Evaluating The Level of Economic Sustainability of Forest Resources in Forest Management Unit (FMU) of Yogyakarta

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know the status of economic sustainability of forest resource management in Forest Management Unit (FMU) Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This research uses MultiDimensional Scaling (MDS) to analyze the economic sustainability dimension with Rapid Appraisal Analysis Program (RAp). Using a 0-100 scale of the sustainability index, this study estimates the level of sustainability of the economic dimension. Root Mean Square (RMS) shows the indicators which contribute to the sustainability of the economic dimension. The value of the sustainability measurement obtained is 58.14% with the stress value 0.13 and R2 is 0.95. This indicates that the category of economic sustainability of forest resource management in the FMU is categorized as sustainable enough. Each indicator has a different influence on the sustainability of economic dimension based on RMS value on the sensitivity analysis, namely: (1) feasibility of forestry business (12,60%); (2) community income (8,99%); (3) types of forest products (8,97%); (4) community employment opportunities (7,22%); (5) contribution of forestry sectors (7,20%); and (6) forest products (2,24%). In addition, sustainability assessment for other dimensions and strategy for sustainable forest resource management in FMU of Yogyakarta are needed.