Community Forest Through Asset Based Community Development

Community Empowerment

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210508.020How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sedimentation, degradation, community forest, empowering community

Abstract

Sedimentation caused by degradation and deforestation is a major environmental problem around Citarum river, one of the river in Indonesia. Environmental preservation by initiating community forests is the best solution to overcome this problem. Empowerment is not just to stop environmental damage but must pay attention to efforts to conserve the environment in sustainable development in ecological, economic, and socio-cultural aspects. Empowerment is directed at increasing community independence which leads to a willingness to develop awareness, knowledge and skills for welfare. Community forest is a community empowerment program based on economy and environmental conservation implemented by the Bening Sanguling Foundation. The purpose of this research was to analyse the assets and the proses of community empowerment. The research method used is qualitative using a case study approach. Data were collected through observation and interview technique. The informants consisted of two program managers and three program participants. Data obtained then analysed by procedures of data collecting, data reducing, data display, and conclusion. The result of this research indicated that community forests emphasize the importance of ecological conservation without leaving the socio-economic interests of local communities. This program is implemented through three efforts, namely enabling, empowering and protecting. the assets utilized are human, social, physical, financial, and environmental assets. The conclusion obtained from this study was that empowerment process could create an independent community in looking for family livelihood and prosperity.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rika Fitri Ramadani
AU  - Toto Suryana
AU  - Nunu Heryanto
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/10
TI  - Community Forest Through Asset Based Community Development
BT  - Proceedings of the First Transnational Webinar on Adult and Continuing Education (TRACED 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 105
EP  - 111
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210508.020
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210508.020
ID  - Ramadani2021
ER  -