Community Perceptions about Social Forestry Activities In the Working Area of the UPTD KPHP Sub-Watershed Belayan, East Kalimantan Province Forestry Service

The research aims to determine community perceptions of the benefits, driving factors, inhibiting factors, and community involvement in social forestry in the Belayan Sub-Watershed KPHP Working Area, Kutai Kartanegara Regency. This research was descriptive and was carried out in the UPTD KPHP Sub-Watershed Belayan Working Area of the Forestry Service of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The stages of research activities are as follows: research preparation, observation, determining samples/respondents, collecting primary and secondary data, data analysis, drawing conclusions, and reporting. Determining the sample (respondents) used the Non-Probability Sampling method with a purposive sampling technique of 80 respondents. The method used is a descriptive approach. Community perception of social forestry was measured using the Likert scale method, namely: 1 = don't know/don't understand/disagree, 2 = don't know/don't understand/don't agree, 3 = unsure, 4 = know/understand/agree, and 5 = very knowledgeable/very understanding/strongly agree. The results of the research show that (1) The public's perception of social forestry knowledge is 27.25% don't know/don't understand and don't know/little understand, 39.38% are unsure, and those who know/understand and really know/very understand as much as 33.38%; (2) people's perceptions about the benefits of social forestry activities, namely don't know/don't understand and don't know/don't understand as much as 7.63%, doubtful as much as 45.00%, and those who know/understand and really know/very understand are 47 .37%; (3) community perception regarding the inhibiting factors and driving factors for social forestry activities, namely don't know/don't understand and don't know/don't understand as much as 8.87%, doubtful as much as 37.63%, and those who know/understand and really know/ very understand as much as 52.60%; (4) community perception regarding community involvement in social forestry activities, namely don't know/don't understand and don't know/don't understand as much as 5.00%, doubtful as much as 34.75%, and those who know/understand and really know/very understand as much as 60.25%.