标题：Effect of knowledge about the ecosystem, conservation and pollution on the behavior of the community towards the environment in upstream Maros River basin, Maros, Indonesia
期刊名称：Advances in Environmental Sciences - International Journal of the Bioflux Society
印刷版ISSN：2066-7620
电子版ISSN：2065-7647
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：2
页码：49-56
语种：English
出版社：Bioflux
摘要：Environmental conditions at the upstream Maros river basin have experienced severe degradation, particularly deforestation, high rate of erosion, and illegal forest logging which are mostly performed by the local communities. As a result of this damage, a decrease in the quantity of water discharge in the downstream area appeared, which had a negative impact on the surrounding communities, particularly concerning the need for water in agricultural areas as well as the need for drinking water for the population in Makassar City and Maros Regency. Damage which occured in the river basin at upstream Maros tends to be the result of community behavior who had no environmental awareness, thus the activities carried out tend to have negative consequences in managing and utilizing natural resources without any consideration to sustainability aspects. The aim of this study was to analyze the level of community knowledge about ecosystems, conservation, and river basin pollution on community behavior with an environmental awareness in utilizing natural resources and the environment in the upstream river basin. This study used a quantitative approach carried out by survey methods. The instruments used and developed included: a questionnaire on community behavior with an environmental awareness, knowledge of river basin ecosystems, knowledge of river basin conservation, and detection of river basin pollution, which were then evaluated using SEM analysis. The results showed that knowledge of conservation (X2) and pollution (X3) had a direct and significant effect on environmental-minded community behavior. Meanwhile, the ecosystem knowledge variable (X1) did not show any direct and insignificant effect on the behavior of people with environmental awareness. Therefore, it can be said that in order to reduce river basin damage, people's knowledge of the river basin ecosystem needs to be improved, thus the local communities have a good understanding of the river basin as an ecosystem unit which will ultimately bring a positive impact on the river basin ecosystem, thus it can be continuously utilized properly.
关键词：ecosystem; drainage basin; awareness; river basin utilization
