The Role of Management Institutions and Community Capacity and Their Suitability to the Needs of Gili Ketapang Conservation Area

This research was conducted to increase community participation and related institutions in the management of the Gili Ketapang Island Marine Protected Area with the approach of the economic incentive concept where this concept develops economic benefits owned to preserve biological resources. The main objectives of this research are to calculate the value of Total Economy Value (TEV) while qualitative methods were used to find out about conservation area management institutions and analyze the suitability of community capacity with the needs of conservation areas management. This study used 67 respondents. The results of the calculation obtained the average production value obtained by fisher of Rp 229,441,270.21 / year from an average total production of 1,993 tons /year. The total economic value of coral reef resources in the marine conservation area is Rp 9,986,368,558. There are only six out of 17 conservation area management needs owned by the Gili Ketapang Conservation Area. This shows that there is still a lack of competent resources, which has an impact on the economy and sustainability of the Gili Ketapang Conservation Area.