Community Participation in Governance for Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants Market in Urban Area (Penyertaan Masyarakat dalam Tadbir Urus bagi Kelestarian Pengurusan Pasaran Tumbuhan Ubatan di Kawasan Perbandaran)

JURRY FOO, ABDUL LATIFF MOHAMAD, MUSTAFA OMAR, AHMAD ALDRIE AMIR

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ABSTRACT: Community participation (CP) in governance is important for better management of medicinal plant’s market in the urban area. The basic concept of sustainability is described as meeting the needs of present generation without compromising the needs of future generations, with concern to economics, social and natural environment. Communities have the right to voice out their needs toward medicinal plants. This paper describes community participation in governance through their attitude and how governance response. Generally, there is a two-way interaction between authority and community to ensure the medicinal plant’s market fulfil both parties’ needs. As for the communities, they voice out their needs through attitude by giving response, reaction and action. While the authority take in account to the attitude to design a suitable policy in planning, implementation, enforcement and reviews for better management that achieve both needs by the time and for the future.

Keywords: Governance; sustainable management, medical plants; urban area

 

ABSTRAK: Penyertaan masyarakat (CP) dalam tadbir urus adalah penting bagi pengurusan pasaran tumbuhan ubatan yang lebih baik dalam kawasan bandar. Konsep asas kelestarian digambarkan sebagai memenuhi keperluan generasi masa kini tanpa menjejaskan keperluan generasi akan datang, dengan keutamaan kepada ekonomi, sosial dan alam sekitar semula jadi. Masyarakat mempunyai hak untuk menyuarakan keperluan mereka terhadap tumbuh-tumbuhan perubatan. Kertas ini menerangkan penyertaan masyarakat dalam tadbir urus melalui sikap dan bagaimana tindak balas terhadap mereka. Secara umumnya, terdapat interaksi dua hala antara pihak berkuasa dan masyarakat untuk memastikan pasaran tumbuhan ubatan yang memenuhi keperluan kedua-dua pihak. Bagi masyarakat, mereka menyuarakan keperluan mereka melalui sikap dengan memberi tindak balas, tindak balas dan tindakan. Walaupun pihak berkuasa mengambil kira sifat untuk mereka bentuk dasar yang sesuai dalam perancangan, pelaksanaan, penguatkuasaan dan pemerhatian untuk pengurusan yang lebih baik yang dapat memberikan keperluan pada setiap masa dan untuk akan datang.

 

Kata kunci: Tadbir urus; pengurusan mampan; tumbuh-tumbuhan perubatan; kawasan bandar


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