THE ANALYSIS ON THE STAKEHOLDERS OF CONFLICT MITIGATION IN THE WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK, LAMPUNG

Gebyar Andyono,Djoko Marsono,Ronggo Sadono,M Ali Imron

doi:10.24002/kinerja.v22i1.1567

Abstract

Stakeholders with different interests and influences (power) are related to the human-wild elephant conflict mitigation in the Way Kambas National Park in Lampung. Stakeholders need to manage properly to achieve conflict mitigation objectives optimally. This research was conducted in Way Kambas National Park in Lampung. Data were collected with observations, interviews, and related document studies without involving active participations of related stakeholders and data were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative analysis. This research was conducted from September to December 2016. The identification results showed that there were 11 stakeholders dealing with the human-wild elephant conflict mitigation in Way Kambas National Park. The identified stakeholders were divided into three classifications: (1) subject stakeholders coming from farmer groups and people from buffering villages, (2) key player stakeholders consisting of Way Kambas National Park Institution, regional government (village, district and provincial governments), local partners/non-government organizations (Sumatra Forest Conservation and Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program), Forum Rembug Desa Penyangga/village discussion forums, and Lampung University, and (3) the context setter stakeholder from a private company (PT. Nusantara Tropical Fruit). This research did not find stakeholder from crowd classification. The relationships between stakeholders showed complementary cooperation. The implication of human-wild elephant conflict mitigation management in Way Kambas National Park is that the stakeholder management to build cooperation and collaboration in the form of communication forums to achieve the objectives of human-wild elephant conflict mitigation in Way Kambas National Park is required.Keywords: stakeholder, power-interest matrix, actor-linkage matrix, Way Kambas National Park

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Way Kambas National Park is a conservation forest in Indonesia which is located in Lampung province, in East Lampung and Middle Lampung districts, and it has borders with 10 sub districts and 37 buffering villages
As a conservation area, which belongs to natural habitat of Sumatran elephant, Way Kambas National Park is not free from varying problems to deal with
It was conducted in three months from September 2016 to December 2016. This location was selected because historical reasons that Way Kambas National Park was started in 1974, there were humanwild elephant conflicts of more than 150 days in one year, and there were some institutions besides Way Kambas National Park Institution making efforts for these conflict mitigations (Balai Taman Nasional Way Kambas, 2016). 3.2

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Way Kambas National Park is a conservation forest in Indonesia which is located in Lampung province, in East Lampung and Middle Lampung districts, and it has borders with 10 sub districts and 37 buffering villages. One of problems faced by Way Kambas National Park is the conflict between wild elephant and human population inhabiting 23 buffering villages (Nyhus, Tilson and Sumianto, 2000; Hedges, et al, 2005; Perera, 2009). The wild elephants exiting from their areas coming into culturing fields in direct borders with Way Kambas National Park is the most prominent wild animal-human conflict. This conflict occurred in more than 150 days within one year with 5 to 50 elephant population in each single conflict (Way Kambas National Park Institution, 2016). Without mitigation efforts to overcome wild animalhuman conflicts, this will affect and result in the diminishing supports to the conservational efforts made by the national park (Treves, et al, 2006)

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