The importance of monitoring forest health is needed to support a sustainable forest management system. A healthy forest can be said to be still carrying out its functions. Monitoring the health of mangrove forests is helpful in an effort to mitigate coastal disasters. The purpose of this service was to provide knowledge and understanding to members of KTH Lestari Indah regarding forest health. This activity was carried out on Sunday, October 24, 2021, at the mangrove forest tour, Margasari Village, Labuhan Maringgai sub-district, East Lampung Regency. The methods used in this activity were lectures and practices. Based on the evaluation results with pre-test and post-test instruments given to participants regarding the material in service activities, participants experienced an increase in knowledge of 7.13%. This increase shows a reasonably good understanding of the training participants, so this training is expected to help the community increase knowledge and participation in mangrove forest management and discovery of sustainable mangrove forests.
Pentingnya pengetahuan perihal kesehatan hutan yaitu diperlukan untuk mengetahui gangguan yang terjadi, sehingga perlu dilakukan pemantauan kesehatan hutan secara berkala. Pemantauan kesehatan hutan adalah salah satu cara untuk menjamin kelestarian hutan salah satunya hutan mangrove. Pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman anggota Kelompok Tani Hutan (KTH) Lestari Indah mengenai penggunaan Sistem Informasi Penilaian Kesehatan Hutan (SIPUT). Sasaran pengabdian ini adalah anggota KTH Lestari Indah. Tingkat pemahaman peserta perlu diketahui sehingga dilakukannya evaluasi melalui dua tahap yaitu evaluasi awal (pre-test) dan evaluasi akhir (post-test) dengan cara pemberian kuesioner. Hasil perhitungan menunjukkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan pemahaman peserta tentang penggunaan software penilaian kesehatan hutan yaitu dengan rerata nilai pre-test dan post-test masing-masing sebesar 61,125% dan 80,125%. Persentase kenaikan pengetahuan peserta dari hasil pre-test dan post-test adalah 19%. Oleh karena itu, penggunaan software SIPUT merupakan media yang tepat untuk mempermudah penilaian kondisi kesehatan hutan mangrove.
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