Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Hutan dan Dampak Sosial Kawasan HTI di Kecamatan Bukit Batu Kabupaten Bengkalis Provinsi Riau

Abstract

Industrial plantation forest is a plantation forest established in order to increase the potential and quality of the production forest by implementing an intensive silvicultural system to meet the raw material needs of the forest product industry. In realizing the development of HTI, many parties and stakeholders are involved, one of which is the community, to be precise, the people living around the industrial forest area, whose existence cannot be separated from the forest, must receive attention, especially from the company owning the HTI concerned. The location of this study is in Bengkalis Regency, focused on the Bukit Batu District (Babad Bakul and Sukajadi Villages). In each research village, 25 samples consisting of 10 households and 15 key informants were selected purposively (purposive sampling). Information was collected through interviews and focus group discussions (FGD). Primary and secondary data are used in this study, both quantitative and qualitative. Primary data was collected through structured and semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions (FGD), and direct village observations). The results of the identification of social impacts found several negative impacts from the existence of HTI companies on the people in the survey villages, namely land ownership conflicts, labor recruitment, and road dust that interfered with the residents' health. Although the positive impact felt by the community from the presence of HTI companies is CSR assistance for activities carried out by local residents, such as commemorating the anniversary of Indonesia's independence year, sports competitions, and others. Recommendations for impact management and monitoring plans, namely the establishment of an active participatory communication system and facilities involving all levels of society, development of educational programs, knowledge and skills of local communities that support entrepreneurial activities, establishing safety and security systems and facilities together with surrounding communities involving government agencies and local NGOs/NGOs and MPAs, evaluate all activities and documentation of CSR funding assistance that has been carried out, involve local contractor staff if there is relevant internal training or workshops as an effort to improve the quality of human resources, and prepare important material suitable for consumption by the community with activity photo designs interesting and easily understood by the general public.