Ecosystem conservation of Mangrove Education Center (MEC) in handling abration disaster at Pangkalan Jambi village based on stakeholder engagement perspective

Abstract

The coastal communities of Pangkalan Jambi Village lives in an abrasion-prone situation. This vulnerability can’t be separated from natural factor namely hydrodynamic phenomena worsened by lack of mangrove plants, which also caused by some destructive human activities that ruined the ecosystem. This phenomena, simultaneously creates an abrasion-prone situation on the Pangkalan Jambi Village’s coastal area, which is marked by the coastline decline on the village coast up to 115 meters. Hence, this study aims to examine an innovative idea to restore and conserve the mangrove ecosystem of village coastal area. Using descriptive qualitative approach with conceptual framework of stakeholder engagement, it focused on analyzing the idea of conservation of mangrove areas initiated by CSR PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional RU II Production Sungai Pakning in partnership with various stakeholders such as local government and also civil society organization as well. Activities that performed to conserve coastal mangrove areas in Pangkalan Jambi Village started from mangrove planting practice using Hybrid Engineering and Triangle Mangrove Barriers (Trimba), and developing Mangrove Education Center (MEC) area as a tourism spot as well as a learning laboratory for mangrove ecosystems.

Potensi Mangrove Wonorejo Pamurbaya Sebagai Sumber Belajar Geografi Untuk Meningkatkan Kreativitas Siswa

“…Potential learning resources include geographical, sociological, and economic conditions. The natural and social potential of mangrove objects can provide unique learning experiences for students (Restu et al, 2017;Seva et al, 2022) . Learning activities in the Wonorejo mangroves, Pamurbaya provide space to improve student learning outcomes.…”

“…Activities in mangroves, students actively and creatively develop good behavior contained in positive social activities (Febriansyah, 2021;Rahimi & Shute, 2021) . The creative activities carried out by students are believed to contribute to an effort to increase the preservation of the attractiveness of the natural tourist attraction of the Pamurbaya Mangrove Forest (Rukmana & Handiwati, 2020;Seva et al, 2022;Wahyuni et al, 2015). Outdoor learning in the Wonorejo mangrove ecosystem it is very effective in increasing students' creative abilities .…”

“…Mangrove land is getting narrower in most areas in Indonesia, including in Surabaya. Reduced mangrove land on the coast threatens the mainland with ecological hazards from the sea such as intrusion, reduced fish, water pollution (Seva et al, 2022). Eco system Mangrove forest Wonorejo, Pamurbaya has a unique charm and potential from natural scenery and biodiversity.…”