Outlooks for Developing Land Degradation Mitigation Policy Plans in the Lindu Watershed Hope for the Present and the Future
- July 2, 2021
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue V, May 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Abdul Rahman, Muh. Basir Cyio, Saiful Darman, and Uswah Hasanah
Tadulako University, Indonesia
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Land degradation as a result of long-term land use changes can result in disruption of the water cycle. The research objectives were to determine: 1) soil quality index that occurs as a result of changes in forest land use, and 2) important factors affecting land degradation in the Lindu Catchment Area. The research was conducted from December 2016 to June 2017 in the Lindu Catchment Area, Sigi Regency, Indonesia. Information on physico-chemical properties is used to construct a soil quality assessment model. Discussions with stakeholders from government and private institutions were used to identify important factors affecting soil-water conservation policies. The results showed that changes in land use types from primary forest to secondary forest and mixed plantation caused the soil quality index to drop sharply. Important factors that can be used as a basis for formulating recommendations in the formulation of soil-water conservation policies include: changes in land use types, population migration, restrictions on village road accessibility, and soil-water conservation practices.
Key Words: Land Degradation , Land Use, Lindu Catchment, Mitigation, Model.
Introduction
Deforestation is a major problem that has affected the global ecological cycle. Deforestation has had adverse impacts on climate change, soil erosion, the water cycle and reduced biodiversity. More than half of the tropical forest area has been destroyed and every second more than 1 hectare of forest has been lost as a result of deforestation that has occurred since the 1960s (Sumit and Kumar, 2020).
The Lindu Catchment Area is an upstream area of one of the Palu watersheds. The conversion of forest land to intensive agriculture has caused serious environmental and socio-economic damage. In the period 2012-2016, the area of primary forest and secondary forest decreased by 902.37 ha and 2,233.61 ha, respectively. Changes in forest land use to intensive agriculture are due to increased dry land farming income (Rauf et al, 2018).
The development process in a watershed often encounters conflicts of interest between conservation objectives and economic growth-community welfare. Local communities are often seen as
