Identifikasi Gangguan Ekosistem Hutan Gunung Papandayan di Garut, Jawa Barat

Abstract

Gunung Papandayan is one of the active volcanoes in West Java and it is a conservation area consisting Nature Reserve and Nature Tourism Park. Therefore, the protection of Gunung Papandayan’s forest ecosystem is needed to be done so that the area can be well maintained. This study was conducted on the forest area which was disturbed by the eruption and also by human activities. The level of disturbance was determined by measuring the tree basal area with line plot method. The socio-economic data was collected from 5 villages which borders Gunung Papandayan. The result showed that the presence of disturbance in Gunung Papandayan. The disturbance was occurred by three factors, consisting natural such as eruption, human factor such as forest fires, illegal logging, and forest encroachment, and also accessibility. The level of forest disturbance on the area of eruption, forest fires and forest encroachment was categorized as high level; while at the illegal logging area was categorized as medium level.