1Merdeka University of Madiun, Indonesia
2Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
3Health Polytechnic of Surabaya
4Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Sigit Sapto Nugroho Merdeka University of Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, Email: sigitsapto@unmer-madiun.ac.id
Online published on 11 July, 2019.
The Policy for Community-based Forest Resources Management (PHBM) aims to realize the welfare of the community in forest areas by no longer placing forest area communities as legal objects, but as legal subjects in forest management in Indonesia, through strengthening and empowering Forest Village Community Institution (LMDH) as stated in the constitution of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945, Article 33, paragraph 3: “The earth, water and natural resources contained therein are controlled by the State and used for the greatest prosperity of the people.” Implementation of PHBM is carried out by optimizing the involvement of local community resources in around the forest by empowering forest village communities in a synergistic and participatory manner. One manifestation of the elaboration of strengthening local institutional forest village communities is through the management of the Forest Village Community Health Care Insurance (JPKMDH) in Ngawi District, East Java Province, Indonesia.
Elaboration, Forest Village Community Institution, Forest Village Community Health Insurance
