Correlation Between Participation Variables and Forest Health Parameters in Mangrove Forest Management

Currently, mangrove forests are experiencing a lot of damage and land degradation, which impacts the forest's health condition.One of the consequences is community activities.This study aims to determine the relationship between community participation based on management stages and the health status of mangrove forests in Margasari Village, East Lampung Regency.The methods in this study are through a quantitative approach, which includes: the calculation of community participation scores using the Likert scale method, assessment of forest health status using Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) techniques, and spearman rank correlation analysis.The results showed that the people of Margasari Village actively participated (high category) in managing mangrove forests.The health of mangrove forests in Margasari has an average score of 5.04 (moderate).Mangrove forests must be followed up, especially in pest and disease maintenance and monitoring activities.Thus, there is a significant real relationship between community participation variables based on the management stages to the health status of mangrove forests.The actual relationship is in the variables of the planning stage, implementation stage, maintenance stage, and evaluation of the tree crown condition parameters with a consecutive correlation coefficient value of 0.418, 0.410, and 0.482 (medium correlation).