THE AGREEMENT OF WATER UTILIZATION: THE CASE STUDY OF HALIMUN SALAK NATIONAL PARK, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA
| Main Authors: | , Prama Wirasena, , Ir. Leksono Probo Subanu, MURP, PhD |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://repository.ugm.ac.id/118579/ http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=58554 |
Daftar Isi:
- An increasing population and continued environmental degradation lead to greater competition for limited water resources. In order to protect these resources, governments are creating or increasing the size of national parks. This leads to conflicts with villagers dependent on the resources within national parks. To resolve these conflicts, governments may make agreements with villagers bordering or living within the parks to sustainably utilize the parks� natural resources. The aim of this research was explore the phenomena which occurred in six villages bordering Halimun Salak National Park, which is divided into two groups of villages: one group with water utilization agreements and one without. Data were acquired through interviews for villagers and government officers to find information about the process of the making agreements and to analyze how they think about what they have already done to resolve the conflicts of water utilization. By using the exploratory building technique, the phenomena in those villages can be identified. This research found that there are two main factors leading to succesfull agreements are administration initiative and including villagers in the drafting of the agreements. A relationship of mutual need among governments and villagers becomes the starting point in resolving water conflicts. In the process of making agreements, initiative by and involvement among parties become the role factors in terms of better implementation of the agreements. Whichever party has more functional power to manage the conflicts should take initiative as the leading role in conflict resolution. Conflict resolution improved by education helps parties obtain clear information about the agreements and improve their involvement. In 1980, Indonesia created national parks in order to protect its natural resources. Regardless of landscape and local community needs, all parks are administrated by the same rules. Difficulty in comprehending the rules by villagers has led to conflicts of resource utilization in many of the national parks. In Halimun Salak National Parks, in order to resolve continued conflicts over water utilization in the park by villagers, agreements have been made with three villages. These agreements have led to better cooperation between Halimun Salak National Park administration and the villagers in protecting and sustaining the water resources within the park.