Analisis Kebijakan dan Implementation Gap dalam Merespon Masalah Illegal logging di Kecamatan Atu Lintang, Aceh Tengah

Atu Lintang forest was known as a critical area in Central Aceh which was experience a great damaged due to continuous illegal logging activities. This activities impacted on societal lives, such as floods, landslides, and the decline of wild animal in residential areas. So far, the Central Aceh regional government has implemented a legal and reforestation policy to deal with the problem of illegal logging. However, this policy has not succeeded in suppressing the number of illegal logging cases that have occurred. Therefore, this study aims to find out the implementation gap and barriers of the Central Aceh Regency government in dealing with the problem of illegal logging in Atu Lintang District. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. The data were obtained through field research by interviewing relevant informants and library studies by examining various relevant text sources. Through theoretical analysis using David Easton's political system theory (1953) and implementation gap theory (Andrew Dunsire, 1978). The results of this study indicate that the government is not capable in dealing with the problem of illegal logging. From the government side, implementation gap was occurred which caused by bad policy, namely the inability of the government to form appropriate policies: bad execution and bad luck in implementing policies. From the community side, the obstacle that arises is the low level of public understanding about the importance of protecting forests.

Modeling the Geographic Distribution of Prosopis africana (G. and Perr.) Taub. in Niger

<p class="1Body"><em>Prosopis africana </em>is a species of great socio-economic importance, threatened with extinction from its natural habitat in Niger due to overexploitation. The main objective of this study is to determine the potential geographic distribution of <em>P. africana</em> in Niger. Climatic and botanical data has been collected and used to model the distribution, on the basis of principle of maximum entropy (MAXENT) using MAXENT 3.3.3k, DIVA-GIS 7.5, and ArcGIS 10.0. programs. Rainfall and temperature are the most significant variables in the distribution of <em>P. africana</em> in Niger. Thus the southern band of the country (from the sudanian zone to the sahelio-soudanian zone), the wettest, is the area conducive to the development of <em>P.</em> <em>africana </em>(128,692.32 km² in total, 10.16% of the territory). Given the extent of this area revealed by this study, a reforestation policy implementation of <em>P. africana</em> would allow to restore its stands in Niger.</p>