Potential of Community Resources in Empowerment Blocks and Special Region in AwotaProduction Forest Management Units in Supporting Social Forestry Activities: A Case Study in Indonesia

Abstract

A Forest Management Unit (FMU) is a forest management area in accordance with its main functions and designations that can be managed efficiently and sustainably, as mandated in Law no. 41 of 1999 on forestry. The existence of communities in forest areas with all the potential resources that have been owned and managed so far will certainly have implications for forest management activities in the field. This paper aims to provide information about the potential resources owned by farming communities in empowerment blocks and certain areas in the KPHP Awota Model area in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The research was conducted in September 2016 - January 2017. Data collection was carried out through Observation, Resources Mapping, Indepth Interview, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and documentation studies with groups of farming communities in and around forest areas in empowerment blocks or certain regional blocks. The results showed that the potential resources of the farming community in the empowerment block and certain areas include land resources, human resources, financial resources (farmers' capital resources), and norms or farmer institutional resources. Based on this potential: KPHP Model Awota as forest manager at the site level can collaborate with the community through a social forestry scheme with a partnership pattern in empowerment blocks and certain areas.