This paper examines the Forest Management Unit's (FMU) role in enhancing access to forest area utilization, especially in production and protected community-based forests, to suppress the rate of deforestation. We research five FMU in central Sulawesi. The analysis method is qualitative based on emic information from FMU, community, academic, local government, and direct field observations. This paper explains that public access in forest resource utilization is a deciding factor in helping the community face the impact of economic crises. To make it happen, the primary role of FMU is necessary. FMU Should be increasing public access to the state-owned forest by optimizing the facilitating functions. Providing investment opportunities for forest management based on the community in partnership schemes can realize a broad impact and national issues on empowering forest communities. FMU can also prioritize the partnership cooperation programs by implementing social forestry programs, instantly absorbing significant community participation.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui struktur dan komposisi vegetasi di Kawasan Lindung Desa Betania Kabupaten Poso dengan ukuran plot (100m x 100m) yang terdiri dari 16 sub plot dengan ukuran 25m x 25m. Masing-masing petak ukur tersebut dibuat 3 sub-plot berbentuk lingkaran. Dengan demikian pada masing-masing petak ukur terdapat 1 sub-plot berbentuk bujur sangkar dan 3 sub-plot berbentuk lingkaran. Ukuran sub-plot untuk pengukuran tumbuhan berkayu yaitu Radius 1 meter untuk semai, Radius 2 meter untuk pancang, Radius 5 meter untuk tiang dan petak ukur – Bujur sangkar (25 x 25 m) untuk pohon. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan struktur vegetasi vertikal terdiri dari stratum A, B, C, D dan E dengan vegetasi tertinggi jenis Koodersiodendron. pinnatum Mert, kelas diameter dominan dari 20-29 (cm) sebanyak 20 pohon. komposisi vegetasi sebanyak 40 jenis masuk dalam 28 famili dari 284 individu di dominasi oleh Eboni (Diospyros celebica) merupakan famili dari Ebenaceae, Indeks Nilai Penting paling dominan pada tingkat Semai sebesar 147,80% tingkat Pancang sebesar 101,72% tingkat tiang sebesar 140,68% sedangkan pada tingkat Pohon sebesar 65,23%. Indeks keanekaragaman jenis pada tingkat semai memiliki nilai H=0,70, tingkat pancang H=1,54, tingkat tiang H=1,92% , tingkat pohon H=2,53 yang masing-masing tergolong dalam keanekaragaman sedang.

Social forestry programs, including village forest schemes, were anticipated to increase the local community income, but the implementations often differed from the plans. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the attitude and behavior of LPHD members toward village forest management in Central Sulawesi by analyzing their beliefs and evaluation values. The results showed that the forest attribute had the highest value, which indicated that the village forest offered numerous opportunities to enhance the community's welfare. In addition, the attitude value was consistent with the behavior analysis, resulting in a positive value of 0.74. This value indicated that LPHD members agreed with the village forest management in Central Sulawesi and actively participated in the implementation.