Measuring the role of stakeholders in management of Yang Highlands Wildlife Reserve Area, Situbondo Districts East Java Indonesia

Management of forest areas, especially highland wildlife reserves, which requires the
collaboration of stakeholders in maintaining sustainability. Collaboration is not easy to do. This
is exacerbated by different understandings of the function and status of the area. The different
understanding of stakeholders on the function and status of the area in management creates
inequality of interests and conflicts. In-depth interviews with purposive sampling were
conducted in the April-October 2020 period with 11 stakeholders related to the management
activities of the Yang Highlands Wildlife Reserve. The research subjects are internal and external
stakeholders who are directly and indirectly involved in the management of the Yang Highlands
Wildlife Reserve area with stakeholder analysis. The classification of interests and power of
influence of 11 stakeholders in the management of the Yang Highlands Nature Reserve is as
follows: a) key players with high interest and power of influence, namely the BBKSDA of East
Java, and RKW 23 Argopuro; b) subject, namely Section KSDA Region III Jember and SKW
VI Probolinggo; c) context setters, namely the Tourism Office of Situbondo Regency,
Bondowoso Police, Head of Baderan Village and Baderan Village Community; d) crowd
consisting of Perum Perhutani KPH Bondowoso, BKPH Besuki and KRPH Sumber Malang.