Forest Management Unit Research Articles

The effect of liquid organic fertilizer on growth of bulbil and yield of porang (Amorphophallus muelleri Blume)

Porang (Amorphophallus muelleri Blume) is a tuber plant with excellent potential because it contains nutrients and advantages. Liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) must be applied to increase porang output and maintain soil fertility. The research aimed to examine the effect of liquid organic fertilizer application and get the optimum LOF dose that has a better impact on bulbil growth and porang yields. The research was conducted from March 2021 to August 2021 at the Forest Management Unit (BKPH) Pojok in Kemadohbatur Village, Tawangharjo, Grobogan. The design of this research used a one-factor Randomized Block Design (RCBD) with four levels of treatment, namely the dose of liquid organic fertilizer, 0.375 ml/plant, 0.75 ml/plant, 1.125 ml/plant, and control, each level 6 times test. The observational parameters are; the number of bulbils, bulbil weight, fresh tuber weight, tuber diameter, dry wind weight, and tuber volume. Data analysis in this research uses ANOVA test level 5%. Regression test is used to determine the optimum dose. The results showed that the application of LOF with treatment doses has not been able to produce bulbil growth and porang yields well, and there is no optimum dose because there is no significant increase in bulbil growth and porang yields.

Strategi Pengembangan Produk Hasil Hutan Bukan Kayu (HHBK) Tanaman Aren (Arenga Pinnata) pada Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan Pulau Laut Sebuku

This study aims to determine the development strategy of aren plant products and the condition of palm farmers in Forest Management Units (KPH) Pulau Laut Sebuku. The data sources of this research are secondary data using documentation from the South Kalimantan Provincial Forestry Service and documentation data from Forest Management Units (KPH) Pulau Laut Sebuku. Primary data collection techniques are obtained through interviews with Forest Management Units (KPH) Puau Laut Sebuku with a structured questionnaire. The technique used is descriptive statistical analysis using cross tabulation to see the condition of farmers and SWOT analysis aims to determine the strategy for developing palm oil NTFP products that are more appropriate to the conditions and potential of the existing area. The results showed that the farming conditions of palm sugar still need to be improved in terms of developing NTFP products so that farmers can compete with other commodities. The development strategy is the S-O strategy, which is to use strength to take advantage of opportunities so as to make development policies that are right on target, namely developing public interest in advancing in order to increase the food industry made from palm sugar and increase the potential as a regional superior product with the role of local governments in the development of palm trees.

Analysis of Anthropogenic Pressure in the UFA Pokola Production Series, Sangha, Congo

The phenomenon of anthropization of the production series of the Pokola forest management unit is an acute problem. This study aimed, among other things, to analyze the anthropogenic pressure of local communities and indigenous populations (CLPA) in the production series as well as to suggest prospects for improving this phenomenon. Data collection and analysis favored a qualitative rather than a quantitative approach. It appears from this study that this phenomenon is due to the difficulty of access to agricultural land in the municipality of Pokola, the increased demand for agricultural products, the lack of land subdivision in the municipality of Pokola, etc. Despite knowing the limits of the community development series (62%) and given the demographic and spatial growth of the municipality of Pokola, some CLPAs are forced to carry out their activities in the production series, an area reserved for production. lumber. Illegal occupations concern food crops and cash crops which are the origin of forest clearing, camps and some dwellings. Better management of access to land in the community development series is necessary to mitigate this phenomenon.

Forest management units and local innovations for fire prevention in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

The FORCLIME supported the Provincial Forest Management System in West Kalimantan province and local stakeholders in fire prevention from 2017 to 2020. It empowered Forest Management Unit personnel to become competent facilitators, and to use technical approaches adapted from successful experiences that incorporated local innovations. Alongside fire prevention, the programme promoted dialogue with communities and assistance for them to establish permanent agriculture and agroforestry as a means of reducing the use of fire to clear land, which is the main cause of wildfires and smoke pollution. This article summarize lessons learned from this programme and offers recommendations for fire prevention in Indonesia and beyond.

The evaluation of agroforestry development in marginal land area of Gunungkidul, Indonesia

Forests are expected to provide social and economic benefits to the community, in addition to the ecological benefits. The production forest in Gunungkidul which is managed by the Yogyakarta Forest Management Unit (FMU) is dominated by teak (Tectona grandis) and cajuput (Melaleuca cajuput) as the main crop. Gunungkidul is dominated by marginal land with low nutrients, low pH, and low organic matter. Agroforestry is known as a promising option in land use systems considering multi-strata canopy combinations and multi-products. This study aimed to compare two types of agroforestry with two main crops; teak and cajuput tree concerning cultivation, economy, and social benefits. The method used was in-depth interviews with the forest community and FMU Yogyakarta. The number of respondents was 60 forest farmers, from which 30 farmers each for the two agroforestry patterns, and the staff of FMU Yogyakarta consisted of 2 people from the management staff and 2 people from the field staff. The main data were forest farmer activities in state forests, including income and expenses during cultivation. In addition, the data includes perceptions and data regarding the advantages of the community forests (CF) program from the aspects of the economy, social (preference), and cultivation. The results showed that economically, cajuput tree-based agroforestry activities contributed more income than teak-based agroforestry. In the cultivation aspect, farmers prefer cajuput stands because they have wider open land. Likewise, FMU considers cajuput tree cultivation easier and the risk of theft (i.e. illegal cutting) smaller. However, teak agroforestry is more environmentally friendly than cajuput, for example, teak litter can be a source of natural organic fertilizer. Therefore, it is necessary to find a technical solution to deal with this difference of interests to secure the success of agroforestry implementation such as suitable spacing, the combination of cropping patterns, and intensive cultivation.

Key elements structure in mangrove ecotourism management of Peropa’ea Protected Forest in North Buton Regency

Mangrove ecosystem in Peropa’ea protected forest area has an aesthetic landscape that has a potential to be developed as ecotourism. The development of ecotourism in the protected forest area of Peropa’ea as a utilization effort of environmental services is a better strategy because it may reduce pressure on mangrove forest resources and bring socio-economic benefits to the community and area. The Peropa’ea Protected Forest Management Unit (KPHL) has prepared a service business plan environment in the form of “Banda Kawasa” mangrove ecotourism for the period 2015 to 2025. Some steps needed to be studied such as key elements in the development and management of mangrove ecotourism. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify elements and sub-elements in the development and management of mangrove ecotourism. The method used in this research was Interpretative Structural Modelling (ISM) with an element of related institutions, constraints, objectives, and priority programs in the development and management of mangrove ecotourism. The results indicated that the Provincial Forestry Office and Forest Management Unit (KPHL) Peropa’ea were the institutional key player in the development and management of mangrove ecotourism. Limited funding and supporting infrastructure for mangrove ecotourism was the main management constraint, and the program priority was to develop an integrated and sustainable mangrove ecotourism management plan. Therefore, it is recommended to improve the coordination among related institutions to develop and maintain the sustainability of mangrove ecotourism in this area.

Perencanaan Strategis Sistem Informasi Wisata Hutan Pinus Limpakuwus Dengan Menggunakan Metode Ward And Peppard

Planning Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) today helps an organization's success in its business. Limpakuwus pine forest nature tourism located in Baturaden Purwokerto is a tourist spot that utilizes technology, namely Electronic Ticketing manually to assist visitors in ordering tickets. Limpakuwus Baturaden pine forest tourism which is owned by the Indonesian State Forestry Public Company (PERUM PERHUTANI), the East BANYUMAS Forest Management Unit (KPH) currently does not use SI/IT optimally or comprehensively. This research has a purpose, namely to make IS/IT planning for the Limpakuwus Baturaden pine forest tourism. The method in this study uses qualitative research methods, qualitative methods are research that emphasizes in-depth understanding of a problem, qualitative research usually tends to be descriptive and uses more in-depth analysis. This research uses a strategic planning analysis of Ward And Peppard information systems, Ward And Peppard analysis is the identification of a technology or computer-based application portfolio to support organizations in implementing business plans and realizing business goals, Ward And Peppard has an input stage consisting of business environment analysis. external and internal business environment analysis. The output stage consists of business strategy, IS/IT management strategy, IT strategy and future application portfolio. The method of collecting data in this study is through interviews or interviews with the manager of the Limpakuwus Pine Forest tourist attraction. The data from this research is descriptive in the form of secondary data. The results of this study are in the form of IS/IT planning documents for Limpakuwus pine forest tourism and recommendations for IS/IT proposals for tourism objects in Baturaden Limpakuwus Pine Forest

Forecasting wildfire-induced declines in potential forest harvest levels across Québec

Wildfires are increasing in importance in many regions of the Canadian boreal forest and are an ongoing risk for forest management activities. We simulated the effects of fires on long-term harvest levels on the 59 forest management units of the province of Québec, Canada, for the 2020–2100 period. Different climate change pathways (stable, RCP 4.5 or 8.5) and salvage logging rates (20% or 70% of mature burned stands) were simulated. Changes in forest flammability due to climate change, species migration, and forest management were also considered. Under stable climatic conditions, the decline in potential harvest levels due to fire, based on 50 simulations per scenario, ranged between 3% and 33% (mean = 11%) when high salvage logging rates were simulated, compared to 6%–45% (mean = 20%) for low salvage rates. Climate change caused increases in burn rates between −3% and 39% for RCP 4.5 and between 33% and 69% for RCP 8.5 at the end of the 21st century, depending on fire zones. However, the effects of these modified burn rates on harvest levels did not differ substantially from those of baseline burn rates, probably because the projected burn rates were highest during the later part of the simulations (2070–2100), when their impacts on harvest level calculations were limited. This study indicates that potential harvest levels calculated without considering wildfires are likely to be non-sustainable.

Combining forest growth models and remotely sensed data through a hierarchical model-based inferential framework

Large-area growth estimates can be obtained by coupling growth model predictions with wall-to-wall remotely sensed auxiliary variables through a generalized hierarchical model-based (GHMB) inferential framework. So far, most GHMB variance estimators do not account for the residual errors of the submodels and their spatial correlations. This likely induces an underestimation of the true variance of the point estimator. In this study, we provide an example of large-area growth estimation obtained through the GHMB framework. To do this, we developed a new variance estimator that accounts for residual errors as well as potential spatial correlations among them. We tested this variance estimator through a simulation study and then used it to estimate the annual volume increment for a forest management unit in Quebec, Canada. Our results show that, contrary to our expectation, neglecting the residual errors of the different submodels leads to overestimating the true variance of the point estimator. We observed increases in the overestimation with small populations and spatially correlated residual errors. Our developed variance estimator corrected this overestimation and made it possible to derive reliable confidence intervals for annual volume increments at the population level.

STRATEGI PEMERINTAH DALAM MENCEGAH ILLEGAL LOGGING DI KABUPATEN MUNA BARAT PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA

The purpose of this study is to find out and explain the strategy of the UPTD Production Forest Management Unit (KPHP) Unit VI Muna Island in tackling Illegal Logging in West Muna Regency. Using qualitative methods, this research data were obtained from interviews and documentation studies with the determination of informants by purposive sampling and analyzed using Miles and Huberman's interactive analysis methods. The results showed that the strategy of KPHP Unit VI Muna Island in tackling illegal logging activities in West Muna Regency was fairly good where in the context of protecting forest areas, a system of collaboration with the community is carried out both preventively and repressively. Then there are patrol activities in forest areas, socialization with the community in order to educate the community about forestry law, and cross-agency cooperation. To support these activities, transportation facilities are provided in the form of two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles. In addition, the development of human resources is also carried out through education and training.

Factors Contributing to Forest Degradation in the Mountainous Tropical Forest: A Case Study of the Mutis-Timau Forest Complex, Indonesia

ABSTRACT The Mutis-Timau Forest Complex, one of the remaining mountainous tropical forest areas in Timor Island, eastern Indonesia, has been exposed to significant deforestation and forest degradation. Numerous studies have highlighted the factors affecting deforestation. However, information about the factors influencing forest degradation at the local scope is still limited. To address this gap, we analyzed the factors contributing to forest degradation during the 1999–2017 period in the Mutis-Timau Forest Complex using a spatial statistical approach. We developed logistic regression using the forest degradation data obtained from forest canopy density time series maps as dependent variables and the spatial representation of the factors contributing to forest degradation, namely distance to the settlement, distance to the road, distance to agriculture, distance to the river, distance to the savanna, distance to the forest edge, slope, elevation, population density, and forest management unit, as independent variables. Our finding showed the increase in distance to the forest edge and elevation would decrease the likelihood of forest degradation, whereas the probability of forest degradation increases in forest located far from the river and the settlement. Such findings are important for the forest authority in prioritizing actions for combating forest degradation and designing appropriate forest-related policies and supporting data for reducing carbon emissions from forest degradation implementation or other incentive schemes in reducing forest degradation.

Predation on Rhamphocelus carbo (Pallas, 1764) (Aves: Thraupidae) by the neotropical carnivorous bat Vampyrum spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Phyllostomidae) in a forest management area of eastern Amazon, Brazil

We report an episode of predation on the passerine bird Rhamphocelus carbo by the bat Vampyrum spectrum. This event occurred in LN Guerra Group camp, located in the Uberlândia Forest Management Unit, private property in an area of the Amazon rainforest, near Portel on Marajó Island, State of Pará, eastern Brazilian Amazon. At 5:00 a.m. on August 29th, 2020, a specimen of V. spectrum preyed on a specimen of R. carbo next to the visitors’ dormitory. The bat captured the bird by its head, leaving only its wings and feet after feeding. This predator behavior report is of interest as it demonstrates the feeding habits and natural history of a bat species considered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Near-Threatened. In addition, it is important because it was recorded by a person with no training in biology, whose interest in wild fauna was aroused due to our presence. We consider this influence a significant incentive for biodiversity preservation by operators.

Potential of Community Resources in Empowerment Blocks and Special Region in AwotaProduction Forest Management Units in Supporting Social Forestry Activities: A Case Study in Indonesia

A Forest Management Unit (FMU) is a forest management area in accordance with its main functions and designations that can be managed efficiently and sustainably, as mandated in Law no. 41 of 1999 on forestry. The existence of communities in forest areas with all the potential resources that have been owned and managed so far will certainly have implications for forest management activities in the field. This paper aims to provide information about the potential resources owned by farming communities in empowerment blocks and certain areas in the KPHP Awota Model area in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The research was conducted in September 2016 - January 2017. Data collection was carried out through Observation, Resources Mapping, Indepth Interview, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and documentation studies with groups of farming communities in and around forest areas in empowerment blocks or certain regional blocks. The results showed that the potential resources of the farming community in the empowerment block and certain areas include land resources, human resources, financial resources (farmers' capital resources), and norms or farmer institutional resources. Based on this potential: KPHP Model Awota as forest manager at the site level can collaborate with the community through a social forestry scheme with a partnership pattern in empowerment blocks and certain areas.

Community Community Participation Program in Forest and Land Rehabilitation in the Batutegi Forest Management Unit

Restoration of critical land so that its products can increase and contribute to the community's welfare is a special challenge at this time. One of the efforts made by the government in overcoming this problem is by carrying out Forest and Land Rehabilitation activities by involving farmers as local workers. This study analyses community participation in forest and land rehabilitation programs in Datar Lebuay Village, Air Naningan District, Tanggamus Regency. The research was conducted in June 2021. Data collection was carried out through interviews, observation, and documentation techniques. Respondents were determined using the Slovin formula with an error limit of 10%. The interview process uses a proportional simple random sampling technique. The data obtained were then analyzed descriptively quantitatively using a Likert scale. The results showed that there was several activities rehabilitation forest, namely: the planning subsystem with field technical design activities had a final value of 3, the implementation subsystem with a seedling, planting, and plant maintenance activities, with each final value of 3, except for plants which had a final value of 4 Monitoring and evaluation subsystem with monitoring and evaluation activities, with a final score of 3. The Forest and Land Rehabilitation (FLR) activities with community participation levels have Ordinary criteria (B). This shows that forest rehabilitation activities involving farmers are implemented correctly so that the land on which farmers are involved in rehabilitation activities is expected to be more sustainable.

Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi, Kepuasan Kerja Terhadap Sikap Perubahan Organisasi Dengan Komitmen Organisasi Sebagai Mediasi

The UPTD of the Protected Forest Management Unit (KPHL) of Pasaman Raya is one of the regional technical implementing units of the Forestry Service of West Sumatra Province. So that it becomes interesting to examine the attitude of organizational change in employees. This study aims to analyze organizational change that is influenced by organizational culture variables, job satisfaction and the mediating role of organizational commitment. The results of this study state that partially there is a significant influence between organizational culture and positive and insignificant effect on organizational change attitudes, organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, work goals have a positive and insignificant effect on organizational change attitudes, work goals have a positive and significant effect on organizational change. positive and significant on organizational commitment, organizational commitment has a positive and significant effect on organizational change attitudes, organizational commitment becomes an intervention between organizational culture and organizational change attitudes and is not significant and organizational commitment becomes an intervention

Peran Kepuasan Kerja Dalam Memediasi Hubungan Antara Peran Kepemimpinan Dan Kompensasi Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai

The UPTD of the Protected Forest Management Unit (KPHL) of Pasaman Raya is one of the regional technical implementing units of the Forestry Service of West Sumatra Province. So it becomes interesting to examine the performance of these employees. This study aims to analyze the performance that is influenced by the variables of leadership and compensation and the mediating role of job satisfaction. The results of this study state that partially there is a significant influence between leadership and positive and insignificant effect on performance, leadership has a positive and insignificant effect on job satisfaction, compensation has a significant positive effect on employee performance, compensation has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, goals work has a positive and significant effect on performance, work goals become an intervention between leadership and performance and have an insignificant effect and work disruption between compensation and performance has a significant effect.

THE ROLE OF LOCAL WISDOM IN SUPPORTING POLICIES DEFORESTATION SUPERVISION IN LANGKAT REGENCY, NORTH SUMATRA

The purpose of this study was to find out how the role of local wisdom in supporting deforestation monitoring policies in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra. This research method is qualitative with purposive sampling and the informants are the Technical Implementation Unit of the Forest Management Unit (KPH) Region I Stabat and the people who live and live around the forest in Langkat Regency. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation, and documentation. The data was processed and analyzed as a whole and systematically. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of the the Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 18 Tahun 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction in the implementation of monitoring of deforestation in the Forestry Service of KPH Region I Stabat is still not in accordance with community expectations such as legal certainty, sustainable forest existence, management and utilization of forest products, capacity and coordination of law enforcement officers. The role of local wisdom in supporting deforestation policies in Langkat Regency is that the forest management carried out by the government has not fully accommodated the community based forest management pattern. Forestry policy is still oriented towards state-dominated forest management system. The state-based forest management pattern relies on the government as the main actor in forest management, which is then supported by large capital owners, while the position of the community (customary community) is in a determining position. Legally political; this policy is inseparable from the need for natural resources, especially in the forestry sector.

Duration of Climate Change Mitigation Benefits from Increasing Boreal Forest Harvest Age by 10 Years

We presented a case study and associated method for stand scale assessment of the duration of the climate change mitigation benefit provided by increasing forest harvest age (i.e., the age a stand is harvested). We used stand yield curves and newly developed equations to estimate carbon stocks in various boreal forest ecosystem pools in Ontario, Canada. The proposed method was applied to forest identified as available for harvesting in management plans for three forest management units with a combined area of more than 1900 km2. Our analysis indicated that a 10-year increase in harvest age did not provide a mitigation benefit (reduced carbon stock) in about half the available harvest area (45.5%, 61.9%, and 62.1% of the total available harvest area in the management units). Increasing the harvest age by 10 years resulted in a mitigation benefit lasting longer than 25 years for 15.1%, 16.0%, and 13.0% of the total available harvest area in the management units. The results suggest that increasing harvest age may have limited mitigation potential in Ontario’s managed boreal forests in the short-term but can reduce overall carbon stocks in the longer term.

The Role Of Forestry Extension Agents In Community Empowerment Farmers Group Pasar Village, Forest Management Unit Iv Balige District Toba Regency

Empowerment is an effort to build community power by encouraging, motivating and awakening awareness of the potential possessed and trying to develop it. Means encouraging them to become more involved in decisions and activations that fulfill their work. Formulation of the problem in this study how the role of forestry extension agents in community empowerment and farmer group attitudes in the extension program in the Village Market Area Forest Management Unit IV Balige District Toba. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of extension workers in community empowerment and the attitude of farmer groups in forestry extension programs in Pasar Village, Forest Management Unit IV, Balige District, Toba Regency. The role of forestry extension and farmer group attitude to extension workers in community empowerment programs tend to be said to be moderate, because of some of the programs provided by extension workers are not in accordance with the wishes and needs of farmer groups, it is also influenced by extension activities are usually carried out outside the Village Market, and not all people can follow the extension activities and training provided by the forestry extension.

Fruit Availability Influences Forest Elephant Habitat Use in a Human Dominated Landscape, Campo-Ma’an, Southern Cameroon

Background and Research Aim African forest elephants ( Loxodonta cyclotis) are critically endangered yet research on factors influencing their resource use is limited in Central Africa. We assessed the influence of fruit availability, land use types, and anthropogenic activity on forest elephant presence and relative abundance in the southwest part of the Campo-Ma’an Technical Operational Unit (CMTOU) to better understand elephant habitat use in human dominated systems and inform elephant management strategies. Methods We used 17 camera trap stations and surveyed 17 line transects to monitor forest elephant presence and relative abundance as a function of fruit availability, tree species richness, and land use types. Our study area spanned a gradient of human disturbance and included a National Park (NP), Forest Management Unit (FMU), and Community Land (CL). Results Forest elephants were more likely to occur in areas with increased fruit availability and tree species richness. Also, the likelihood of their presence was higher in CL than in FMU and NP. Elephant relative abundance was negatively affected by human activities such as hunting and logging. The relationship between elephant relative abundance and fruit availability was stronger in CL and NP as compared to the FMU. Elephant relative abundance was higher during the rainy season. Conclusion Forest elephant habitat use was positively affected by fruit availability across land use types, and negatively affected by human activities in the southwest part of the CMTOU. Implications for Conservation Continued monitoring of elephant responses to food availability in CMTOU is warranted to track changes in elephant habitat use. Knowledge of the distribution of fruiting trees consumed by forest elephants may allow managers to predict hotspots of habitat use, and to therefore develop effective management strategies.