Angga Dwiartama
Natural ecosystems such as tropical rainforests hold various potentials, which can actually be utilized by local communities who live dependent on nature, both for basic and economic needs. In Aketajawe Lolobata National Park, East Halmahera Regency, people living in Koli Village, one of the buffer villages of the national park, depend on forests for food sources, sources of income (such as nutmeg, coconuts, and walnuts), medicine, and higher economic activities. wide. Considering the high potential for biodiversity in the national park area, the community service program carried out aims to work together with the community to map the potential of living resources, identify basic problems that are inhibiting factors in improving community welfare, and agree on several strategic steps for programs. next program. The results of the FGD explored in depth various local wisdoms of the community, including those held by the Tobelo Dalam tribe who live nomadic lives; some of this wisdom has strong tourism potential: local/traditional food processing methods, traditional medicine, animal observation points, sustainable hunting methods, etc. However, the community also identified several key problems: basic infrastructure such as electricity and clean water, the issue of food insecurity/stunting, and education.
"1. Implementation and dissemination of knowledge and technology related to ecological tourism in national parks. 2. Improving the quality of life in National Park buffer villages by utilizing biodiversity utilization technology."
This project initiates collaboration with wider parties, including environmental NGOs and the Aketajawe Lolobata National Park Office