MEASURING COMMUNITY SOCIO-ECONOMY TOWARDS THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN MATANO VILLAGE
Adrayanti Sabar (a*), Chinty Agustiningrum (a), Makkarennu (a)

a) Faculty of Forestry, Hasanuddin University
*adrayantisabar[at]gmail.com

Abstract

The location of Matano Village which is near the conservation area, namely the Lake Matano Nature Park and the Faruhumpenai Nature Reserve is the background of this research to examine the social and economic conditions of the people in Matano Village from the perspective of how the community is able to fulfill their livelihood which is then explained in more detail through the theory of the five main capital. The research was conducted in Matano Village, Nuha District, East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi Province in June-August 2022. The results showed that the community^s main natural capital is forest as a place for gardening and looking for non-timber forest products. The community^s human capital is the experties to making woven handicrafts from forest pandanus and palm trees. The community obtains their economic capital from their main livelihood, namely pepper farmers, side income is obtained from the sale of woven products. In marketing garden or handicraft products, people use networks, beliefs and groups as their social capital. Even so, the community has less physical capital, especially in road infrastructure and street lighting electricity.

Keywords: social, economic, livelihood assets, Matano

Topic: Agricultural Socio-Economics