Household Livelihood Strategy In Manusela National Park, North Seram Regency, Maluku Province

AbstractSince it was designated as Manusela National Park as a national park, it has caused social problems due to limited public access to the park area. The study was conducted in Paliana Village and Sawai Village as special zones in October 2025. This study aims to analyze household activities and patterns of household livelihood strategies in meeting the needs of families living around the Manusela National Park area. Data is collected through the survey method. The results of the study show that there are three sources of livelihood for the people living in and around the Manusela National Park, namely; natural capital (in the fields of activities, gardening, farming, livestock, hunting, and harvesting forest products such as picking candlenuts, tapping palm trees to make brown sugar and traditional drinks "sopi", honey, and so on); social capital (greeting neighbors, visiting the sick, sharing crops, helping neighbors and so on) and the work of farm laborers, construction workers, traders, employees, drivers, civil servants, in other provinces or districts. After changing status, some family members look for sources of income outside the forest area, resulting in underembeddedness. They use various livelihood strategies because the income of the agricultural sector is not able to meet the needs of family life. They seek other income from the non-agricultural sector on a small scale, due to the low level of education so they work as; farm laborers, construction workers, drivers, traders. Some households carry out migration strategies as construction workers, employees, civil servants, traders, in the province or district. This job is done by the lack of job opportunities and relationships and the low level of education they have.Keywords: household activity, level of instability, and livelihood strategy