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Knowledge of coastal communities on climate change will help communities to adapt that environmental condition. The purpose of this study is to investigate community knowledge level to climate change in the management of mangrove ecosystems in Kotania Bay.This study used a Guttman scale and descriptive analysis. The results showed the average level of community knowledge on climate change was 26.67%, while the average level of community knowledge on climate change adaptation was found only14.67%. Coastal community need some strategies to increase their knowledge on climate change.

Most of the coastal community depend heavily on the natural resources found in the coastal area, but at the same time, the way they used the resources also deteriorate those resources. In some area in Maluku Province, sasi as indigenous knowledge has been used for hundreds of years as a tool in the management of natural resources like fish, molluscs, crustacean, etc. This study was conducted at Rutong and Leahari village of South-Leitimur Sub-district, Ambon city to find out the implementation of sasi in the management of mangrove ecosystem. The result shows that there is a positive relationship between community attitude towards the implementation of sasi in the management of mangrove ecosystem with strong correlation (r = 0.815). More than 60% of the community support the implementation of sasi in the management of the mangrove ecosystem to maintain the sustainability of that ecosystem.

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<p class="Abstract">Pembangunan wilayah pesisir berkembang dengan pesat seiring dengan pertumbuhan penduduk yang cukup tinggi akan mengancam kelangsungan kawasan dan ekosistem pesisir. Kawasan mangrove yang berada di wilayah pesisir di teluk Kotania menjadi kawasan yang mendapat tekanan secara ekologis yang sangat mempengaruhi kelestariannya. Kesadaran masyarakat pesisir sangat penting dalam upaya pelestarian kawasan mangrove. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk menganalisis kesadaran masyarakat terhadap pengelolaan kawasan mangrove secara berkesinambungan dan lestari. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian survei pada lima dusun di teluk Kotania dengan metode deskritif yang bersifat studi kasus dan pembagian persepsi atas sepuluh kategori penilaian, data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara, observasi dan didukung oleh data sekunder. Deskripsi penelitian ini dengan memfokuskan pada persepsi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan kawasan mangrove teluk Kotania. Analisa data digunakan pendekatan secara deskritif kualitatif yang menggunakan rataan skor dengan rentang skala.Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa sebahagian besar masyarakat pesisir di teluk Kotania sangat setuju bahwa; 1) Kawasan mangrove di Teluk Kotania saat ini perlu/penting untuk dikelola agar dapat lestari, 2) Bentuk pengelolaan kawasan mangrove yang dilakukan harus melibatkan seluruh penduduk setempat, 3) Perlu adanya kerjasama antara pemerintah dan masyarakat setempat dalam kegiatan pengelolaan kawasan mangrove.<strong> </strong></p>

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Climate change is powerful on the growth of mangrove.The adaptation to climate change is an urgent need to minimize the impact of climate change.This study attempts to assess the impact of climate change on mangrove growth and formulating a program community adaptation to climate change the ecological, economic indicators, social and cultural community. The analysis survey was conducted qualitatively and analysis image Data Lansat ETM 8. The analysis shows climate change influenced the growth mangrove. The community adaptation to be applied is giving the use of a catch environmentally friendly, diversification of fruit trees. Other alternative business the fish and seaweed and participation in supporting the government programs.The adaptation others are cooperation between the government and the community in an effort to reforestation and rehabilitision. Tradition sasi mangrove came to watch to preserve the ecosystem mangrove.

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