PengabdianMu: Jurnal Ilmiah Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Volume 7, Special Issue 1, Pages 217–223 February 2022 e-ISSN: 2654-4385p-ISSN: 2502-6828 http://journal.umpalangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/pengabdianmu/article/view/2508 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33084/pengabdianmu.v7iSpecial-1.2508 PENDAHULUAN Arus laut membawa partikel-partikel yang mengendap di sekitar pesisir pantai. Selain membawa partikel endapan, arus laut juga menyebabkan terjadinya abrasi di wilayah pesisir yang berupa perairan Sedimentasi dan abrasi yang berlangsung Urgensi Pendidikan Ekologi melalui Muatan Lokal untuk Mendukung Tercapainya Penetapan Status Kawasan Ekosistem Esensial (KEE) Mangrove Ujungpangkah The Urgency of Ecological Education through Local Content in Supportting the Success of the Deployment of Essential Ecosystem Area Mangrove Ujungpangkah Status Syaiful Huda 1 Farikhah 2 Prativi Khilyatul Auliya 3 Churun Lu'lu'il Maknun 1* Noviatul Rochmah 3 1 Department of Mathematics Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia 2 Department of Aquaculture, Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia 3 Department of English Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia email: churunlm@umg.ac.id Kata Kunci Kawasan ekosistem esensial Pendidkan ekologi Pengabdian masyarakat Sosialisasi Keywords: Community services Ecological education Essential ecosystem area Sosialization Received: July 2021 Accepted: September 2021 Published: February 2022 Abstrak Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik (UMG) adalah salah satu perguruan tinggi yang ditetapkan oleh Gubernur Propinsi Jawa Timur sebagai pengelola Kawasan Ekosistem Esensial (KEE) Mangrove Ujungpangkah. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk sosialisasi urgensi pendidikan ekologi dalam mendukung keberhasilan tujuan status penetapan KEE Mangrove Ujungpangkah. Metode pengambilan data melalui kuisioner yang disebarkan pada 40 guru di berbagai jenjang pendidikan mulai Sekolah Dasar hingga Sekolah Menengah Atas. Kuisioner dikumpulkan melalui googleform. Jawaban responden dianalisis secara deskriptif berdasarkan analisis pemusatan dan keragaman. Jawaban yang berupa essay, dikelompokkan berdasarkan esensinya ditinjau dari kaca mata aksi yang akan dilakukan yaitu impelentasi pendidikan ekologi di KEE Mengrove Ujungpangkah. Bedasarkan hasil pengambilan data sebanyak 100% responden menganggap penting diterapkannya pendidikan ekologi di kawasan Gresik. 25% belum mengetahui tentang KEE dan 75% telah mengetahui. Berdasarkan data yang didapatkan, maka disimpulkan pendndikan ekologi perlu dilakukan dan KEE masih perlu disosialisasikan lebih luas agar partisipasi masyarakat meningkat. Abstract University of Muhammadiyah Gresik (UMG) was one of the colleges established in east Java province as the responsible manager of the essential ecosystem area (KEE) mangrove Ujungpangkah. This activity is intended to socialize the importance of ecological education in supporting the success of the deployment of KEE mangrove ujungpangkah status. This study method was a survey conducted by the questionnaire spread to 40 local teachers from elementary school to high school. The questionnaires are collected through the google form. The responders' answers are analyzed descriptively based on their centrality and diversity analysis. The solution in an essay is based on its essence, based on the impelling of ecological education at KEE mengrokah. Based on the results, 100% of respondents consider it is essential to promote ecological education in the Gresik area. 25% do not know about KEE, and 75% have found out about KEE. Based on the data obtained, it is concluded that ecological education needs to be performed and socialized to the community so that the participation from the community is also increasing. © 2022 Syaiful Huda, Farikhah, Prativi Khilyatul Auliya, Churun Lu'lu'il Maknun, Noviatul Rochmah. Published by Institute for Research and Community Services Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya. This is Open Access article under the CC-BY-SA License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). DOI: https://doi.org/10.33084/pengabdianmu.v7iSpecial-1.2508