THE REFUSAL OF LIVESTOCK OWNERS TOWARDS EXCLUSION POLICY IN PROTECTED AREA
ABSTRACT: Development of
protected forest is often considered to be a way to preserve biodiversity and
ecosystem service. To keep protected
area, Indonesia government excludinged local people from protected forest by
making a policy which prohibits grazing on protected forest. However, the success
of protected forest management often depends on the perception of local people
because the policy has affected livestock owners who have an interest in forest
use. Exclusion of local people from protected forest leads loss of people
income and unemployment. This study applied a socioeconomic approach to examine
and analyze the livestock owner perception on forest grazing prohibition in
Timor Island of Indonesia by conducting a household survey of 36 livestock
owners. The study results showed that 30.6%, 50.0%, 19.4%, 0%, and 0% of
livestock owners are totally disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, and totally
agree, with grazing prohibition, respectively. In addition, people perception
was significantly affected by the number of livestock owned by people. It means
that livestock owners mostly reject the policy on grazing prohibition. Indeed
policy which prohibits grazing on the protected forest is not effective to be
implemented. Government and policy maker should review the policy and consider
the refusal of livestock owner toward exclusion policy. The interest of local
people should be considered in developing a policy on protected forest.
KEYWORDS: perception; Gunung
Mutis; protected forest; timor; forest grazing; silvopasture
Author: Rahman Kurniadi, Herry
Purnomo, Nurheni Wijayanto, Asnath Maria Fuah
Journal Code: jpkehutanangg170004
