KSKP of IPB Held the Public Lecture on Forestry together with University of Michigan
Directorate of Strategic Studies and Agricultural Policy (KSKP), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), organized the public lecture that presented Prof. Arun Agrawal from the School of Environmental and Sustainability, University of Michigan (USA). The public lecture with the theme of “Strategi Pemberdayaan dan Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Hutan yang Tepat / Empowerment Strategy and Appropriate Forest Resources Management” was held in the Forestry Information Center (PIK) of Tanoto Forestry Information Center, Campus of IPB Darmaga Bogor, Wednesday (1/3).
Director of KSKP of IPB, Dr. Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, said that this activity was meant for sharing with the lecturers and the students of IPB, especially in the resource management policy and the environment/forestry. “IPB invites Prof. Arun Agrawal, because he is already widely known in the international world, particularly in the field of environmental resource management policy, social including forestry. Looking ahead, it is expected to be better established cooperation with University of Michigan in the field of education, especially sending the students from IPB to the University of Michigan,” he said.
Prof. Arun Agrawal in his material explained about the new approach in the studies of the forest resources. The material for the public lecture was divided into three parts, among other the achievements and the forest policy directives, the new approach from the forest management research, and the forest management case study result, for example in Nepal.
According to him, a good forest management should be able to provide the optimum benefit for the community, the forest manager, the stakeholders, and the surrounding environment. The management of the forest resources with the community was intended to give direction of the forest resources management by combining the aspects of economics, ecological and social proportionally in order to achieve the sovereignty of the sustainable forest.
“The existence of the community living around the forest having the access directly and indirectly toward the forest area and making use of the forest resource is a reality that can not be ignored. This condition must be positive and negative impacts on the forest sustainability. The forest management failure occured during this time is not caused by the technical factor alone, but it is more caused by the social factor. Therefore, the good forest management not only takes notice to the technical aspect of the forest management, but also it must pay attention to the social and environmental aspects,” he explained.
Were present in the public lecture among others the Dean of Fahutan of IPB, Dr. Rinekso Soekmadi, the Heads of Departments in Fahutan of IPB, the lecturers, and the students. (Awl)
