THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL FORESTRY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN WEST JAVA PROVINCE

• Main Author: Hairatunnisa
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/62260
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The RPJMN 2015-2019 target mandates 12.7 million hectares of forest area given to the community through social forestry, followed up by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry by issuing the operational basis for the social forestry policy in the MOEF Decree No P.83/2016 concerning Social Forestry. The regulation simplifies social forestry permit and involves the role of local governments in the implementation of social forestry. However, until the end of the RPJMN 2015-2019, the social forestry target was not achieved nationally. In addition, there has not been much research related to the analysis of the implementation of the policy by the Provincial Government which has the authority related to forestry affairs. This study aims to analyze the implementation of social forestry policies in West Java Province which have biophysical and socio-economic characteristics of the community that is potential for the implementation of social forestry. The objectives of this research are: identifying the implementation of social forestry, analyzing the factors that influence the implementation of social forestry, and formulating strategies for implementing social forestry in West Java. The approach used in this research is a mixed-method to describe policy implementation variables and to formulate strategy for implementing social forestry policy in West Java. Data were collected through literature study and interviews with 6 (six) key informants related to social forestry activities in West Java (Government, State-Owned Enterprises (Perhutani), and NGO). Based on the results, social forestry policies have been harmonized in the document of RPJMD West Java 2018-2023 and have reached the target until the end of the RPJMN 2015- 2019. The success is analyzed based on factors that influence policy implementation, namely communication, sources (financial, staff, facilities, and information), structure/characteristics of the implementing organizations, tendencies of the implementing organizations, and social, economic, and political environments. The results of the analysis then become inputs for formulating strategy. Based on the results of the analysis, the strategy that can be done for the sustainability of social forestry’s implementation in West Java is to utilize the strengths of the West Java Province, such as resource support and policies to deal with threats of social forestry policy implementation in West Java.