| Summary: | Mount Merapi eruption in 2010 caused environmental damage watersheds
around the slopes of Mount Merapi. Kepuharjo village located on the banks of the
River Gendol a rural area that is affected the most widely 99,02% of the entire area of
the Village Kepuharjo. Watershed management implemented after the eruption
important for physical rehabilitation and socio-economic conditions of the
community. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of environmental
changes after the eruption, determine and evaluate watershed management policies
after the eruption, and formulate watershed management based Participatory Mapping
in Sub-watershed Gendol Kepuharjo village.
The method used in this study is a qualitative method to conduct semistructured
interviews, field surveys, FGD (Focus Group Discussion) and Participatory
Mapping. Semi-structured interviews conducted with the purpose of research related
interviews with key persons, while the FGD and Participatory Mapping done by
village residents Kepuharjo. Data processing is done with ArcGIS software and
qualitative analysis of the results of research in the field.
The results showed that the impact of morphological changes Gendol Subwatershed
is a long river before the eruption of 13,4 km to 17,1 km changed after the
eruption. Regions affected by the eruption in Cangkringan include residential land
(641,741 Ha), forest land (415,567 Ha), farm land (2020,784 Ha), and paddy fields
(1221,383 Ha). Environmental management policy after the eruption is divided into
five main sectors, namely settlements and housing, infrastructure, social, economic
productivity, and cross-sector. Policies that have been implemented by 65% already
implemented, 30% are still in the process, and 5% have not been implemented.
Spatially and visually, the results of policy formulation using Participatory Mapping
shows people's desire in the greening program in disaster-prone areas and flood
plains. In addition, people also want the management of tourism development to
improve the community's economy.
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