EBONI DAN HABITATNYA

Eboni (Diospyros celebica Bakh.) merupakan komoditi primadona dari hutan Sulawesi.Dunia mengenal bahwa jenis pohon eboni hanya dapat dijumpai tumbuh di hutan-hutan Sulawesi yang masuk ke dalam wilayah Wallacea.Lingkungan merupakan syarat dari suatu kondisi ekosistem bagi pertumbuhan suatu jenis tumbuhan, jadi pengetahuan tentang habitat suatu jenis merupakan dasar bagi kegiatan pengembangan eboni.Dengan menggunakan cara 'purposive' sesuai keberadaan kelompok eboni di alam, ditemukan bahwa eboni dapat tumbuh dan berkembang optimal pada ketinggian tempat mulai dari 60 m sampai 450 m di atas permukaan laut, kemiringan 10° sampai 30°,tanah-tanah bertekstur lempung, liat dan berpasir tanpa genangan, pH tanah agak masam yaitu 6,44, tipe iklim A dengan curah hujan berkisar 2000 - 2500 mm per tahun dengan suhu rata-rata 26,6°C dan kelembaban rata-rata 93%.Eboni umumnya ditemukan hidup berasosiasi dengan jenis-jenis tumbuhan yang berasal dari famili Rubiaceae

Aspek Fisik Lingkungan Bagi Peningkatan Produksi Rebung Bambu Petung (Dendrocalamus asper) sebagai Pangan Eksklusif

Keanekaragaman hayati sebagai modal dasar suatu bangsa dalam pembangunan manusia yang berkualitas. Berapa banyak kekayaan sumberdaya alam dari Indonesia yang telah dimanfaatkan oleh bangsa lain, karena kurangnya perhatian dan pembekalan pengetahuan kepada masyarakat. Kekayaan hutan Indonesia sangat tinggi, yaitu terdapat berbagai jenis bahan pangan hingga obat-obatan telah digunakan oleh nenek moyang kita sejak dahulu, namun hanya terbatas di lingkungan atau kelompok tertentu. Bambu sebagai jenis tanaman yang sangat akrab dengan kehidupan masyrakat di pedesaan selain digunakan sebagai bahan ramuan bangunan  juga dikonsumsi sebagai penganan yang lezat dan bergizi bagi keluarga. Bambu petung (Dendrocalamus asper) merupakan penghasil rebung yang rendah serat dan bertekstur lembut.  Tingginya tingkat permintaan rebung bambu ketika hari raya tertentu di negara-negara seperti China, Taiwan dan Jepang merupakan peluang bisnis yang sangat potensial bagi masyarakat untuk mengembangkan tanaman bambu secara terencana. Selain itu diperlukan pula pengetahuan tentang teknik memercepat pertumbuhan rebung bambu petung melalui pengetahuan kondisi fisik lingkungan tempat tumbuh yang disandingkan dengan teknik pemupukan dapat meningkatkan produksi rebung sebagai bahan pangan ekslusif

The use of various composition media and additional compost to stimulate the growth of jabon putih (Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser) seedlings

Jabon putih (Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser) is a species of forest plant that is widely grown for pulp raw material of paper and carpentry wood, in plantation forests, village forests, and community lands, so it is necessary to prepare good quality seedlings. This research was conducted for the propagation of jabon putih seedlings by stimulating their growth using various media compositions and compost doses. This research was carried out in the nursery area of the Environmental and Forestry Research and Development Center of Makassar for three months, from October 2019 to January 2020. This study used a completely randomized design with a factorial pattern with four replications. The treatment used various media compositions consisting of soil, sand, husks as the first factor, and compost dose as the second factor. The variables observed were the growth of seedlings including height, stem diameter, and number of leaves. The interaction of media composition and compost dose had a significant effect on the growth of jabon putih seedlings in the nursery. The best media composition was a mixture of soil, husks, and sand with a ratio of 2:1:1 and the provision of 40 g of compost per polybag, which could increase the growth of seedling height by 68.62%

Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Science-Based Sociotechnical Measures in Upper Watershed Management: Theoretical Framework, Existing Practices and the Way Forward

In Indonesia, 2145 watersheds currently need to be restored, where around 21 million people spread over ± 23,000 villages live below the poverty line with a high dependence on forests. This condition requires an integrated approach in watershed management, which is aimed at technically restoring environmental conditions and ensuring the welfare of the people in it. One of the strategic approaches that can be taken is to revive local wisdom and traditional knowledge (TK), which has been eroded and neglected, and integrate them with technical approaches based on modern science and knowledge. Based on the author’s research and literature studies, this paper discusses the theoretical framework and implementation practices in integrating traditional knowledge into a science-based sociotechnical system to manage upstream watersheds sustainably. Based on the empirical evidence, efforts to create good biophysical and socio-economic watershed conditions can only be achieved through the active participation of farmers in adopting and integrating scientific technology into their traditional knowledge. This integration is realized in designing and implementing watershed management technology by considering the principles of suitability, applicability, feasibility, and acceptability. In the long term, it is necessary to document TK, patent it, and transfer it to the next generation to ensure that indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ social, cultural, and economic interests are protected

Toward Water, Energy, and Food Security in Rural Indonesia: A Review

Indonesia is an archipelago with significant variations in natural resources, infrastructure, socioeconomic, culture, human resource capacity, accessibility, and access to financial and technical assistance. In this situation, integrated and unique efforts are needed to manage natural resources and build synergy between their protection and utilization to achieve water, energy, and food (WEF) security in accordance with the SDG targets. This paper analyzes the implementations of the WEF nexus in rural Indonesia by examining existing legal frameworks and other related policies, journals, textbooks, and publications. We explore factors influencing the success and failure of the implementation of the WEF nexus approaches from technical, socioeconomic, cultural, political, and institutional perspectives of the rural development framework

A Chronicle of Indonesia’s Forest Management: A Long Step towards Environmental Sustainability and Community Welfare

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, with 17,000 islands of varying sizes and elevations, from lowlands to very high mountains, stretching more than 5000 km eastward from Sabang in Aceh to Merauke in Papua. Although occupying only 1.3% of the world’s land area, Indonesia possesses the third-largest rainforest and the second-highest level of biodiversity, with very high species diversity and endemism. However, during the last two decades, Indonesia has been known as a country with a high level of deforestation, a producer of smoke from burning forests and land, and a producer of carbon emissions. The aim of this paper is to review the environmental history and the long process of Indonesian forest management towards achieving environmental sustainability and community welfare. To do this, we analyze the milestones of Indonesian forest management history, present and future challenges, and provide strategic recommendations toward a viable Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) system. Our review showed that the history of forestry management in Indonesia has evolved through a long process, especially related to contestation over the control of natural resources and supporting policies and regulations. During the process, many efforts have been applied to reduce the deforestation rate, such as a moratorium on permitting primary natural forest and peat land, land rehabilitation and soil conservation, environmental protection, and other significant regulations. Therefore, these efforts should be maintained and improved continuously in the future due to their significant positive impacts on a variety of forest areas toward the achievement of viable SFM. Finally, we conclude that the Indonesian government has struggled to formulate sustainable forest management policies that balance economic, ecological, and social needs, among others, through developing and implementing social forestry instruments, developing and implementing human resource capacity, increasing community literacy, strengthening forest governance by eliminating ambiguity and overlapping regulations, simplification of bureaucracy, revitalization of traditional wisdom, and fair law enforcement