Authors: Trialfhianty, Tyas; Beger, Maria;Quinn, Claire;

Mangrove ecosystem is contributed to many greater benefit for both human and environment by providing shelter, foods and protect coastal-line from tsunami and abrasion. It is important to have a suitable management plan for mangrove to support its functions and benefits. Here we used not only ecological and spatial data, but also incorporate with socioeconomic data to help determine a good mangrove conservation site. Using case study, in Baros mangrove, Indonesia, we identify set of parameters and criteria to help us building a good judgement for feasible mangrove conservation site. The degree of importance was determined using Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP), for weighting the criteria and scenario of management options that we proposed. Our results showed that the centre of mangrove area in Baros is suitable for utilization, the buffer area is suitable for recreational and educational activities and the outer area is suitable for protection. This finding showed an opposite concept of conservation zone made by UNESCO, where the centre/core zone of ecosystem is suitable for protection and the outer is suitable for commercialisation. We argue that we need to be more careful in determining conservation zone especially in mangrove ecosystem which has a unique habitat than others.