Can Indonesia's Forests Be Saved? Conceptional Strategy For Securing Hill Zones In Protected Areas Through Agribusiness-Based Equalization And People's Forestry Business Unit

Abstract

Speaking of economic prosperity and progressive national development in Indonesia, one should never pay inattention to the supposedly positive role of the agricultural community. The country's economic growth and socio-economic stability have significantly depended upon the agricultural achievement of 150 million peasantry farmers. With no agribusiness spirit and lack of environmental concern on the production side while consumerism has strongly influenced the daily life of the agricultural actors, then the entire economy of the country could never successfully move forward better. The economic deficit in the part of peasant's family life is strongly suspected of triggering extensive agriculture that eventually affects protected ecosystems, mainly the upstream. Environmental disasters and crises in the supply of food commodities would ruin the nation's overall economic strength. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the potential problems better and find determining factors to input better policy-making towards more effective agribusiness and agroforestry management strategies.