Mitigasi Konflik Satwaliar dengan Masyarakat di Sekitar Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser (Studi Kasus Desa Timbang Lawan dan Timbang Jaya Kecamatan Bahorok Kabupaten Langkat)
Abstract: Research on
"The mitigation of wildlife-communities conflict in Gunung Leuser National
Park" was conducted in July
until August 2012.
This research aimed
to identify any
factors caused wildlife
that often enter
into community plantations, to
calculate the economic
losses due to
conflicts with wildlife
and to analysis
of wildlife handling
by the communities. The method
used in this research are observation, filling questionnaires and interviews to
people directly. The results of
this research are
the factors that
cause conflicts between
wildlife with communities
which the habitat destruction due to forest
encroachment and the level of wildlife preference for the type of plant. The
treatment used by communities to overcome the damage and economic loss are
making sounds like fireworks, cheers by the owner of the land, shoot
the animals with a pellet
gun, maintained, done
by making a
trap or snare,
made a bonfire
and leave it. Average economic losses of crops in the
Timbang Lawan and Timbang Jaya villages are Rp. 104.090,00/person/month, while average
annual economic losses of crops in
Timbang Lawan and
Timbang Jaya villages
are Rp.25.465,00/person/month.
Keywords: Conflict of
wildlife, Mitigation, Gunung Leuser National Park
Penulis: Wilda Hasanah Harahap,
Pindi Patana, Yunus Afifuddin
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd130127
