The social-economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic: implications for potential forest degradation

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the potential forest damage that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic in rural communities on the Forest Management Unit (FMUs). It focused on forest utilization and deforestation before and during the epidemic. Base on The data on online surveys using Google form instruments, Zoom meetings, and in-depth telephone interviews with the informants. The data of the research were analyzed descriptively using the mind mapping method. The data analysis shows that social and economic impacts potentially enhance the threat of forest resource utilization-increasing pressure on the forest due to the increase in forest product demand. Even though the government made efforts to minimize forest degradation and prevent illegal logging, the communities didn't follow the policy because there were no alternative solutions. The timber logging is carried out into a threat to forest degradation when it's not immediately prevented. The FMU needs to improve access to rural living near the forest to increase their forest income. These solutions are crucial for reducing illegal logging activities and forest degradation in the pandemic.

Participatory Land Use Conflict Resolution: Efforts Towards Community Collaborative Management

“…Results of previous studies (Batunacun et al, 2019;Senoaji et al, 2020) explain some of the causes of forest conflicts in Asia, including the destruction of community-owned land, lack of employment opportunities for local communities, and lack of consultation with the district. Furthermore, this is due to the underlying causes of conflict, such as tenurial disputes between state lands and civil rights (Yasmi et al, 2010), weak coordination between government agencies (Golar et al, 2020), conservation and development policies resulting in the banishment of local communities (Sahide et al, 2019). These studies reinforce the paper's assumption that the trigger for forest resource utilization conflicts is an imbalance of function and neglect of the role of communities in forest resource management.…”

“…Therefore, as an operator in forest management, KPH must get support from various parties at the site level. Collaboration is considered a way to reduce conflicts between stakeholders, build social capital, improve the environment and socioeconomic that must be handled together to produce better decisions (Golar et al, 2020;Martínez-Espinosa et al,2020).…”

“…One of the pieces of evidence is the settlement of illegal logging cases in the region of KPH Sintuwu Maroso; Central Sulawesi can be resolved through mediation efforts of community groups and KPH (Golar et al, 2020). Similarly, the success of improving forest conservation through community-based land-use planning.…”

Non-Intrusive Assessment of COVID-19 Lockdown Follow-Up and Impact Using Credit Card Information: Case Study in Chile

“…Our results comparing this activity topic in the year previous to the pandemic and the year of the pandemic show that Santiago citizens have changed their behaviors according to the lockdown and curfew policies. Though there is some literature on the disruption of supply chains due to COVID-19 [36], the impact on healthcare [37], forest degradation [38], the economic impact in African countries (e.g., the impact on cattle exports) [39], and on residents of some cities [40], there is little regarding the evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on the people that work in the leisure/commerce sector in developed countries, except for some high-level analysis at the corporate level [41,42]. However, there is a large percentage of the labor force enrolled in the leisure and hospitality sector (i.e., more than 13 million employees in March 2021 in the US, according to workforce statistics https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag70.htm#iag70emp1 .f.p (accessed on 20 May 2021)) that may fall into poverty with ensuing systemic health critical issues.…”

Recovery of Agricultural Areas Affected by Traditional Gold Mining: Sustainable Food Supply Stability

“…One of them is the pressure on forest areas due to land use activities carried out by the community. It is the cause of compensation for their land affected by mining activities and covid 19 diseases [16,17]. It is crucial because most people in this region rely heavily on arable land, both in the village and forest areas [6,18].…”