Silviculture and Productivity of Calamus inops as an Important Resource toward Self-Financing for Lore Lindu National Park

Abstract

Local communities have been given access to harvest rattan in the traditional zone of Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP) as the conservation incentive. Calamus inops is the most valuable rattan in terms of economic value. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to propose conservation strategies of Calamus inops and analysis its potential source of self-financing mechanism for LLNP. We conducted the rattan inventory using stratified sampling based on habitat types with 39 strip samplings and 195 plots. The results showed that Calamus inops was found in lower montane forest and upper montane forest. The habitat preferences were various such as altitude ranges from 931 m asl to 1753 m als; pH from 6 to 7.5; and climate in C1, D1, and E1 of the Oldeman classification. Whereas, standing stock and productivity of traditional zone in 2018 were 397.23 tons, and 92.7 tons year−1 respectively. LLNP will gain benefits for self-financing trough decreasing monitoring operational cost and non-tax state revenue (PNBP) from rattan. Briefly, Calamus inops has potential as a financial resource combining with other revenue sources of LLNP. For improvement, restocking with seedlings and implement other silvicultural practices are strongly suggested to increase productivity. Moreover, it is needed supporting regulations to implement the self-financing concept.