Indonesian shrimp resource accounting for sustainable stock management

Abstract

Abstract. Hidayat S. 2017. The use by local communities of plants from Sesaot Protected Forest, West Nusa Tenggara,. Sesaot Protected Forest is a forest area located very close to human settlements in Sesaot Village, Narmada Sub-district, West Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The level of dependence of rural communities on the forest resources is very high. This study aimed to determine the range of utilization of plants made by people living around the forests, and to evaluate conservation needs for these plants. Utilization of the various plants by Sesaot society was observed in an ethnobotanical study employing a combination of open interview techniques and field observation over a two week period. The results of the study showed that there were 61 species of forest plants utilized by the Sesaot people. Among the 61 species, there were species that had a single function or others that had multiple functions. There were 20 species utilized as food and beverage; 19 used as medicines and herbs; and 15 species as building materials. Other species were utilized in a variety of ways: as fuel wood, as material for craft and/or furniture, for animal traps, as food wrappings and as ornamental plants. The part of the plant most widely used was wood (30.8%), either as a building material, as craft material, for firewood, or in medical treatments. The utilization of wood products poses significant risks for the survival of certain tree species, because the timber is generally obtained by illegal logging. It was noted that certain prized timber producing species tend to be targeted by illegal loggers; such as garu (Dysoxylum parasiticum), bajur (Pterospermum javanicum), rajumas (Duabanga moluccana) and some species of Myrtaceae. This study showed that Sesaot Protected Forest has an important role in sustaining the daily life of the surrounding community. However, without strong conservation efforts in the management of Sesaot Protected Forest, it is feared that unsustainable utilization practices will lead to the loss of some important plant species from this region.

How trust influence social capital to support collective action in agroforestry development?

“…The livelihood continued degraded the forest by cutting the trees down and started to grow coffee and cocoa as monoculture system. According to Hidayat (2017), people's dependency upon surrounding forest is common, particularly for communities living adjacent to natural forests. …”

“…Institutional protection by custom rules provides greater space for civil society to participate in the efforts to achieve sustainability of function and utilization of forest resources (Hidayat 2017). In Sidodadi, the community who do not plant MPTS in their forest areas will be penalized, and will not allow managing the land in the forest.…”

Ecotourism development to preserve mangrove conservation effort: Case study in Margasari Village, District of East Lampung, Indonesia

“…However, the prohibition has been limited utilization effort by the community. Whereas, institutional protection by custom rules should provide greater space for civil society to participate in the efforts to achieve sustainability of function and utilization of forest resources (Hidayat 2017). The low economic benefit of mangrove has caused the community participation in mangrove management to decline.…”