Empowerment and Coastal Community Participation on Mangrove Development in Pati Regency

Abstract

Development of mangrove plants is a very complex effort to implement, because the activity needs accommodative nature of the community around the coastal. This study aims to determine the government's role in the empowerment of coastal communities and public participation in the development of coastal mangrove plant in Pati regency. The research used descriptive approach with primary data was obtained from survey toward 282 respondents whom directly involved in mangrove development, while secondary data were obtained from relevant documents. The data were analyzed using descriptive method. The results of research are: (1) The score of government’s role on coastal community empowerment and mangrove development is 49.94 (categorized as enough). (2) Community empowerment on mangrove development get score 41.81 (categorized as enough).

Keywords

• empowerment
• participation
• coastal community
• mangrove