- Authors: Dini Atikawati
- From: Environmental Science, Graduate School, UGM, Trial Study Participant of Tony Agus Ardie Memorial Scholarship PT IBD
Abstract:
One of the coasts in Srandakan that experiences abrasion is Kuwaru Coast. The Kuwaru Coast has a high economical value. The threat of abrasion in the high economical area will impact on socioeconomic of the society, such as loss of property, infrastructure, ecological damage, and societal problems. At the same time, the protection is expensive. Therefore, it is needed to handle the abrasion appropriately and environmentally friendly. This study aims to: (1) create a sustainable coastal to cope the abrasion and (2) formulate policies and integrated strategies for sustainable coastal ecologically, economically, and socially. This study is a field research study using observation and interview method for collecting data. The data analysis uses quantitative descriptive and qualitative descriptive analysis. To handle the abrasion in Kuwaru Coast is by planting vegetation (mangrove) and making a simple breakwater (from woven bamboo strips called Apo-apo). Apo-apo is made not to hold back the waves but to reduce the force of the waves and protect the mangroves until they grow. Whereas planting the vegetation is divided into three zones. The results show that abrasion in Kuwaru Coast caused coastline change. Coastline change in Kuwaru Coast is approximately 20 meters in 2006- 2013. The mangrove type that is suitable to be planted in Kuwaru Coast is Rhyzophora apiculata. The availability of water is the main factor of the success of mangrove planting. One of the local society ability in Kuwaru Coast in handling abrasion is planting pandanus around the little Casuarina spp to protect it from salt steam of sea water. Apo-apo, mangrove, and pandanus can be planted alongside Kuwaru Coast, so that it will looks like a mangrove and pandanus garden with bamboo fence because the unification of the three of them has a esthetical value that is definitely amendable to be a tourism. The planting method of Apo-apo and mangrove is an environmentally friendly way that can be done in reducing the abrasion in Kuwaru Coast.
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