Impact of Lambusango Forest Damage on Environment

Abstract

The Lambusango forest is located on the island of Buton which is the world’s lungs and is a tourist attraction for domestic and foreign tourists. The study aims to (1) Know the impact of Lambusango forest damage on the environment due to mining activities in Buton Regency (2) To know the effect for the community around Lambusango Forest. Judging from the purpose of research, this research is done by qualitative descriptive method [1]. Activities undertaken include conducting in-depth interviews to find out the impacts to some respondents and observations in the field. Implementation Phase Water and Soil Quality Test is a way to know if water and soil have been polluted by mining. Stages of preparation of research results conducted by evaluating and re-examination of data analysis results both secondary data and primary data. The expected results in this study are negative impacts caused by mining such as Pollution of water, barren land, mine hole openings that can disturb community mining area can be minimized.