Policy Strategy for Watershed Rehabilitation Activities towards Community Empowerment in Belangian Village, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia

Watershed Rehabilitation activities are an obligation that must be carried out by holders of Forest Area Use Agreements that not only have a good impact on the environment but can also provide tangible benefits to the community, especially in the economic sector. Existence of watershed rehabilitation activities is expected to help the community to increase their income while empowering the surrounding community. Descriptive analysis and SWOT analysis are the method of this study. The results of this study, the strengths are the existence of supporting regulations, the availability of adequate land, block and plot system patterns, carrying capacity and productivity, and the funds used are very large. Weaknesses in this study include inadequate facilities and infrastructure, slow disbursement of activity funds, poor seedlings, and limited access. Opportunities in this study include the availability of job opportunities, increasing people's purchasing power, improving people's standard of living, and improving people's mindset. Meanwhile, threats in this study include plant pests, forest fires, and implementation that still uses vendors and third parties. The SWOT matrix in the study is in quadrant I so that the suitable strategy is aggressive strategy. The policy strategy that can be taken in this study is to optimize several factors such as optimizing regulations and rules that apply and are adjusted to local wisdom, making optimal use of land and optimizing workers from the community and implementing self-management so that the community can participate in watershed rehabilitation activities and increase the success of watershed rehabilitation activities. Keywords: community empowerment, economic, strategy, SWOT analysis, watershed rehabilitation