The Impact of Forest Damage Due to Human Economic Activities on Water Availability in Tahura
(Case Study in R Soerjo Tahura East Java)
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.211226.022How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Tahura; Land conversion; Hydrology; Water Discharge; Human Behavior
- Abstract
Grand Forest Park (Tahura) is a nature conservation area for research, education, recreation, and human welfare. However, many Tahura such as Tahura R Soerjo in East Java is experiencing worrying conditions due to the exploitation of forests as a source of support for the community’s economy. In Tahura, it was found that 3,814 Ha of Pine Forest had been converted into industrial and agricultural areas. This condition causes vegetation damage to reach 20% which also causes hydrological damage. Lack of understanding about the intangible benefits of forests, especially hydrology, will be detrimental to life in the future. If the hydrology is damaged, Tahura will lose the function of climate control and water management. The springs of the Brantas River that support ±40.64 million people in East Java will be threatened. For this reason, in this study, water discharge measurements were carried out based on forest types and land slope level tests using Freidman analysis because the data were not normally distributed. The measurement results show that there are significant differences in discharge, both based on forest type and based on the level of slope. It is hoped that from the results of this study, the government can make preventive policies to prevent and deal with this problem so that clean water from Tahura can be used sustainably.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Abdul Hamid AU - Tri Weda Raharjo AU - Herrukmi Septa Rinawati AU - Kristian Buditiawan AU - Farhah Izzah Dinillah AU - Bahalwan Apriyansyah PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/31 TI - The Impact of Forest Damage Due to Human Economic Activities on Water Availability in Tahura BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business and Management of Technology (ICONBMT 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 168 EP - 173 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211226.022 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211226.022 ID - Hamid2021 ER -