Mangrove Forest Health Monitoring Training at KTH Lestari Indah as a Disaster Mitigation Effort

Abstract

The importance of monitoring forest health is needed to support a sustainable forest management system. A healthy forest can be said to be still carrying out its functions. Monitoring the health of mangrove forests is helpful in an effort to mitigate coastal disasters. The purpose of this service was to provide knowledge and understanding to members of KTH Lestari Indah regarding forest health. This activity was carried out on Sunday, October 24, 2021, at the mangrove forest tour, Margasari Village, Labuhan Maringgai sub-district, East Lampung Regency. The methods used in this activity were lectures and practices. Based on the evaluation results with pre-test and post-test instruments given to participants regarding the material in service activities, participants experienced an increase in knowledge of 7.13%. This increase shows a reasonably good understanding of the training participants, so this training is expected to help the community increase knowledge and participation in mangrove forest management and discovery of sustainable mangrove forests.

Community Empowerment through Sustainable Utilisation of Mangrove Forests for the Production of Natural Dyes with An Environmentally Friendly System (Phase I: Increasing Awareness and Knowledge Enhancement)

“…Here are the field activities carried out in June and October 2021. All activities carried out are based on several journals related to community service, such as FGDs (Biasini et al, 2022), community training (Kurnianta et al, 2022), expanding marketing networks (Vertygo et al, 2022), and training various communities in destination villages (Safe'i et al, 2022;Kurnianta et al, 2022), and are proven to have positive and beneficial results in improving economic conditions in destination villages. The field activities carried out in June and October 2021 are presented in Table 3.…”

“…It is due to the minimum understanding of the optimum extraction process, less skill in the colouring process using natural dye, and the low awareness of residents about the dangers of synthetic dyes to the environment. Aside from the above facts about the minimal usage of natural dye from mangroves, the economic potential is enormous (Amri et al, 2020;Safe'i et al, 2022). Fabrics with natural dyes have a high selling value in several developed countries, such as countries in Europe and America.…”