Community knowledge, attitudes and practices towards environmental conservation: Assessing influencing factors in Jor Bay Lombok Indonesia

Local people surroundings Jor Bay in Lombok, Indonesia, have an established knowledge system, which role an important factor that determines the success of bay management. Knowledge, attitudes, and management practices by the community significantly affect the effectiveness of Jor Bay management. The study aims to identify knowledge systems and community management practices in conserving marine resources of Jor Bay which are related to the effectiveness of management of the bay, as well as identifying factors that influence KAP in the management of Jor Bay. This study uses a mix-approach both quantitative and qualitative, with statistical tests. Data collected using a questionnaire. The study found that there were gaps between community knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Community knowledge and attitudes aspects are in the medium category, while community practices are low. Socio-economic factors, which are education, age, and occupation, were affected by KAP status. The community knowledge system is a significant factor that influencing succeeds the bay management. In Jor Bay, fishers are the most active bay users and closest to bay resources; paradoxically, the fisher has the lowest KAP level than other occupations. An adaptive management change in socio-economic, cultural, and knowledge system-based strategy is needed to improve Jor Bay conservation and management. •A KAP model that integrates socio-economic characteristics is developed.•There are gaps in the community's KAP of bay conservation.•Knowledge tend to inconsistent between cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.•KAP level of fisher is low, even though they are the main of bay users.