Hatma Suryatmojo*, Ngadisih, M. Chrisna Satriagasa
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia,
*Corresponding Author: hsuryatmojo@ugm.ac.id
Abstract. Increasing land conversion activities in the upstream areas of watershed from forests to agricultural land is currently become a national priority. Watershed conservation plot is an instrument to answer the problem of environmentral degradation, especially degradation that occurs in the upstream of Merawu Watershed caused by intensive agriculture. The case study concerning on Leksana Village, a village located in the upstream of Merawu Watershed which was used as a pilot village for developing agroforestry program. This case study aims to find out about: 1) enhancing knowledge, awareness, and community behavior related to environmental preservation; 2) building watershed conservation plot for rehabilitation of critical land based on agroforestry system. An important concept of Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD) in this location are based on agroforestry and Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR). Development activities of watershed conservation plot are carried out by stakeholder mapping, identifying community knowledge of the environment through socialization and focus group discussions, community empowerment, monitoring and evaluation. Some of the activities that have been carried out such as : (i) introduce the concept of agroforestry through watching a documentary video related to the coffee; (ii) give an understanding to the community for supporting conservation programs in the upstream area through a video entitled “ Orang Serayu”, the result of the documentary film from EfSD program in 2018; (iii) monitoring and evaluation of watershed including plant growth condition on the conservation plot, monitoring the increasing number of biogas users, and monitoring the quality of agroforestry product such as banana chips and Merawu coffee. The agroforestry system will be an opportunity to improve the environmental conditions of the upstream Merawu watershed and will be a solution to the classic problem of uncertainty in prices of agricultural products during the harvest season.
Keywords: Agroforestry System, Critical Land, Eco-DRR, Education for Sustainable Development, Land Degradation.
