摘要:General purposes of this research was to assess perceptions and participation in utilization, prevention of mangrove forests damage, to look for an alternative direction for mangrove forest management to the societies surrounding. Data collection using surveys, through interviews with a sample of respondents were 90 families (KK) or 25 percent of the total population of 358 families. The results showed that the population majority (48.8%) had moderate category knowledge about the benefits, the damage effect after use, and the need for prevention of mangrove forests damage. Most of the population (53.6%) had a low perception of the category. This is influenced by the knowledge level of mangrove forests (c = 12.71; significance 0.013). Local government policy to mangrove forests management, responded negatively by the local community. This was caused by the absence of mangrove forest management efforts clearly and firmly. Local government should immediately develop a plan of integrated mangrove forests management, and immediately disseminated to the public around the mangrove forests.