Kajian Aspek Vegetasi dalam Penerapan TPTI Intensif di IUPHHK/HA PT. Sarmiento Parakantja Timber, Kalimantan Tengah

Abstract

system for present and future generations. Therefore, Indonesian Ministry of Forestry has appointed several IUPHHK/HA to serve as model for development of intensive silvicultural system for natural forest. However, this silvicultural system had negative impacts due to its exploitation activities which created considerable changes on forest ecosystem, which are mostly in the form of damage on soil and forest vegetation. Therefore there is a need for activity to evaluate the environmental condition, either in terms of composition or structure of the residual stand. The objectives of this research were learning the structure and composition of the forest stand in TPTII 2 research compartment, and comparing the results with those in TPTI 3 research compartment. Methodology. Data collection for this research was conducted in the area of PT Sarpatim, Central Kalimantan from March to April 2008. The equipments used were phi band, suunto clinometer, compass, raffia rope, staking pegs, tally sheets, writing materials, software Microsoft Excel 2003, and camera. Data were obtained through vegetation analysis with transect method. The research was conducted in 7 locations, namely in germ plasms measurement plots, TPTI 2006, TPTI 2007, TPTII 2005, TPTII 2006, TPTII 2007, and land preparation area or TPTII 2008. Each measurement plot measured 100 m x 100 m which was directed to the north with two observation strips in its two sides, measuring 100 m x 20 m. Analysis of the research data was performed with the following information: density values of healthy commercial trees, IVI, species diversity indexes, coefficient of community similarity, and stand structure. Results and Discussion. Species which dominated each research compartment varied in all growth stages. Value of species diversity in germ plasms plot was categorized as high. The lowest similarity of vegetation community was 21.87 % at pole growth stage, between research compartment of TPTI 2007 and TPTII 2008; whereas that of the highest was between TPTII 2006 and TPTII 2007, namely as much as 67.86 %. Stand structure in TPTII 2008 research compartment possessed the largest density value for surprisingly the trees with diameter class of 60 cm upward, namely 53 trees/hectare. Conclusion. Density of healthy commercial trees in the forests of germplasm, TPTI, or TPTII fulfilled the minimum requirement from TPTI guidelines. System of selective cutting created positive impacts on regeneration at sapling stage. The most dominant species was ubar. Coeficient of communited similarity on the forests of germ plasms, TPTI, and TPTII has low value, so far from 100 %. In TPTI 2006 and TPTII 2007 the structure of forest stand had inverted “J” shape.