of human resources and cross-sectoral cooperation. for key elements of the program's objectives should be to improve the ability of BDK was done and the community in forest management and enhance community participation in rehabilitation whereas for the elements needed for planning activities that were more action focused on socialization program and for elements of institutions involved in implementation of the program was situated on the role of the central government.

TAHURA Bukit Soeharto merupakan salah satu bentuk kawasan konservasi alam yang terletak di wilayah Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara dan Penajam Paser Utara dengan luasan 61.850 ha. Dalam rangka pemanfaatan kawasan TAHURA Bukit Soeharto, ditetapkan 3 (tiga) Kawasan Hutan dengan Tujuan Khusus (KHDTK) yaitu : (1) KHDTK Wanariset Samboja seluas 3.504 ha ; (2) KHDTK Pendidikan dan Latihan Kehutanan (BDK) seluas 4.310 ha dan (3) KHDTK Penelitian dan Pendidikan bagi Universitas Mulawarman Pusat Penelitian Hutan Tropis Lembab (PPHT) seluas 20.271 ha.