PENGETAHUAN DAN KEBIASAAN PENEBANG DAN PENGEPUL TERHADAP POPULASI TUMBUHAN ULIN DI KECAMATAN KINTAP SEBAGAI BAHAN INFORMASI MASYARAKAT

Abstract

The latest data stated that the rate of deforestation has reached 2.83 million hectares per year during 1997 to 2000 and was reduced to 1.08 million hectares per year 2000-2005. It included the population ofironwood, population of ironwood is thinning because of the loggers who are logging ironwood as a good effort. Ironwood has been classified as endangered, but in the District of Kintap there are still many loggers of stump ironwood. Respondents need to have knowledge about the population of ironwood plant to measure the extent of respondents understanding related to their habits, especially in terms of ironwood conservation. People’s habit to use the ironwood plants in the district Kintap is the behavior of the villagers who live in the area near the forest who are not concerned about the reduction in the plant population. The purpose of this study are (1) to describe the knowledge and the habitof the loggers and collectors about the scarcity of the ironwood plantpopulation in Kintap district (2) Create public information material that is made by the results of the research know ledge and habits of loggers and collectors of the population ironwood plants in Kintap district as leaflets. The results showed (1) Knowledge of the loggers and the collectors about ironwood plant population, they knewabout the breeding, growth, utilization, distribution and conservation, but not very aware of the rules. Loggers and collectors habit on logging and selling is always done without making purchaselicense. In addition, they did not care about the preservation of ironwood (2) the result of the leafle treadability assessment of loggers, collectors and the public are rated high. Result of the validation by the three validators categorized as very valid.