The Mangrove In Kuri Lompo Estuary, Maros Regency South Sulawesi: The Condition And The Utilization

Abstract

The potential of mangrove forest may indicate the fertility of the coastal area. Therefore, important value of mangrove vegetation might be used as the first step for the sustainable management of the coastal areas. This study aims to determine the mangrove in Kuri Lompo estuaries, Maros Regency, South Sulawesi by analyzing some parameters of mangrove condition, such as the species density and relatif density, species frequency and relatif frequency, species cover and relatif cover, and important value of mangrove vegetation in the some locations as in the estuary, upstream, settlement, natural mangrove, open beach, and ponds. The results show the wide of the mangrove is 78,84 ha and there are 7 species of mangrove found in the study sites, namely Rhizophora stylosa, Rhizophora mucronata, Avicennia alba, Avicennia marina, Nypa fruticans, Sonneratia alba, and Acanthus ilicifolius. The important value analysis shows that Rhizophora stylosa and Avicennia alba are the most important spesies, indicating the ability of both species to adapt to the existing environmental conditions and most suitable for rehabilitation purposes. Conversion of mangrove into fish pond for mariculture could be a major cause of environmental degradation in the study site. To rehabilitate the environment as well as to empowering the local communities, then, it would be necessary to manage the ponds by applying the silvofishery system.