FOREST MANAGEMENT OF THE LESTARI AS RESCUE EFFORTS OF RIVER FLOW

Currently the existence of community forests, which was built on land owned by the community, has experienced significant contribution to the improvement in environmental conditions. In South Limestone Area, the development of community forests have been changing regional conditions are dry, hot and arid. Existence dominated forests of teak and mahogany has made this area more green, lush and cool. Forest people are also quite an impact in reducing the number of natural disasters landslides in Menoreh Mountains Region.

For owners, community forests are an important part of their lives. Utilization patterns and interactions of forest village communities with quite different forests and different one another, depending on soil fertility conditions, culture, society in general, local and district policies related to the development of community forests. However, generally identified that forests play an important role in social and economic life of the village community forest. While the medium-term needs met from annual crops such as cassava, cubeb, etc.. Long-term needs met from the long-term crops, timber plants. In less fertile areas such as southern chalk mountain, forests very important role in sustaining life on the farm community does not produce.