THE ROLE OF ACTORS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION NETWORK OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT POLICIES IN FOREST MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE FORESTS OF YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

Abstract

Forest resources will suffer damage and sustainability if they are used excessively. The characteristics of common-pool resources (CPRs) are forms of natural resources that involve many people so that they are vulnerable to damage due to the inability of the owner or manager to restrict other parties from taking part in utilizing them (non-excludable/non-trivial), and the use made by one party will reduce the benefits for the other party (subtractable). The actors in the network have made a good contribution in solving the challenges of the tasks and functions of the FMU in implementing community empowerment policies so that FMU development programs can be accepted by all stakeholders interests, especially local leaders, business people, relevant technical agencies, community leaders, non-governmental organizations, and village communities as beneficiaries. This research is qualitative-verificative with a case study approach that aims to understand the empirical phenomenon of the implementation process of forest community-based forest management policies. Stakeholder data was collected in implementing community empowerment policies in the Yogyakarta Model KPHP stakeholders. This qualitative analysis is historical-comparative, based on historical chronology with inductive and generative methods. The recommended empirical model analyzes the role of leadership in the FMU and the influence of the symbolic figure (Ngarso Dalem) in forming a network of actors and successfully implementing community empowerment policies in the Yogyakarta Model KPHP. Stakeholders must collaborate to solve the challenges of working on FMUs so that FMU development programs can be accepted by all stakeholders, especially local leaders, business people, relevant technical agencies, community leaders, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the community itself as beneficiaries.