ASPEK SOSIAL EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DI SEKITAR TANAMAN INDUSTRI DI RIAU

Abstract

Community Development Programme by Private Sector almost charity to avoidsocial conflict, so people who live around the forest still poor. The aims of the study are tounderstand issues of social economic of the people living around the Forest Plantation inRiau. Case study has been done in Teluk Meranti and Pulau Muda village in PelalawanDistrict. Data has been collected through household survey and indepth interviews, andanalyzed using a descriptive-comparative methode. Results showed that people who livearound the Forest Plantation less involved in forest management. Most of people in this bothvillage is a farmer, but dominant of land used in Teluk Meranti are oil palm and rubber plantation,whereas in Pulau Muda are wet rice fields and swidden agriculture. Agriculture pattern in thisboth village is still traditional, but industrialize agriculture have in Teluk Meranti with oil palmplantation domination. Nevertheless, income rate of household in Teluk Meranti still lowerthan Pulau Muda because many oil palm plantation existing owned by landlords.