Sedimentation caused by degradation and deforestation is a major environmental problem around Citarum river, one of the river in Indonesia. Environmental preservation by initiating community forests is the best solution to overcome this problem. Empowerment is not just to stop environmental damage but must pay attention to efforts to conserve the environment in sustainable development in ecological, economic, and socio-cultural aspects. Empowerment is directed at increasing community independence which leads to a willingness to develop awareness, knowledge and skills for welfare. Community forest is a community empowerment program based on economy and environmental conservation implemented by the Bening Sanguling Foundation. The purpose of this research was to analyse the assets and the proses of community empowerment. The research method used is qualitative using a case study approach. Data were collected through observation and interview technique. The informants consisted of two program managers and three program participants. Data obtained then analysed by procedures of data collecting, data reducing, data display, and conclusion. The result of this research indicated that community forests emphasize the importance of ecological conservation without leaving the socio-economic interests of local communities. This program is implemented through three efforts, namely enabling, empowering and protecting. the assets utilized are human, social, physical, financial, and environmental assets. The conclusion obtained from this study was that empowerment process could create an independent community in looking for family livelihood and prosperity.
Abstract-Learning independency is a condition that can be grown through the provision of power/strength (empowerment); by strengthening the role of group dynamic components in dynamic interaction in group. The problem is: "how is the influence of group role empowerment to learning independency development of farmers in farming business". The research was done in Pagerwangi Village with research subject farmers group members. Method of analytical descriptive is proved: (1) Empowerment of group dynamic components supports and affects empowerment programme, (2) Empowerment of group dynamic components affects farmers' learning independency, (3) Provision of power/strength to farmers has strong and direct correlation with learning independency development of farmers, (4) Empowerment with learning dynamic, effort dynamic, and teamwork dynamic subvariable is proved has strong correlation and significant influence to learning independency development of farmers in farming business partially and simultaneously.
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