Local People's Attitudes Towards Mangrove Conservation Effort in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55324/iss.v2i11.519Keywords:
attitudes, local people, heterogenous, mangrove conservation, East KalimantanAbstract
Background: Human activity has accelerated the degradation of mangrove forests in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia. The Government has encouraged conservation efforts towards the woods to cope with this problem. Participation of local people is considered necessary nowadays to understand their attitudes related to such issues. Studies are limited in Indonesia's context, especially in East Kalimantan province's case concerned with a heterogeneous community regarding socioeconomic and limited access to conservation activities.
Aim: This study aims to understand how local people could have different participation and willingness to participate (WTP) as the embodiment of their attitudes towards conservation activities and how their reasons are associated with the heterogenous characteristics by taking the location of Margomulyo Mangrove Conservation Area (MMCA) Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
Method: This study uses a qualitative approach combining interviews, observation, and document collection methods. The data is analyzed inductively using coding stages from Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña.
Findings: This study reveals positive attitudes by different participation from local people that presented as a heterogenous community. Reasons for involvement vary and are associated mainly with occupation, experiences in mangrove conservation activities that gave them access to the projects, and good networks among local people. Meanwhile, an excellent social relationship contributes to the WTP of local people in the projects with different preference types of activities. This study's findings suggest equitable management for local people by the Government by considering adequate social capital that already exists in the community.
References
Arfan, A., & Taufieq, N. A. S. (2017). Mangrove forest management on local communities based in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 23(1).
Armitage, D. (2002). Socio-institutional dynamics and the political ecology of mangrove forest conservation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Global Environmental Change, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-3780(02)00023-7
Arnez, M. (2017). Green Aspirations and the Dynamics of Integration in Two East Kalimantan Cities. In S. Vignato (Ed.), Dreams of Prosperity: Inequality and Integration in Southeast Asia. Silkworm Books.
Astuti, S., Muryani, C., & Rindarjono, M. G. (2018). The Community Participation on Mangrove Conservation in Sayung, Demak from 2004-2016. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 145(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/145/1/012087
Badola, R., Barthwal, S., & Hussain, S. A. (2012). Attitudes of local communities towards conservation of mangrove forests: A case study from the east coast of India. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 96(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.016
Bennett, N. J., & Dearden, P. (2014). Why local people do not support conservation: Community perceptions of marine protected area livelihood impacts, governance and management in Thailand. Marine Policy, 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.017
Bennett, N. J., Roth, R., Klain, S. C., Chan, K., Christie, P., Clark, D. A., Cullman, G., Curran, D., Durbin, T. J., Epstein, G., Greenberg, A., Nelson, M. P., Sandlos, J., Stedman, R., Teel, T. L., Thomas, R., Veríssimo, D., & Wyborn, C. (2017). Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation. Biological Conservation, 205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.006
Cummings, A. R., & Shah, M. (2018). Mangroves in the global climate and environmental mix. Geography Compass, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12353
Damastuti, E., & de Groot, R. (2017). Effectiveness of community-based mangrove management for sustainable resource use and livelihood support: A case study of four villages in Central Java, Indonesia. Journal of Environmental Management, 203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.025
Damastuti, E., de Groot, R., Debrot, A. O., & Silvius, M. J. (2022). Effectiveness of community-based mangrove management for biodiversity conservation: A case study from Central Java, Indonesia. Trees, Forests and People, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100202
Das, M., & Chatterjee, B. (2015). Ecotourism: A panacea or a predicament? Tourism Management Perspectives, 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2015.01.002
Feller, I. C., Friess, D. A., Krauss, K. W., & Lewis, R. R. (2017). The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change. Hydrobiologia, 803(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3331-z
Friess, D. A., Rogers, K., Lovelock, C. E., Krauss, K. W., Hamilton, S. E., Lee, S. Y., Lucas, R., Primavera, J., Rajkaran, A., & Shi, S. (2019). The State of the World’s Mangrove Forests: Past, Present, and Future. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 44. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033302
Gandhi, S., & Jones, T. G. (2019). Identifying mangrove deforestation hotspots in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific. Remote Sensing, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/RS11060728
Giri, C., Ochieng, E., Tieszen, L. L., Zhu, Z., Singh, A., Loveland, T., Masek, J., & Duke, N. (2011). Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00584.x
Jitpakdee, R., & Thapa, G. B. (2012). Sustainability Analysis of Ecotourism on Yao Noi Island, Thailand. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2011.628328
Karmakar, S. (2018). Ethnic Identity and Forest Preservation: A Sociological Enquiry on Sundarbans, West BengalEthnic Identity and Forest Preservation: A Sociological Enquiry on Sundarbans, West Bengal. Quest Journals: Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, 6(1).
Lamsal, P., Pant, K. P., Kumar, L., & Atreya, K. (2015). Sustainable livelihoods through conservation of wetland resources: A case of economic benefits from Ghodaghodi Lake, western Nepal. Ecology and Society, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07172-200110
Miles, M. B., Huberman, A. M., & Saldaña, J. (2014). Qualitative analysis: A methods sourcebook. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Osawa, T. (2016). At the edge of mangrove forest: the Suku Asli and the quest for indigeneity, ethnicity and development [Thesis]. The University of Edinburgh.
Romañach, S. S., DeAngelis, D. L., Koh, H. L., Li, Y., Teh, S. Y., Raja Barizan, R. S., & Zhai, L. (2018). Conservation and restoration of mangroves: Global status, perspectives, and prognosis. Ocean and Coastal Management, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.01.009
Roy, A. K. D. (2014). Determinants of participation of mangrove-dependent communities in mangrove conservation practices. Ocean and Coastal Management, 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.06.001
Sandilyan, S., & Kathiresan, K. (2012). Mangrove conservation: A global perspective. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21(14). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0388-x
Simarmata, R. (2012). Indonesian law and reality in the Delta?: a socio-legal inquiry into laws, local bureaucrats and natural resources management in the Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan [Doctoral Dissertation]. Leiden University.
Sukardjo, S. (2000). Indonesia: mangrove-friendly aquaculture. In J. H. Primavera, L. M. B. Garcia, M. T. Castaños, & M. B. Surtida (Eds.), Proceedings of the workshop on mangrove-friendly aquaculture. Aquaculture Dept., Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
Tole, L. (2010). Reforms from the Ground Up: A Review of Community-Based Forest Management in Tropical Developing Countries. Environmental Management, 45(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-010-9489-z
Triyanti, A., Bavinck, M., Gupta, J., & Marfai, M. A. (2017). Social capital, interactive governance and coastal protection: The effectiveness of mangrove ecosystem-based strategies in promoting inclusive development in Demak, Indonesia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.10.017
Valenzuela, R. B., Yeo-Chang, Y., Park, M. S., & Chun, J. N. (2020). Local people’s participation in mangrove restoration projects and impacts on social capital and livelihood: A case study in the Philippines. Forests, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/F11050580
Wever, L., Glaser, M., Gorris, P., & Ferrol-Schulte, D. (2012). Decentralization and participation in integrated coastal management: Policy lessons from Brazil and Indonesia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.05.001
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Hikmah Tahir
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
