Community Participation in the Management of Sorong Nature Tourism Park, Sorong City

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the participation level of communities in the management program of Sorong Nature Tourism Park (NTP) and to provide alternative recommendations that can be used to support the success of the management program based on community participation. The results of the research showed that community participation in the management of Sorong NTP had the highest values in the household group (15 respondents or 40,54%) and the lowest was group leader (1 respondent or 2,70%), similar with the intensity of community participation. Community participation in Sorong NTP includes group leaders, interest group, head of household, women/housewives and youth. The participation level was categorized into very inactive and inactive, influenced by community participation function which generally occurred inthe form of implementing activity and intensity of participation of society element in the form of providing consultation and information. Management efforts include seeking legal aspects of the area to be the basis of management programs, seeking the payment of customary rights to ensure the existence of claims-related areas of the community, involving communities in planning, maintenance, management, decision-making, initiating action and control programs, and increasing the frequency of socialization and counseling to provide insight into the community about the economic means and the ecological meaning of the results of management program.

The Form and Intensity of Community Participation in Conservation Management Program at Papua Barat Province

“…The data as shown in Table. 2 indicate that not all respondents interviewed participated in the implementation of GMNTP management program. The result confirmed a clear difference when compared with other research of Mulyadi (2005), Sinery and Manusawai (2016) or Fonataba et al (2018). According to Mulyadi (2005), 100 out of 118 respondents (84.74%) interviewed participated in the management of conservation programs of Bukit Soeharto Education Forest and Research (HPBBS).…”

“…The function of planning referred to in this context is the involvement of the community in determining the location of planting, selection of plant species, determining the boundary location of the construction of fences and labor. Moreover, the management function is not identified / encountered which is similar to the findings identified in community participation in the management of conservation programs of Forest Education and Research Bukit Soeharto (Mulyadi, 2005) or community participation in the management of Sorong NTP (Fonataba et al, 2018).…”

“…Furthermore, Sinery and Manusawai (2016) stated that only 41 respondents (34.7%) participated in the management of Wosi Rendani Protected forest and the remaining 77 respondents (65.3%) did not parcipate. In contrast to Fonataba et al (2018) who mentioned that the community in Sorong Nature Tourism Park 100% participated in the management program conducted by the managers and partners because of the status of this community which was forest community group in addition to the value of the benefits of participation which is related to the family economy.…”

“…This was preseumably related to the focus of management activities that are not the location of program implementation and the condition of the community was not formed due to the interest of the business/activity like the forest farmer group, so that the management of the program was more even and involves all the members of the farmer group. According to Fonataba et al (2018) the forest farmers group of Matoa in Klasaman Village was a community formed because of similar interest in management programs that were generally built from a joint planning to implementation and even to the joint evaluation of the governing institution.…”

“…Providing information was the participation of community elements in the delivery of information both orally and written, on matters relating to the management program; Table 3 indicates that the intencity of community particpation in the management of GMNTP was not equal across all forms of participation. In particular, the form of total control as found in the form of community participation in the management of Sorong Natural Tourism Park (Fonataba et al, 2018). The highest intensity of participation in management programs of GMNTP was in providing consultation services with as many as 18 respondents (46.15%), followed by providing information with 15 respondents (38,46%), decision making (community participation in decision making such as determination of plant species, planting site of MPTS, fence area) with 4 respondents (10,26%).…”