PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI DAN PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT SEKITAR TAHURA ORANG KAYO HITAM SEBAGAI UPAYA PENANGGULANGAN KEBAKARAN HUTAN DAN LAHAN GAMBUT

Abstract

TAHURA Orang Kayo Hitam is a buffer zone of Berbak and Sembilang National Park which burns due to human activities, because its location is easily accessible to the public, both for taking wood and fishing. In addition to the 300 ha rehabilitation has been carried out with surrounding community such as Seponjen Village, quality improvement efforts also needed to reduce of access to collect directly the forest product from TAHURA. Its considered to interfere an imbalance of interests, both of conserving biodiversity and its ecosystem interests and the interests of the community's needs for the region. We offer solutions to build alternative livelihoods by managing floating cages collectively so that the community access efforts into Tahura area be diminishing. Based on our program that have been carried out, as many as more than 100% of the 30 target communities attended the seminar on forest fires and efforts to improve their microeconomics. The acccustomary people who fishing in TAHURA have been given the knowledge and techniques of floating cage cultivation, making peat water level monitoring equipment, and composting using simple technology. They was formed into 4 groups consisting of 5 people created their cages together on the Kumpeh River of Seponjen Village. This program will continue to be monitored and we hope the fish produced can be sustain in large
quantities, while reducing the dependence of the community on Tahura.