Pendampingan Masyarakat Memulihkan Lahan Kritis pada Program Rehabilitasi Hutan dan Lahan DAS Citarum

Abstract

Community assistance in the Citarum Watershed Forest and Land Rehabilitation (RHL) Program is a mentoring activity and planting action movement. Activities were carried out in the Citarum watershed at an altitude of 640 -1,000 m above sea level with an area of ​​± 51,356.54 Ha. Community Assistance Activities to restore critical land in the Citarum Watershed RHL include: Activity methods, namely Identification of critical land on community-owned land outside state forest areas, Preparation of programs and increasing human resource capacity with the community in a participatory manner, Implementation of RHL Soil-Water Conservation Patterns and Agroforestry Patterns in the Citarum watershed and assistance and organizing activity programs with the community. Identification of critical land on community-owned land outside the state forest area in the Citarum watershed reaches an area of ​​51,356.54 Ha, consisting of critical land of 9,631.27 Ha (18.75%) and very critical land of 41,725.18 Ha (81.25%) %). Critical land is in the Cisangkuy sub-watershed, Ciwidey sub-watershed and Cirasea sub-watershed in Bandung Regency and the Ciminyak sub-watershed in West Bandung Regency which is spread across 128 villages, 23 sub-districts and in 2 districts. Results of activities: Preparing programs and increasing human resource capacity with the community in a participatory manner was carried out by means of in-depth discussions and training on RHL activities on community land. The scope of activities starts from how the community/farmers are involved, what the community does independently, and what is facilitated for the community. Implementation of the RHL Soil-Water Conservation Pattern and Agroforestry Pattern in the Citarum Watershed includes Land Rehabilitation and Forest Reforestation activities in the Citarum Watershed, in the form of determining the types of hardwood trees and types of fruit proposed by the community, planting patterns, plant spacing, seed distribution and planting. as well as the target area and realization of the absorption of RHL Program seeds in each sub-watershed in activities in 2022. Assistance and organization of activity programs with the community for communication and coordination and training to strengthen the capacity of communities/farmers and field assistants as well as post-planting monitoring and monitoring and evaluation.