Land use policy of agroforestry: Case study of protected area changes in sekaroh forest, east lombok west nusa tenggara

Abstract

The condition of existing forest use in Sekaroh, East Lombok is dominated by forest change function to increase the production of corn, leading to the massive deforestation. The research is to analyze the deforestation and land use conversion in Sekaroh, East Lombok. It is also to analyze local government policies in facing the rampant conversion of forest function to corn plantations in East Lombok. The research was conducted using the socio legal method with a qualitative approach with evidence-based data analysis to demonstrate the deforestation and economic interest of corn production in local level. The results showed that forest protection is part of forest management which falls under the authority of the central government and local governments. The implementation of forest protection aims to protect the forest area and its environment so that the protection function, conservation function and production function can be achieved optimally and sustainably. Moreover, the policy also needs to consider the limited production forest and geographic conditions in local context considering that the function of production forest is limited to maize plantations.