Multidimensional Scaling Approach to Evaluate the Level of Community Forestry Sustainability in Babak Watershed, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara

Community forestry in Babak watershed is one of the efforts to reduce critical land area. The aim of this research was to evaluate the level of community forestry sustainability in both of community forest (HKm) and private forest in Babak watershed. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) was used to analyse the level of community forest sustainability based on the five dimensions of ecology, economy, social, institutional, and technology as well as 29 attributes. Leverage analysis was used to know the sensitive attributes of sustainability, while Monte Carlo analysis and goodness of fit was used to find the accuracy of MDS analysis. The result shows that HKm was in moderate sustainability level (sustainability index 54.08%) and private forest was in less sustainability level (sustainability index 48.53%). Furthermore, the ecology and technology in HKm were classified as less sustainable, while the institution and technology in private forest were considered less sustainable. There were 11 sensitive attributes of HKm and 19 sensitive attributes of private forest. The priorities of attribute improvement in HKm include land recovering (the dimension of ecology) and cooperative development (the dimension of technology). In private forest, the priorities of attribute improvement include leadership capacity building (the institutional dimension) and also the use of silviculture intensive and soil conservation (the dimension of technology).

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STATUS KEBERLANJUTAN EKOLOGI PADA PENGELOLAAN HUTAN MANGROVE DI PESISIR ACEH BARAT

JURNAL PERIKANAN TROPIS ◽

10.35308/jpt.v2i1.14 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Edwarsyah Edwarsyah ◽

Mohamad Gazali

Keyword(s):

Multidimensional Scaling ◽

Mangrove Forest ◽

High Sensitivity ◽

Forest Sector ◽

Sustainability Index ◽

Forest Sustainability ◽

Rapid Appraisal ◽

Index Value

Almost mangrove forest in West of Aceh have already been destroyed by Tsunami in 2004. Urgently, we strive to recover the mangrove forest gradually. Prevously, we must study about sustainablity of mangrove forest in West of Aceh. This study aims to analyse the sustainability index and status of mangrove forest in multidimensional scaling. This research was conducted in December to February 2013 in West of Aceh of mangrove coastal. Mangrove Forest Sustainability Index Value of ecological dimensionworth 63.50. The results shown that good enough to used as one tool to evaluate policy Mangrove Forest sector in the region or regions rapidly (rapid appraisal). According to analysis of levelage shown that the high sensitivity of attributes is level of concord of RTRW/RZWP3-K.

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Sustainability of corporate based shallot farming business: Evidence from Malang Regency, Indonesia

Journal of Socioeconomics and Development ◽

10.31328/jsed.v4i1.1644 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 46

Author(s):

Rita Parmawati ◽

Rizha Hardyansah ◽

Aditia Rahmawati

Keyword(s):

Multidimensional Scaling ◽

Disease Control ◽

Pilot Project ◽

Social Dimensions ◽

High Quality ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Sustainability Index ◽

Index Analysis ◽

Supervision And Management

Shallot is the strategic horticulture commodity and one of superior national commodities. Ministry of Agriculture initiated a pilot project for the development of a corporate based shallot farming business area in Ngantang dan Pujon Districs, Malang Regency. This research aims to analyze the sustainability of the shallot farming in Ngantang and Pujon Districts, Malang Regency. Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) RAP-Shallot's analysis with five dimensions (ecological, economic, social, institutional, and technological) was used with a total of 49 attributes. The results of the sustainability index analysis show that the institutional, technological, and social dimensions are classified as quite sustainable, but the ecological and economic dimensions are still classified as less sustainable. Some attributes that are sensitive to the sustainability of shallot farming include integrated pest and disease control, marketing access of shallots, conflicts related to farming, the role of the middleman in harvest collecting, and the use of high quality and certified bulb. To improve the sustainability of shallot farming, the supervision and management of each attribute must be carried out optimally and integrated with many stakeholders such as farmers, traders, cooperatives, and the government.JEL Classification: Q01; Q02; Q20

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Roles of Rubber Agroforestry to Support the Sustainability of Protection Forest through Community Forestry Program in Lampung Province, Indonesia

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202130505003 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 305 ◽

pp. 05003

Author(s):

Christine Wulandari ◽

Samsul Bakri ◽

Prila Idayanti ◽

Ghina Zhafira ◽

Yanfa Ghiyats Ghifari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quantitative Methods ◽

Community Forestry ◽

Social Economic ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Private Forest ◽

Protection Forest ◽

Forest Sustainability ◽

The Mean ◽

Carbon Store

Community Forest (CF) in Way Kanan (WK) District aims to improve the welfare of the community around the forest while maintaining the preservation of forest functions. Specifically, the majority of plants in this protected forest are rubber which is main commodity of the WK so that the sustainability of this plant is important. The research carried out at CF area of Jaya Lestari, Mangga Mulyo, and Panca Tunggal, aims to analyze of social economic and ecological variables of CF in managing agroforestry rubber towards to protection forest sustainability. The analysis of the research results uses the quantitative methods and the multiple linear regression analysis as well as carbon analysis through biomass calculations. The results show that the 3 CF groups has a significant effect on the income level. In addition, the variable of the number of plant types, the CF area and private forest area, also cattle ownership are also significantly different. As for the ecological aspect, it is known that there are 5 variables that are significantly different, namely altitude, temperature, humidity, trees diameter, and canopy. The results of the carbon store analysis show that the mean carbon store is 96.45 ton/Ha.

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Private Forests in Nepal: Status and Policy Analysis

Journal of Forest and Livelihood ◽

10.3126/jfl.v15i1.23094 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 120-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Swoyambhu M. Amatya ◽

Prakash Lamsal

Keyword(s):

Present Status ◽

National Level ◽

Timber Harvesting ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Private Land ◽

Private Forest ◽

Community Forest ◽

Private Forest Owners ◽

Forest Owners ◽

Private Forests

This paper reviews and analyses the present status of private forests and tenure administration in light of existing legal, policy, and regulatory frameworks in Nepal. Additionally, the present status of private forests, as well as the scenarios of timber harvesting, transportation, marketing, and their administration are thoroughly revised. Provisions regarding forests and trees on private land and their basis are examined and implications are articulated for potential policy improvements for enhanced tenure security. It is shown that robust national-level policies and legal frameworks exist, and that there is an increasing trend of timber flows to markets from private forests over the past five years. However, there is still skepticism, mistrust and fear amongst private forest owners, saw millers, and forest administration that prevents the full use of the bundle of rights that legal and policy provisions have promised. An unusually slow pace of private forest registration, lengthy and multi stage processes for obtaining harvesting and transportation permits, and official bans on important commercial species, among others, are found to be the factors that most hinder the private forest owners’ and tree growers’ interests, and their rights and obligations with respect to the management and use of their private forest resources. It is concluded that a simplified permitting process along with programmatic support would promote and help to grow private forestry and that Nepal’s experience and lessons learned from community forest implementation would be a great asset to move towards this end. Connecting community forest user groups for organised and cooperative action, and mobilising their institutional strength and accumulated funds for pro-farmer technical and regulatory support would allow farmers to intensify tree plantations and forest management. Further steps are required to convince policymakers and secure necessary budgetary support to this end..

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Participatory assessment of biodiversity conservation in community forestry in Nepal

Banko Janakari ◽

10.3126/banko.v16i1.364 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 46-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K.P. Acharya ◽

K.R. Goutam ◽

B.K. Acharya ◽

G. Gautam

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Community Forestry ◽

Effective Means ◽

Rural Livelihoods ◽

Community Forest Management ◽

Managed Forests ◽

Community Forest ◽

Participatory Assessment ◽

Community Forest User Groups

The Community Forestry has been the most effective means of managing common forest resources in Nepal. Besides rehabilitating degraded hills, improving environment and contributing to the rural livelihoods, community forestry is claimed to be a major means of biodiversity conservation. It is also argued that the prevalent approach of community forest management threats to the conservation of biodiversity. This paper is based on the findings from two community forest user groups from Central Nepal and argues that the users’ innovative practices of active forest management favor biodiversity conservation. The study has documented users’ innovations to conserve biodiversity in community managed forests. Key words: Nepal, community forestry, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods Banko Janakari Vol.16(1) 2006 pp46-56

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The sustainable management design of oxbow lake to determine the factors in lake management in Buluh Cina village, Indonesia

Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management ◽

10.1108/jstpm-12-2018-0124 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 395-430

Author(s):

Adi Susilo

Keyword(s):

Survey Methods ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Lake Management ◽

Monte Carlo Analysis ◽

Oxbow Lake ◽

Primary Data ◽

Economic Dimension ◽

Content Type ◽

Sustainability Index ◽

Index Value

Purpose The purpose of this study at the level of sustainability of oxbow lake was intended to determine the status of sustainability, leverage attributes and driving factors in the management of oxbow lake in Buluh Cina village in Kampar, Riau, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach The types of data collected include primary data and secondary data. Data was collected using survey methods, library research, laboratory analysis and interviews. The analytical method used this study is multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis and prospect analysis. Sustainability analysis is done using the MDS analysis approach with the help of RapOxbow software and compared to Monte Carlo analysis results. Findings The current sustainability status of the management of Lake Baru ecosystem according to a number of dimensions is considered sustainable with a sustainability index value of 50.95. Meanwhile, the analysis results of each dimension shows that the sustainability index for the ecological dimension is 42.56 and the sustainability index for the economic dimension is 47.44, which means that the index is less sustainable. Originality/value The approach of this research is MDS analysis and prospect analysis and research locations in Buluh Cina village in Kampar, Indonesia which have never been studied before. This is one of few studies that investigates comprehensively the analysis of management sustainability, especially in the dimensions of ecology, economics and socio-culture, especially in Indonesia.

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Enhancing REDD+ Outcomes through Improved Governance of Community Forest Groups

Journal of Forest and Livelihood ◽

10.3126/jfl.v11i2.8618 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 14-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Bishnu Hari Poudyal ◽

Govinda Paudel ◽

Harisharan Luintel

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Management ◽

Community Forestry ◽

Forest Degradation ◽

Governance Structure ◽

Forest Governance ◽

Community Forest ◽

Crucial Issue ◽

Grassroots Level ◽

External Intervention ◽

Forest User

Since forests are both source and sink of carbon, scholars have suggested reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, including conservation and sustainable management of forest and enhancement of forest carbon stock (REDD+) to be part of climate negotiation. Studies have shown that forests can play a role in reducing emissions in a cheaper, quicker and effective way, while generating important co-benefits, including biodiversity conservation and watershed management. However, governance that shapes relations between different stakeholders at grassroots level has been shown to be a crucial issue in managing local forests in a way that sequester more carbon from, and emit less of it to, the atmosphere. The authors of this paper argue that the lessons gained at community forest user group (CFUG) level regarding forest governance could be useful in designing a REDD+ governance structure at grassroots level. For this, both positive lessons and challenges faced so far could be documented, analyzed, synthesized and shared at broader level. REDD+, being an external intervention to local communities, can bring a range of challenges that influence the governance dynamics. However, if the programme is managed carefully, CFUGs are capacitated adequately and governed collaboratively, REDD+ may bring synergistic outcomes with existing community forestry at grassroots level, particularly by bringing both environmental and livelihood benefits.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v11i2.8618 Journal of Forestry and Livelihood Vol.11(2) 2013 14-26

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Tingkat keberlanjutan terhadap aspek pengelolaan sumur tua secara tradisional di Bojonegoro Jawa Timur

Jurnal Zona ◽

10.52364/zona.v5i1.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Ahmad Kurnain ◽

Yusni Ikhwan Siregar ◽

Sri Indarti ◽

Suwondo Suwondo

Keyword(s):

Multidimensional Scaling ◽

Oil Wells ◽

One Dimension ◽

Scaling Analysis ◽

Multidimensional Scaling Analysis ◽

Sustainability Index ◽

Opening Method

This study aims to determine the sustainability status of the Re-Opening Oil Wells of Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The method used in this research is Multidimensional Scaling analysis which is implemented using Rap-Re-Opening Oil Wells software. Existing status of Wells Bojonegoro Re-Opening Oil Sustainability Less Sustainable with the weighting value of each dimension is 34.56%, 39.73%, 45.25%, 37.90%, 57.00%. The strategy to increase the addition of status values from the 5 dimensions of the Sustainability Index, evaluated only one dimension that is sustainable with a fairly good status. The results obtained from the improvement scenario obtained by the respective percentage figures as follows; Ecology 41.44%, Economics 61.62%, Social and Culture 45.25%, Technology 42.02%, Institutional 61, 29%. Thus the strategy to increase sustainable status can be improved by the Oil Wells Rap-Re-Opening Method.

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Pro-poor Institutions: Creating Exclusive Rights to the Poor Groups in Community Forest Management

Journal of Forest and Livelihood ◽

10.3126/jfl.v8i2.2304 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sushma Bhattarai ◽

Prakash Kumar Jha ◽

Niraj Chapagain

Keyword(s):

Community Forestry ◽

Community Forest Management ◽

Community Forest ◽

Degraded Land ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Community Forests ◽

The Poor ◽

User Groups ◽

Community Forest User Groups ◽

Forest User

In spite of the widely accepted success of Community Forestry in reviving degraded land, it is still seen as being unable to provide tangible benefits to the poor. This paper illustrates that through continuous sharing, deliberation and negotiation among the poor and non?poor members of Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs), management of community forests can be made far more equitable than the usual scenario. Drawing from the experience on the processes and outcomes of Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP), this paper brings empirical evidence of how facilitation support has enabled the poor to have more equitable access to community forests. Three key pro?poor institutional arrangements resulting from the facilitation process include: a) establishing special use rights arrangements within CFUGs for the poor, b) pro?poor silvicultural practices, and c) equitable forest product and benefit distribution mechanisms. The paper suggests some changes in policy and practice to institutionalise these outcomes. Full text is available at the ForestAction websiteDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v8i2.2304 Journal of Forest and Livelihood 8(2) February 2009 pp.1-15

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Crosslanguage Differences in Tone Perception: a Multidimensional Scaling Investigation

Language and Speech ◽

10.1177/002383097802100101 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 1-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 123

Author(s):

Jackson T. Gandour ◽

Richard A. Harshman

Keyword(s):

Multidimensional Scaling ◽

Paired Comparison ◽

American English ◽

Scaling Analysis ◽

Multidimensional Scaling Analysis ◽

Language Background ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Tone Language ◽

Distinctive Features ◽

Pitch Direction

Using an individual differences multidimensional scaling model of perception, this crosslanguage investigation seeks to determine what dimensions underlie the perception of linguistic tone, and to what extent an individual's language background (Thai, Yoruba or American English) influences his perception. Dissimilarities data were obtained from subjects' paired-comparison judgments of 13 different pitch patterns superimposed on a synthetic speech-like syllable. A multidimensional scaling analysis of the data for the total group revealed that five dimensions - interpretively labeled, AVERAGE PITCH, DIRECTION, LENGTH, EXTREME ENDPOINT and SLOPE - best summarize the perceptual structure underlying the dissimilarities data. Language subgroup variation in relative importance of these dimensions appears to be primarily related to subgroup differences in the way pitch is used to convey linguistic information. Discriminant analysis showed that most individual speakers of a tone language (Thai or Yoruba) can be easily distinguished from speakers of a nontone language (English) on the basis of their distinctive patterns of perceptual saliency for these five dimensions. Regression analysis indicated that the DIRECTION and SLOPE dimensions closely correspond to certain earlier proposed binary distinctive features of tone.

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