People’s views towards Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Abstract

Sudrajat J, Sawerah S, Permatasari N, Suharyani A, Karmoni A, Anshari GZ, Wardhana D, Rossanda D. 2018. People’s viewstowards Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 1138-1146. It is a common belief that themanagement of national park prevents local communities from accessing the park and using the park resources. Illegal logging and otherunwanted encroachments to the park become a big problem, as national park authority has a limited capacity to monitor the whole park.This research aimed to study how local communities viewed Gunung Palung National Park, which is located in Ketapang and KayongUtara District, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. A total of 91 respondents from seven villages were interviewed. In general, about70% of respondents viewed the importance of economic benefits, resulting from limited access to traditional gardens in the use zone ofthe park and the supply of clean water. Approximately 67% of these respondents viewed the protection of natural resources in the parkwas not important. This view was possibly due to their little knowledge of the park management and the use of zoning system in thepark. It was reported that park officers have some activities, but the collaboration and relationship between park officers and localcommunities need more time to mature. It seems that the poor and the youth tend to exploit more and put higher pressures on the parkthan the elderly groups.

Kerawanan Pangan Rumah Tangga Petani di Dalam dan di Pinggiran Taman Nasional Gunung Palung

“…Pada tahap selanjutnya, situasi keterbatasan sumber daya lahan ini menimbulkan persoalan sosial yang semakin komplek dan sebagai konsekuensinya, pandangan negatif terhadap TNGP menjadi relatif tinggi. Hasil penelitian Sudrajat et al (2018), menunjukkan sekitar 67% petani sekitar TNGP masih memandang bahwa perlindungan sumber daya alam taman nasional bukan aspek penting dalam kehidupan mereka. Temuan tersebut diperkuat pula oleh bukti masih tingginya aktivitas pembalakan liar di TNGP (Fawzi, Novianto, Supianto, & Febriani, 2020).…”

Forest Change Monitoring and Environmental Impact in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

“…No deforestation is a result of combined conservation efforts by the national park staff, NGOs, government, and local communities. Although the results are trending towards positive change, problems remain, because 67% of local people have the perception that protecting the park is not important (Sudrajat et al, 2018). Increasing local people's commitment and perception is important to reduce deforestation (Garrett et al, 2019).…”