ABSTRAKEkosistem Mangrove mengalami tekanan dan penurunan jasa lingkungan diduga karena abrasi dan fenomena alam serta aktivitas masyarakat seperti penggalian pasir di pesisir pantai. Pemerintah telah melakukan upaya konservasi Mangrove dengan cara penanaman kembali, namun belum berhasil. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengetahuan masyarakat pesisir tentang Mangrove dan tingkat partisipasinya dalam pengelolaan ekosistem Mangrove dan perencanaan program rehabilitasiekosistem Mangrove. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan instrument pertanyaan berupa angket, observasi dan wawancara secara bersamaan dengan pola terstruktur baik dalam bentuk pertanyaanterbuka dan tertutup dan dianalisis secara deskriptif tabulatif. Penentuan sampel menggunakan sistem kuota dan pemilihan responden menggunakan simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian menyatakan85 persen masyarakat pesisir paham terhadap pentingnya Mangrove bagi kehidupan mereka. Mereka paham bahwa Mangrove sebagai sumber mata pencaharian masyarakat pesisir dan pelindung pantaidari ombak dan abrasi. Mereka juga mengatakan bahwa Mangrove saat ini dalam keadaan kurang baik (53%). Mereka mengaku terlibat aktif dalam kegiatan program penanaman Mangrove (43%) namun bukan atas inisiatif sendiri. Kegiatan pelestarian Mangrove perlu melibatkan masyarakat setempat dalam bentuk pelatihan, penyuluhan atau pengawasan.Title: Community Understanding and Participation to Mangrove Ecosystem Management in the Coastal Area of Arafura Sea, Merauke DistrictsABSTRACTEcosystem Mangrove had underpressure and decreasing environmental services because of abration as natural phenomena, and unsuistainable community activities such as sand mining. The Government has made the conservation of Mangrove by replanting, but has not succeeded. This study aims to determine community knowledge and participation in management ecosystem Mangrove for rehabilitation. The collecting datamethod use a questionnaire instrument, observations and interviews simultaneously with open and closed questions and analyzed in descriptive tabulative. The sample size using the quota method and the selection of respondents used the simple random sampling. The resultshowed that 85 percent of coastal communities understand the importance of Mangrove for their lives. They understand that Mangrove as a source of livelihood of coastal communities and coastal protectionfrom waves and abrasion. They also said that the Mangrove is currently in a state of poor (53 %). They claimed active involved in Mangrove planting program (43 %), but not on their own initiative. The Mangrove conservation activities should be involvedby local community in such training, counseling or supervision.
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Widiastuti, M. D., Ruata, N., & Arifin, T. (2018). PEMAHAMAN DAN PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PENGELOLAAN EKOSISTEM MANGROVE DI PESISIR LAUT ARAFURA KABUPATEN MERAUKE. Jurnal Sosial Ekonomi Kelautan Dan Perikanan, 13(1), 111. https://doi.org/10.15578/jsekp.v13i1.6853
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