Analysis of Changes in Forest Health Status Values in Conservation Forest (Case Study: Plant and Animal Collection Blocks in Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park (Tahura WAR))

Abstract

Data and information on the health condition of conservation forests can be obtained by periodically monitoring forest health. Forest health monitoring is intended to monitor, assess, and report on the current status, changes and long-term trends in the health of forest ecosystems. This study aims to obtain changes in the value of the status of conservation forest conditions. The location of this research is in the Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park (Tahura WAR) in the plant and animal collection block area. This study used the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) method with a sample measuring plot in the form of six FHM clusters. The stages of this research are making measuring plots, monitoring forest health, and assessing the health of conservation forests. The results showed that the change in the value of the status of the health condition of conservation forests was that the cluster plots 1, 2, and 5 had changed and the cluster plots 3, 4, and 6 did not change. Thus there is a change in the value of the health status of conservation forests which tends to be better.