Study of Vitality Change in Teak Community Forest Management (Case Study on Teak Community Forest in Natar Sub-district, South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province)

Abstract

Community forests are forests that are owned, built and managed by the people. Community forests can provide direct and indirect benefits. So that the health of community forests has various cropping patterns that can be assessed from the parameters of forest health, namely vitality. One of the plants that is in great demand in the timber industry is teak (Tectona grandis) because of its very high quality. This study aims to determine the changes in the value of vitality indicators and health value status of teak community forests in Rulung Helok Village, Natar District to better understand the importance of forest health in realizing sustainable forest management. The method used in this research is Forest Health Monitoring (FHM). This research was conducted twice in June 2020 and January 2022. The results shows that the change in the value of vitality indicators in the value of measurement 1 and measurement 2 experienced changes in vitality indicators which tended to increase. The assessment of each teak forest health indicator with an average measurement of 1 is 2.44 in the good category (cluster plots 2, 6, 7, and 8) the medium category is absent and the bad category (cluster plots 1, 3, 4, and 5) and the average of the 2nd measurement is 1.75 in the good category (cluster plots 2, 4, and 6), the medium category (cluster plot 8), and the bad category (cluster plots 1, 3, 5, and 7 ). The status of changes in the 1st and 2nd measurements of the health of teak community forests obtained an average category of medium. This is due to the occurrence of tree damage in each cluster-plot.