Abstract

The mangrove forest ecosystem is one of the natural resources of the coastal area which has an important role from a social, economic and ecological point of view. Mangrove forest areas are considered to lack high economic value, so it is not uncommon for mangrove land to be converted into other uses such as settlements, ponds, and even industry and mining. This study aims to determine the sustainability status of the ecological dimensions of mangrove ecosystem management on the coast of Mangrove District. The research method uses Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) analysis with the Rap-MForest approach (Modified RAPFISH) to assess the ecological dimension of the sustainability status of mangrove forest management by conducting direct surveys.

Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that the sustainability status of the mangrove ecosystem on the ecological dimension was less sustainable. Based on the results of leverage analysis on Rap-MForest on the ecological dimension, it shows that the mangrove ecosystem diversity level indicator (X4) is the most sensitive to the sustainability of the mangrove ecosystem. This sensitive indicator is a lever factor in the ecological dimension, so that if improvements are made to this indicator it will leverage the value of the mangrove ecosystem sustainability index in the overall ecological dimension.