This study aims: (1) to analyze the implementation of performance management in the management of conservation areas at the South Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Center; (2) formulating a strategy for developing apparatus performance in the management of conservation areas at the South Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Center. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach conducted at the Central Office for Conservation of Natural Resources in South Sulawesi. Data were analyzed with descriptive analysis techniques and SWOT analysis. The results showed that the implementation of performance management conducted at the South Sulawesi KSDA Center was not optimal. This is due to the limited number of State Civil Apparatus Office of South Sulawesi KSDA, the lack of training and education for the State Civil Apparatus, as well as facing Problems in the management of conservation areas (encroachment, illegal logging, and forest fires). However, the performance management process at the South Sulawesi KSDA Center has already proceeded from performance planning, performance implementation, and performance evaluation. Based on the SWOT analysis the priority strategies for developing the performance of the South Sulawesi KSDA Office personnel are: (1) Improving employee performance by implementing the ASN Management merit system, (2) Improving effective performance management by increasing the quality and quantity of employees, (3) Providing education and training for conservation area managers, and (4) Organizing staff according to education and competence.

Herbs can contribute not only to ecological function, but also to being a source of food, energy, and medicinal ingredients. This study is to identify and discover the potential of medicinal plants. The study took a site at the Production Forest of Eremerasa, Bantaeng regency. The sampling was performed systematically random by considering land use units. Data collection of medicinal plant species was performed using vegetation analysis methods. Determination of the observation plot followed the land use unit map. The observation was carried out using a 20x20 m plot with an amount of 13 plots applied. The study covered 0.008125 Ha area, successfully identified 14 herb species. The obtained data indicate the moderate biodiversity of plants. Whereas, only 4 herb species are often used by the community around the production forest, namely Ageratum conyzoides, Bryophyllum pinnatum, L. camara, and Melastoma malabathricum, while the 10 remaining species are very rarely to utilize.