UPAYA PELESTARIAN SUMBERDAYA ALAM DAN LINGKUNGAN HIDUP YANG BERWAWASAN LINGKUNGAN DALAM RANGKA MEWUJUDKAN KABUPATEN KUNINGAN SEBAGAI KABUPATEN KONSERVASI DI PROVINSI JAWA BARAT Nurdini Lestari (nurdini_lestari@yahoo.com) Dr. Siti Fadjarajani, MT (sfadjarajani2000@yahoo.com) (original) (raw)

limite. It does not match with the human population which increse each time. With such conditions will arise out of balance condition and causes environmental damage. To overcome this issue, the government make the program Conservation District. In 2006, Kuningan Regency was proclaimed himself as a Conservation District, but the implementation is still having some problems, especially in matters of human resources policy and local government. Conservation of natural resources and environment environmentally indispensable in terms of commitment to succeed Kuningan Regency as Conservation District. Issues that were examined in this research are the potential of natural resources and the environment held by Kuningan Regency, and how is the efforts of natural resources and environment conservation environmentally in order to actualize Conservation District in Kuningan Regency of West Java Province. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative data collection techniques through field observations, interviews, distributing questionnaires, literature review and study documentation. The analysis technique used is a simple statistical analysis. The population in this research is the Kuningan Regency located in 32 districts. Sampling in this study using sampling jugmental to the government, the sample clusters and quotas for protected areas, and simple random sampling technique to the public, with a sample of 121 respondents. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that Kuningan Regency has the potential of natural resources such as forestry, farming, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, water, geothermal, tourism; forested protected areas of the city, the Kuningan Botanical Gardens, Ciremai Mountain National Park, and Natural Park. Efforts were made to preserve the natural resources and the environment in order to realize environmentally Conservation District is to disseminate to the public because of 86 respondents (71.07%) claimed to have never received counseling and socialization or result in respondents' knowledge about them, establish protected areas because it is one of the criteria for determining the status of Conservation District, and to make such regulations governing local Conservation District policy. Kuningan Regency has fill 65% the element criteria for determining the status of Conservation District.