PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA HUTAN OLEH DINAS LINGKUNGAN HIDUP DAN KEHUTANAN DIY UNTUK KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT DAN KELESTARIAN SUMBER DAYA ALAM HUTAN DI KESATUAN PENGELOLAAN HUTAN

This research aims to describe the program of the Environmental and Forestry Office of Special Region of Yogyakarta towards the empowerment of forest village communities. It includes the process and the obstacles faced when processing to maintain the welfare of forest village communities and the sustainability of forest natural resources. Empirical research method is used as the method for conducting the research. Empirical research method is a method focusing on social facts. The result shows that the process of the empowerment of forest village communities is done by changing self-management, supporting cooperation and changing licensing. To overcome the problems, the government provides socialization for the communities, time adjustment for activities in the state forest, and make shelter water in every area of state forest which managed by the communities. The Department of Environment and Forestry DIY do the empowerment in three schemes. The first scheme is self-management which runs in the eucalyptus area. The second scheme is cooperation which runs in the pine forest area for tourism. The third is a licensing schemes that runs in the Kalibiru tourist area. The community sells environmental services. There are various obstacles in conducting the empowerment process. For schemes around eucalyptus areas, the obstacle is about human resources. The employee are mostly in unproductive age. So that, it is difficult for the community to regenerate the leadership structural. To overcome this problem, the government has conducted socialization for the forest village community. On the other hand, for the pine forest area, the availability of water is the main obstacle. The water reservoir is made to overcome the problem