Can the Implementation of Conservation Village Increase the Environmental Support in Forest Management in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Lampung, Indonesia?

Abstract

This study analyzes the success of implementing a conservation village in obtaining environmental support in forest management in the Bukit Barisan National Park. This research uses a qualitative case study method, reinforced by a desk review of relevant research literature. Interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to gain a deeper understanding of how successful policy implementation was Conservation Village in economic and conservation-based community empowerment in the TNBBS area. The success of policy implementation is reviewed by analysis of marketing policies and further analysis using a matrix of environmental reactions to policy implementation. The study results indicate that marketing policies in terms of policy acceptance and adoption have failed/successful and in terms of strategic readiness, successful with the establishment of a conservation task force tasked with managing and monitoring forest products and implementing this conservation village agreement. The community is an important part of the policy. The village government fully supports being the implementer of the policy. It is manifested in the form of providing access and facilities and for NGOs to provide full support through the provision of budgetary resources and facilitators for training and counseling related to building awareness to save forests.