Fitri Eriyanti, Jesica Anggia Fahrezy, Rahmadani Yusran, Zikri Alhadi
This study aims to describe the empowerment of Social Forestry Business Groups for sustainable environmental development in Salibutan Village, Lubuk Alung District, Padang Pariaman Regency. This study was motivated by the suboptimal role of stakeholders related to empowerment. This is due to budget limitations and a shortage of human resources, specifically extension workers and assistants for social forestry business groups, as well as the marketing of forest products managed by the community. The research gap in this study is that few similar studies have analyzed community empowerment within the unique concept of social forestry in a local framework, especially in Indonesia. This study employs a qualitative method with a descriptive approach, utilizing interviews, observations, and documentation to collect data. Source triangulation techniques were used to ensure the validity of the data. The study results indicate that the parties involved in empowering Social Forestry Business Groups in Salibutan Village have not fulfilled their duties and responsibilities according to their respective roles. This is because each stakeholder still faces obstacles in empowering the Social Forestry Business Group, namely limited budget funds from the Forestry Service, Village Head, and Tourism, Youth and Sports Service to implement the empowerment program, minimal human resources, limited extension workers and assistance from the Service and the dependence of the Social Forestry Business Group on the World Resources Institute (WRI) as one of the stakeholders. The contribution of this study is to provide an overview of the problems and governance of community empowerment, serving as the basis for compiling recommendations to enhance the program’s effectiveness in the future. © 2025 by the author(s). Licensee Acadlore Publishing Services Limited, Hong Kong. This article can be downloaded for free, and reused and quoted with a citation of the original published version, under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Department of Public Administration & Research Center for Policy, Governance, Development & Empowerment, Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatra, Padang, 25132, Indonesia; Department of Public Administration, Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatra, Padang, 25132, Indonesia
