Infrastructure Role of Harvesting System in Community Forest

Abstract

The community forest is one of the important assets of state revenue sources, seen as quite strategic in supporting wheels of development. Information about the obstacles and availability of regional infrastructure system used by a community in forest harvesting is not yet widely known, especially in Batu Putih, Maros. This study aims to identify the role of infrastructure in forest harvesting system. Data collection is done through direct observation and structured interviews. Primary data collected include specifications of available road infrastructure and those used by farmers in forest harvesting, available market infrastructure and utilized by farmers in marketing forest products, equipment infrastructure available and used by farmers in transporting forest harvesting, processing equipment infrastructure available forest products and used by farmers in processing forest products. While secondary data is obtained through a review of documentation of various sources, such as literature research, reports from relevant agencies or those related to research objectives. The results showed that the infrastructure used in community forests harvesting, including skid trails as skidding routes using both horses and human labor, village roads as lanes for transporting wood from the village roadside which can be reached by cars (Tpn) to the front of people's homes, and Provincial road as a transportation route from village roadside that can be reached by car (Tpn) to the village sawmill industry or to Makassar City. The most urgent infrastructure in community forest is a road because it can serve the mobility of population and forest commodities services from one place to another and can bridge the functional linkages between socio-economic activities of the village and the surrounding area.