Open AccessSocial capital of forest management: A case study of village forest in North Luwu, South Sulawesi
Author(s) -
Heryanto Heryanto,
Muhammad Dassir,
Emban Ibnurusyd Mas’ud
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/575/1/012064
Subject(s) - social capital , social engagement , forest management , citizen journalism , preference , action (physics) , capital (architecture) , participatory action research , community forestry , social network (sociolinguistics) , business , socioeconomics , geography , environmental planning , economic growth , sociology , political science , forestry , economics , social science , social media , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , law , microeconomics
The research explores the linkages between social capital and community forest management. We used participatory action research (PAR) method to observe the daily community life intensively every day for a month and semi-structured interviews to deepen our knowledge about their forest management activities related to their silvicultural prescriptions linkage with the social capital. We found that social capital, such as norms and trust inter-individual in community, trigger their preference to protect the forest. Meanwhile, a horizontal network applied within this community and bonding its social capital.