Partisipasi Masyarakat Terhadap Keberadaan Hutan Mangrove di Desa Percut Kecamatan Percut Sei Tuan Kabupaten Deli Serdang

ABSTRAK

USWATUN NISA. Partisipasi Masyarakat Terhadap Keberadaan Hutan
Mangrove di Desa Percut Kecamatan Percut Sei Tuan Kabupaten Deli Serdang.
Di bawah bimbingan DARMA BAKTI dan FEBRINA ARLI

Hutan mangrove di Desa Percut Kecamatan Percut Sei Tuan Kabupaten
Deli Serdang mulai terdegradasi dan mengalami kerusakan akibat aktivitas
manusia dan alam. Penelitian ini difokuskan pada tingkat partisipasi masyarakat
terhadap keberadaan hutan mangrove di Desa Percut, yang bertujuan untuk
mengetahui adanya hubungan antara karateristik individu dengan partisipasi
masyarakat dan kendala-kendala yang mempengaruhi partisipasi masyarakat.
Penelitian ini dilakukan pada bulan April-Mei 2016. Pengambilan sampel
mengunakan metode purposive samplingdengan melakukan wawancara dan
penebaran kuisioner pada masyarakat yang berada di kawasan mangrove desa
Percut. Adapun hasil penelitian ini diketahui bahwa tingkat partisipasi masyarakat
terhadap keberadaan hutan mangrove adalah sedang dengan indek 58,65% dimana
tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara karateristik individu (umur, jumlah
anggota keluarga, lama bermukim, pendidikan) dengan partisipasi masyarakat
terhadap keberadaan mangrove didesa Percut, namun hanya karakteristik individu
pendapatan dan pekerjaan yang memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan

partisipasi masyarakat.

Kata kunci : Hutan Mangrove, Partisipasi Masyarakat, Karateristik Individu

Universitas Sumatera Utara

ABSTRACT
USWATUN NISA. Society Participation Against the Existence of Mangrove
Forest in Percut, Percut Sei Tuan Sub district, Deli Serdang Regency.
UnderAcademic Supervision by DARMA BAKTI and FEBRINA ARLI.

Mangrove forest in Percut, Percut Sei Tuan sub district, Deli Serdang
regency begins to be degraded and damaged due to human activities and nature
process. This study focuses on identifying society participation level toward the
existence of mangrove forest in the Percut, which aims to determine the existence
of relationship between individual characteristics and society participation and the
constraints that affect society participation. This study was conducted on April to
May 2016. The sampling technique was purposive sampling method which was
done by conducting interviews and distributing questionnaires to society in
mangrove areas, in Percut. The result of this study shows that society participation

toward the existence of mangrove forest is in average level with the 58.65%
index. It means that there is no significant relationship between individual
characteristics (age, number of family members, long living, and education) and
society participation. Yet individual characteristics such as income and job show
that they have significant relationship with society participation toward the
existence of the mangrove forest.

Keywords: Mangrove Forests, Society Participation, Individual Characteristics

Universitas Sumatera Utara