Gunawansyah, Gunawansyah; Makalew, Anna Maria; Rosidah, Rosidah; Arfa, Agustina Rezekiah
Description:
Non timber forest product (NTFP) has the potential to improve the welfare of forest
communities. This research was conducted to investigate the potency and
contribution of NTFP in Tabukan District Batola Regency South Kalimantan
Province. To obtain the working map, landsat satellite image from 8 LDCM was
overlayed with topography map, spatial map, administration map of Barito Kuala
Regency with scale 1:100.000. General survey was conducted in the fiield and the
key person in Forestry Agency in the Regency and District were interwiewed.
It was found that those are 3 villages having NTFPs namely: Tamba Jaya, Rantau
Bamban, and Muara Pulau with NTFPs of rattan, honey and grey sedge. To obtain
the potency and contribution of those NTFPs, participatory Rural Appraisal was
conducted. The study found that the highest potency of NTFP is rattan (Calamus
trachycoleus Becc). It was also revealed that the contribution of NTFP to the income
of the society was 69.53% and the rest 30.47% were gained from other trading such
as paddy and asalabor in palm oil estate.