Sustainable Strategy of Charcoal (Panglong Arang) Management in the Bengkalis Regency
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Charcoal is a residue that occurs from the results of decomposition of wood due to heat when most of the chemical components are carbon. One method of making wood charcoal is to use a stove. Charcoal is an important factor in determining the sustainability of the lives of surrounding communities that have long been running. Therefore the purpose of this study is to create a strategy based on the SWOT analysis to see if the charcoal business using mangrove forests can proceed or not.
Materials and Methods: Analysis of sustainable development strategies using SWOT Analysis which is one of the analyses used to formulate a strategy in an area of development. This analysis consists of 4 basic elements, namely strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. These four elements come from two main factors: internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats). While the stages in the SWOT analysis. Results: Analysis of public perception of the existence of charcoal trading business in the Bengkalis District gave a “Good response” with a score of 2.66. These results illustrate that the existence of a charcoal trading business does not provide a bad impact as long as it is in a location around a mangrove forest. The results obtained in the SWOT matrix diagram are in the fourth quadrant; show that the priority of the strategy is the Strength (S) and Threats (T) strategies. The components in these two strategies need to get more emphasis and attention so that the existence of a charcoal trading business can be sustainable.
Conclusion: The public perception of the charcoal long-standing regulation in the” Bengkalis Regency” is in the “Good category” which is a prerequisite in the development of continuous charcoal. The strategy for sustainable charcoal development is in quadrant IV, namely the S-T strategy.
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Introduction
AND BACKGROUND Mangroves are found within estuarine and coastal waterways in tropical and subtropical areas. The fauna found in mangroves is therefore also associated with estuarine and coastal waters, making it difficult to separate the importance of mangroves in their life cycle with other features of these water bodies (Manson, 2005). The diversity of the mangrove species growing on this wetland ecosystem is influenced by various factors, including soil conditions, the rate of tides, salinity, levels of inundation (Ari, 2016). Charcoal is a product produced from the carbonization process of materials containing carbon, especially wood biomass. This product is mainly used as an energy source. The process of making charcoal can actually be produced differently, for example ordinary charcoal from combustion is only used as an energy source to produce heat. While charcoal through the activation process its functions can be used for health, pertanian, beauty, electronics, and other things.
Mangroves are very productive ecosystems. Various mangrove products can be produced either directly or indirectly, including: firewood, building materials, household, paper, leather, medicine and fisheries. Seeing the various benefits of mangroves, the levels and rates of rural economies in coastal areas are often very dependent on the surrounding mangrove habitat (Mariana & Zulkarnaini, 2016). For example, coastal fisheries that are heavily influenced by the presence of mangroves are products that indirectly affect the standard of living and economy of fishing villages. The history of traditional mangrove utilization by the community for firewood and buildings has been going on for along time. Even the use of mangroves for commercial purposes such as exports of wood; leather (for dying) and charcoal also have along history. Mangrove charcoal production has been going on since the past century in Riau and is still ongoing today (Fitri, 2014).
Based on the research of Onrizal & Kusmana (2008) the cause of changes in the mangrove forest cover at the study site was caused by land conversion, logging of mangrove forests for charcoal production carried out by charcoal panglong and lack of public awareness to care for mangrove forests.
Conclusion
The public perception of the charcoal long-standing regulation in the “Bengkalis Regency” is in the Good category which is a prerequisite for the development of continuous coal charcoal. The strategy for sustainable charcoal development is in quadrant IV, namely the S-T strategy. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This study found a new method in developing management strategies using the SWOT analysis, namely the existence of prerequisites that must be met before a strategy is developed, namely community perception. If the decision criteria are in the category of Good (G) or Really Good (RG) then a strategy can be developed or continued. In this study, people'sperceptions are in the Good category.
