Ecological sustainability status in mangrove conservation area of Gunung Anyar Sub-District, Surabaya

Abstract

The mangrove conservation area in Gunung Anyar Sub-District has been directed to be one of the centers of mangrove education ecotourism in the city of Surabaya. In the process of managing coastal areas, it is necessary to approach various scientific disciplines, related to ecology, economics, social, institutional, and technology, to mantain the conservation of the coastal areas. Among these dimensions, the focus of researchers in the management of the mangrove conservation area of Gunung Anyar Sub-District is the ecological dimension, because ecology is a dimension of sustainability - the "outermost" - a foundation that forms the basis of everything. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the status of ecological sustainability in Gunung Anyar Sub-District, Surabaya. The tool used to analyze is R Software in which three analysis processes take place, including; MDS (Multi Dimensional Scaling) analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and Leverage analysis. From the results of the analysis, the ecological sustainability status of the mangrove conservation area of Gunung Anyar Sub-District is included in the unsustainable category with an average score of only 11.98988942. While the most influential variables are as follows: mangrove land pressure (2.134000151), mangrove conservation function (1.538443029), successful replanting (1.283040189), and surrounding population (1.23348515).