Analysis of community sector affected for village forest management in Bantaeng Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

Village forest was a social forestry practice in empowering communities in and around the forest. The study aimed to analyze the community sector affected the implementation of Village Forest Management in the field. Data collection using survey, interview, and questionnaire methods carried out in the village forest area in Tompobulu districts, Bantaeng Regency, and analyzed by using descriptive analysis and interpretative structural modeling (ISM). The results showed that the community sector affected in the village forest development program were identified as many as eight sub-elements, namely: village-owned business entity (BUMDes-Badan Usaha Milik Desa), forestry extension agent, forest farmer groups, farmers, communities around village forest, coffee processing workforce, non-governmental organizations, and forestry and plantation entrepreneurs. The classification of sub-elements of this sector based on the Driver Power Dependence (DP-D) analysis places the sub-elements of NGO and coffee processing workforce in sector II (dependent); whereas BUMDes, forestry extension agent, forest farmer groups, farmers, communities around village forest, and forestry and plantation entrepreneurs in sector III (linkage) of the system. The key sub-element that plays an essential role in encouraging the success of the village forest management program based on ISM analysis, which is a link element, is the village institution (BUMDes) as the village forest implementer.