Mapping Multi Stakeholder Roles on Fire Management in Conservation Areas of Kuningan Regency

Abstract

Forest fire was a persistent concern management in conservation areas of Mount Ciremai National Park (MCNP) and Kuningan Botanical Garden (KBG). Many of the forest fire was sparked by anthropogenic ignitions like careless fire use for extracting forest honey. This study aims to map multi stakeholder roles on fire management in conservation areas. Twenty-seven actors were interviewed to learn who are the fire actors and network. These multi stakeholders included government officials, local businessmen, non-governmental organizations and community members. Study site and data collection were carried out in seven villages around conservation areas from July to September 2019. The relationships between the actors were analyzed with the software Node XL Basic and Gephi 9.0.2 using the Social Network Analysis. Our results identify close relationships and strong connections to all actors of more than half (63.2%) but social or personal approach between all actors were still required. Head of MCNP, Head of KBG and Head of AKAR (Aktivitas Anak Rimba) acted as the important actors. To prevent the area from further fire occurrences, management authorities should establish mutual confidence and make other actors believe that heads of conservation areas are a solid team to prevent conservation areas from burning.

Weaving the Nodes: Actor Relations in Forest Fire Handling

“…Social network analysis is an interesting concept related to disasters, among other things, to analyze the complexity of patterns of social relations and the attachment of humans and the environment (18). In addition, social network analysis has been used in research related to disaster management (19)(20)(21), including community conflict (22), Structural equality and international conflict (23), Covid-19 (24), earthquake (25), forest fires (26,27).…”

“…The finding of another study shows the actors dealing with forest fire, that is, four types of actors who are related to conservation areas of forest fire, namely, government authorities, local entrepreneurs, non-government agencies, and local communities who have pivotal roles or functions to prevent wildfire. Among those stakeholders, nongovernment agencies stand as the central actor who has more connections to other stakeholders (26).…”

Species composition and richness of viable seed bank after fire events in Mount Ciremai National Park and Kuningan Botanic Gardens, West Java, Indonesia

“…The aim of this study was to examine the species richness and composition of germinable seed banks in several post-fire sites in Mount Ciremai National Park (MNCP) and Kuningan Botanic Gardens (KGB), West Java, Indonesia. These two areas provide excellent context of landscape disturbed by forest fires in the tropical region (Ekasari et al 2020). Mount Ciremai National Park represents an in-situ conservation area while Kuningan Botanic Gardens represents an ex-situ conservation site, and both conservation areas are located side by side but with separate management authorities.…”