scholarly journals THE ROLE OF FOREST FRAGMENTS IN SMALL MAMMAL CONSERVATION IN AN OIL PALM PLANTATION IN NORTHERN SARAWAK, BORNEO

Author(s):  
JAYASILAN MOHD-AZLAN
SIMBIOSA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauziah Syamsi

Kelapa sawit merupakan salah satu tanaman meningkat paling pesat di dunia, dan mencakup lebih dari 13 juta ha di Asia Tenggara. Sumatera memiliki sejarah yang relatif panjang budidaya kelapa sawit komersial, dan banyak perkebunan telah menggantikan hutan hujan. Biasanya ini perkebunan monokultur mendukung spesies lebih sedikit daripada hutan, namun ada sangat sedikit informasi yang tersedia untuk kelelawar. Kami mencicipi kelelawar pemakan serangga di Sumatera Barat dalam perkebunan kelapa sawit matang di mana beberapa tutupan hutan dipertahankan di fragmen hutan di bukit-bukit dan di sepanjang sungai. Menggunakan total 180 kecapi perangkap malam kami dibandingkan dengan komunitas kelelawar dalam tiga jenis habitat: patch hutan, zona riparian dan perkebunan. Total kami ditangkap 1108 kelelawar yang mewakili 21 spesies dan 5 keluarga, dan mayoritas ini (dalam hal spesies dan kelimpahan) ditemukan di fragmen hutan. perkebunan kelapa sawit ditemukan menjadi habitat miskin untuk kelelawar - hanya empat orang dari dua spesies ditangkap. daerah pinggiran sungai didukung keanekaragaman menengah, dan mungkin penting sebagai koridor satwa liar antara fragmen hutan. Kata kunci : Biodiversitas, keleawar Microchiropteran


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-95
Author(s):  
Arif Sarjono ◽  
Dwi Guntoro ◽  
Supijatno Supijatno

The slope of land in oil palm plantation areas is the one of the primary causes of low soil water content due to low rates of soil infiltration. Biomulch is one of the conservation methods that can be used to cover and shield the soil from weeds, prevent soil erosion, and increase the rate of soil infiltration. Arachis pintoi is a perennial, stoloniferous legume crop that has potentials to be used as biomulch. The objective of the research was to study the role of Arachis pintoi in increasing the rate of soil infiltration on a sloping land of oil palm plantation. The research was conducted on the slope land (22.8%) of the Bukit Kemuning Farmer Group, Mersam, Batanghari, Jambi, Indonesia (01036'21", 102057'11") from September 2017 to March 2018. The environmental design used in this study was a one-factor randomized block design (RBD) with five ground cover treatments, i.e. natural vegetation, Arachis pintoi, Centrosema pubescens, Pueraria javanica and Calopogonium mucunoides. The results showed that the average growth rate of A. pintoi was 2.47 cm per week, which was lower than the growth of other treatments. The root length of A. pintoi was 50.36 cm at 20 weeks after planting. A. pintoi can be used as biomulch; sloping land planted with A. pintoi had an infiltration rate of  49.30 cm per hour at 20 week after planting, i.e. an increase of 32.47% compared to the infiltration rate with the natural vegetation.Keywords: land cover crop, Centrosema pubescens, Pueraria javanica, Calopogonium mucunoides


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauziah Syamsi

Oil palm is one of the world’s most rapidly increasing crops, and covers over 13 million ha in Southeast Asia. Sumatra has a relatively long history of commercial oil palm cultivation, and many plantations have replaced rain forest. Typically these monoculture plantations support much fewer species than do forest, however there is very little information available for bats. We sampled insectivorous bats in West Sumatra in a mature oil palm plantation where some forest cover was retained in forest fragments on hills and along rivers. Using a total of 180 harp trap nights we compared the bat community in three habitat types: forest patches, riparian zone and plantation area. In total we captured 1108 bats representing 21 species and 5 families, and the majority of these (in terms of species and abundance) were found in forest fragments. Oil palm plantation was found to be a poor habitat for bats – only four individuals of two species were captured. Riparian areas supported intermediate diversity, and might be important as wildlife corridors between forest fragments.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Lennya Jana ◽  
ISMAIL JUSOH

Abstract. Jana CL, Jusoh I. 2021. Structure and Tree Species Composition of Forest Fringe of A Forest Fragment in an Oil Palm Plantation at Suai, Sarawak, Malaysian Borne. Biodiversitas 22: 3013-3019. Forest fragments in oil palm plantations are remnants of the original forest tract with various sizes and shapes after clearing forested lands for crops and roads. Fragmented forests usually created forest fringe or edge habitats that differ in light intensity, temperature, humidity, heavy rainfall, and strong winds from its core. The study was aimed to determine the structure and tree species composition of the forest fringe of a fragmented forest in an oil palm plantation Suai, Sarawak. This study established a total of 24 sampling plots within the forest fringe. Tree enumeration and species identification were conducted in all sampling plots to all trees with a diameter at breast height 5 cm and higher.  A total of 59 families comprised of 274 species and 948 trees individuals were recorded. The aboveground biomass stand at 260 Mg ha?¹. Species Elateriospermum tapos was predominant, and family Dipterocarpaceace dominated the forest fringe.   Based on the calculated indices, species diversity and richness were considered high, while the dispersion of individual trees was random but unevenly distributed. Natural regeneration in the forest fringe is sustainable. The forest structure and species composition are intact, and without significant disturbance, the whole forest fragment is self-sustain.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Rijanto Hutasoit ◽  
R Rosartio ◽  
S Elisier ◽  
J Sirait ◽  
. Antonius ◽  
...  

<p>The integration of livestock with plantations is one of efforts to support livestock agribusiness. The large potential  land area can be used for the development of cattle. However, the low production, nutrient content and digestibility of natural grasses in the plantation are still an obstacle to increase cattle productivity. Therefore, the development of shade tolerant of forages is  one of the strategies to improve the quality and production of forages in the plantation area. This paper aims to review the role of <em>Stenotaphrum secundatum </em>as a shade tolerant forage in oil palm plantations in supporting cattle productivity. Biomass production of <em>Stenotaphrum secundatum </em>obtained was relatively high at 42,209 kg DM/ha/yr in oil palm plantations aged 3.5 years, estimated to be able to accommodate cattle of 11.8 AU/ha. With a moderate composition of nutrition, it can improve cattle growth performance with an average body condition score of 3.8. The livestock integration system by developing <em>S. secundatum </em>in the oil palm plantation area has a positive effect because it can reduce fertilizer and weeding costs of 4 million IDR/ha/yr. The average production of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) reaching 19.5 tons/ha/yr. It can be concluded that the role of <em>S. secundatum </em>in  oil palm plantations can support cattle productivity and increase palm oil production.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 943 (1) ◽  
pp. 012022
Author(s):  
Difa Umayah ◽  
Eko Priyo Purnomo ◽  
Mochammad Iqbal Fadhlurrohman ◽  
Aqil Teguh Fathani ◽  
Lubna Salsabila

Abstract The purpose of this research is to look at the governance of sustainable oil palm plantation development in Jambi Province through an analysis of the role of the Jambi Provincial Government’s policies in realizing sustainable oil palm plantation management. The study used a qualitative approach to explain current findings on the sustainable development of oil palm plantations in Jambi province. The data in this study used an analysis of Jambi Province policy documents related to the oil palm plantation sector’s growth and development. This study’s results indicate the Jambi Province local government’s commitment to realizing environmentally friendly oil palm plantations. These results can be seen from the legal, licensing, and limitation aspects by applying the 7 ISPO principles, namely the application of oil palm development permits, application of technical guidelines for oil palm cultivation and management, environmental management and monitoring of oil palm plantations, responsibility for oil palm plantation workers palm oil, responsibility for the social community of oil palm plantations, empowerment of community economic activities and increase the sustainable business of palm oil plantations.


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