Penguatan Ekosistem Pesisir: Monitoring dan Pembelajaran Pembangunan Alat Pemecah Ombak (APO) di Kota Semarang

Abstract

<p class="Abstract"><em>Climate change has become one of the causes of environmental damage </em><em>and needs to</em><em> be anticipated. In Indonesia, including in the Semarang</em><em> City, the</em><em> impact caused by climate change also occurs. Damage ponds and mangrove forests due to </em><em>the </em><em>erosion and sea level rise are example</em><em>s</em><em> of </em><em>the climate change impact</em><em>. </em><em>The </em><em>significant impact of climate change is exacerbated by the lack of public knowledge related to the threat of climate change. It </em><em>significantly </em><em>affect</em><em>s</em><em> </em><em>to the</em><em> </em><em>decreasing </em><em>income of farmers. These fact underlie </em><em>the </em><em>Mercy Corps Indonesia in cooperation with the government of Semarang and the Bintari Foundation </em><em>to </em><em>develop activities aimed to strengthening the protection of coastal areas through the development of seawalls through the program</em><em> named </em><em>"Enhancing Coastal Community Resilience by Strengthening Mangrove Ecosystem Services and Developing Sustainable Livelihood in Semarang City". Construction of seawalls in the form of tire</em><em>s</em><em> seawalls and Hybrid Engineering (HE) </em><em>is </em><em>completed in 2016. Construction of seawalls certainly ha</em><em>s</em><em> an impact on community in coastal areas</em><em>. This article aims to </em><em>review the monitoring and the lesson learned of seawalls construction</em><em> </em><em>of the development on the seawalls for the communities in coastal areas, especially in the Genuk and Tugu</em><em> Sub-district</em><em>. The methods used in this study is a mix method research by descriptive approach so that the study is more emphasis on the analysis of the measurable facts the description</em><em>, which </em><em>supported by information unearthed in the community through interviews and extracting information from archives on reports that had been prepared previously containing seawalls development progress. </em><em>The research results show that </em><em>seawalls development provides many positive effects for the community</em><em>,</em><em> so that </em><em>they </em><em>consciously perform maintenance independently for the positive impact they can receive for the long term.</em></p>