Planning is an important step that should be conducted in
developing process. The urgenly function in development planning
is to urgue, to direct and in a few things it would control socio-economic-cultural changes of people at a time period.
A development planning process should be formulated by involving all of stakeholders and community. This is really important conducted in order to all data and information that be collected and all programs that succeed designed would be the results of stakeholders aspiration. At the end, it would increase communal spirit in its implementation.
Development and managment of mangrove forest ecosystem need an
participative planning approach, so that the main objective goal would be reached with involving the active participative community. Because of that, the
activities designed have to represent ecological-economic-social-institutional sustainability. In this case, designing activities should be containing socialization activities and institutional empowerment (social), participative planting of mangrove (ecology) and giving economic incentive/stimulans activities (economy). This book is giving brief pictures about the process of planning and implementation of development program and managing mangrove forest ecosystem at arround Cikaso estuary, District of Sukabumi.