SIKAP MASYARAKAT TERHADAP HUTAN MANGROVE DI DUSUN PARIT PANGERAN DESA TANJUNG SALEH KECAMATAN SUNGAI KAKAP KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA
ABSTRACT: The mangrove forest
is a community plant or an individual plant species that form a community of
mangrove ecosystem in coastal area. This ecosystem has unique characteristics,
distinctive andhas the potential of biological richness. Coastal marine
ecosystem is a natural resource that isproductive as a provider of energy for
community life in it. Tanjung Saleh village in Sungai Kakapdistrict Kubu Raya
regency has a mangrove forest which cover around 5000 hectare. Thecommunity in
Tanjung Saleh village especially in Sub village Parit Pangeran has utilized themangrove
forest resources to fulfill their daily needs. The vegetation consist of
Avicenia sp, Bakau (Rhizophora sp), Berembang, Coconut, Umbal wood, and Nipah
(Nypa fructicans). The researchaimed to determine the perception and attitude
of community in Parit Pangeran sub villagetowards mangrove forest and to
evaluate the relationship between knowledge, cosmopolitan,perception and
attitude on mangrove forest of community in Parit Pangeran sub village. Datawas
collected with in-depth interview to the people in Parit Pangeran sub village
with total responden was 120 people. The result showed that 52 responden
(43.33%) has a positiveperception on mangrove forest, meanwhile 47 responden
(39.17%) was neutral and 21 responden(17.5%) has a negative perception. There
are a relationship between level of knowledge and attitude of the community on
mangrove forest. People with high knowledge on the importancefunction of
mangrove forest have a tendency to have positive attitude and vice versa.
Mangroveforest need to conserve and the community of Parit Pangeran sub-village
still need to increasetheir knowledge on how to manage the mangrove forest in
their area.
Keywords: Attitude, Kubu Raya
regency, mangrove forest, perception, Parit Pangeran subvillage
Penulis: Damaris Rose
Simanjuntak, Fahrizal dan Farah Diba
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170002
