Forest Conservation Education in Tlahap Agroforestry on the Slope of Mount Sindoro Central Java Indonesia

Abstract

---The system of intensive agriculture for generations has made the forest area on the slopes of Mount Sindoro in Central Java threatened its sustainability. The study was conducted in Tlahap village, Kledung Subdistrict, Temanggung Regency. The reason for choosing this area is because this area was the initiator of Tlahap agroforestry. A mixed-method approach with an exploratory sequential research design was used in this study. The objective of this study was to find out the implementation of Tlahap Agroforestry and its forest conservation education. The data used in this study were primary and secondary. Data collection was carried out through questionnaires, observations, interviews, and documentation with forty-five people as respondents and informants. Quantitative data were analyzed by quantitative descriptive methods, while qualitative data were analyzed by triangulation. Data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion or verification were carried out in this study as data analysis. The results showed that agroforestry has been a form of forest conservation education on the slopes of Mount Sindoro. Forest conservation education in Tlahap agroforestry covers three main things. Those are knowledge, attitudes, and conservation practices done by farmers. Conservation, diversification, and maximization are the principles of conservation education in Tlahap agroforestry.