Community Empowerment Policy Analysis in the Archipelago Group Natural Resources Management

This research aims to analysis the policy of community empowerment in natural resource management. Research was conducted in Kelapa Island and Harapan Thousand Islands. Method used the case study method using a qualitative approach. The results of the study showed, (1) The condition and potential of natural and human resources, especially the level of participation in the preservation of natural resources in the form of coral reefs identified in damaged state (20%) Cause of damage due to the degraded mangrove forest and the accumulation of household waste in the research area, 13.2% of the 100 respondents who have an income above 10,000,- IDR/day or 250.000,- IDR /month, it is shown that income Community is still far below Regional Minimum wage of 700,000,- IDR / month, the quality of the sea water is good enough for the cultivation of grouper, seaweed, the number of community respondents who throw garbage in the sea and area is 81%; (2) factors that can affect the natural resource condition in the form of increasing population with an average growth of 3.5% per year, so that the population density reaches 3.458/km square, household waste affecting pollution Water quality because people throw directly into the sea both latrines and household waste (kitchen). Based on the findings, it was concluded that the community is still poor in natural resource management in the archipelago group.