Failure of local institutions of coastal communities to conserve mangroves

Abstract

The community and the ecosystem in its surroundings benefit greatly from the ecosystem services provided by mangroves. It is critical to understand how local institutions contribute to the management of mangrove forests. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate local institutions involved in coastal mangrove forest management. The study was carried out in the Indonesian village of Pantai Bahagia Muara Gembong. Key informant interviews and observation were used to acquire the data. The situation, structure, behavior, and performance (SSBP) method was used to examine the data. Research results: The situation shows the increasing damage to mangrove forests due to the increasing conversion of land as rice fields and ponds, the structure illustrates that the community does not yet have formal norms and rules that help manage community activities in mangrove forest conservation, Behavior Describing the various interests and perception of the community and parties in utilizing the potential of mangrove forests, as well as the absence of coordination and cooperation with stakeholder in forest management and performance shows that weak community institutions and coordination with parties so that mangrove forest damage continues to occur and has implications for frequent tidal floods, disruption of economic activities.