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A Study of Strategic Plan for Forest Stand Conservation in the Nature HOME AIMS AND SCOPE MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION EDITORIAL BOARD ADVISORY BOARD ABOUT TCRP CONTACT US ARCHIVES PUBLICATION ETHICS CURRENT ISSUE Volume 6 Number 2: December 2017 Date of Publication 15 December 2017 Contents Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages 71-113 Asian Journal of Conservation Biology ISSN 2278-7666 (Online) Table of Contents: Volume 6 Number 2: December 2017 Full Length Research Paper A Study of Strategic Plan for Forest Stand Conservation in The Nature Reserve of Taliabu Island Debby Vemiancy Pattimahu , Iskar Bone , Gun Mardiatmoko, Agustinus Kastanya, pp. [ ABSTRACT ] [ FULL PAPER PDF] First photographic record of endemic brown eared-pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum by camera-trapping at Jinhuashan-Henglingzi Hemaji Nature Reserve, China AI Lianmin, LI Zengming, DING Kai, Thomas D. Dahmer, pp. [ ABSTRACT ] [ FULL PAPER PDF ] Distribution of Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger In India Satish Pande, Reuven Yosef, Rajgopal Patil, Prashant Deshpande, Vaibhav Deshmukh, Pravin Kawle, Rajkumar Pawar, pp. [ ABSTRACT ] [ FULL PAPER PDF ] Environmental Covariates of Species Richness and Composition of Vascular Plants of Olangchung Gola and Ghunsa Valleys of Eastern Nepal Sanjeev K Rai, Rajesh Tamang, Jyoti P Gajurel, Shiva Devkota, Krishna K Shrestha, Michael P Nobis and Christoph Scheidegger [ ABSTRACT ] [ FULL PAPER PDF ] Short Communication The diversity of tortoises and their diet at Tswapong North District of Botswana Setlalekgomo M.R., Gaoganetswe M., Selebatso T. [ DOWNLOAD PDF ] On the taxonomy and nomenclature of common Indian cricket frog Rana agricola Jerdon, 1853 (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) S. R. Ganesh, Sushil K. Dutta, S. R. Chandramouli [ DOWNLOAD PDF ] Copyright © 2012 AJCB All Right Reserved. Published By TCRP WELCOME TO THE AJCB ISSN 2278-7666 (Online) Frequency: Bi-annual [July & December] Asian Journal of Conservation Biology (AJCB) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of conservation biology, dedicated to provide a reliable source of information concerning the biodiversity conservation, natural resources management, sustainable development, legal status, survival prospects of all wildlife and would prefer conservation issues related to Asian biodiversity. One goal of the journal is to encourage submission on conservation issues related to turtles and tortoises. 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Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 73-80 AJCB: FP0086 ISSN 2278-7666 ©TCRP 2017 A study of strategic plan for Forest Stand Conservation in the Nature Reserve of Taliabu Island Debby Vemiancy Pattimahu1, Iskar Bone1, Gun Mardiatmoko1,*, Agustinus Kastanya1 1Forestry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Pattimura University, Ambon 97233, Indonesia (Accepted: November 01, 2017) ABSTRACT Presently it perceived is increasingly difficult for the management of a nature reserve and other conservation areas because in general the area of forest is increasingly narrow in almost all countries in the world both de- veloped and developing countries. One of the causes is the explosion of people in the world that has been pushing for greater infrastructure development in all countries such as for road construction and water installa- tions, settlements, government and private offices, business or market centers, agriculture and livestock, open- ing of mining activities in the forest area, etc. This is further exacerbated by the rampant illegal logging activi- ties in forest areas. This paper aims to develop the management strategy of Nature Reserve at Taliabu Island with SWOT, QSPM and the projection of the first and second 5 year activities. The GIS Management is also carried out with the help of GIS. Base on the results of research conducted it can be known priority strategy is determined by ranking the strategies based on the value of the TAS from the largest to the smallest. In addi- tion, 3 zones of Taliabu Island Nature Reserve management are defined as: core zone, buffer zone and transi- tion zone. Keywords: SWOT, QSPM, TAS, nature preserve, natural resources, conflict resolution pushing for greater infrastructure development in all INTRODUCTION countries such as for road construction and water instal- The Nature preserve is a nature reserve area that has lations, settlements, government and private offices, specific characteristics of plants and ecosystems that business or market centers, agriculture and livestock, must be protected and preserved. The sustainability of a mining opening activities in forest area etc. This is fur- nature reserve should run naturally in accordance with ther exacerbated by the rampant illegal logging activi- its original condition. In addition, the flora and fauna ties. contained in it can be used for purposes in the present Kleinschmit et al. (2016), illegal logging has and future. Characteristics in the determination of a na- recently been recognized as a form of transnational ture reserve area include: having a diversity of plants organized crime that has increased support for and ecosystems; The representation of formation from integrated international interventions. The evidence certain biota and its constituent units; Have rare plant shows that there is a very different kind of actor’s communities and ecosystems or their near-extinct exis- involvement, with overlapping and collusion between tence; Has a characteristic potential so that it becomes some parties such as legal and illegal entrepreneurs, an example for the existence of an ecosystem that re- corporations, "traditional" criminals, as well as state quires conservation and protection efforts; Lies in forest actors and agents. In some parts of the world, organized areas that have not been disturbed by human interven- forest crime may be very cruel and also linked to the tion to a sufficient extent to support the management of financing of war and conflict. Related to infrastructure the nature reserve and ensure natural ecological sustain- development, Otto & Ozment (2017) reminded of the ability; etc. development priority of natural infrastructure such as forest rather than artificial infrastructure. So don’t Presently it increasingly is difficult for the man- sacrifice too much forest area for the development of agement of a nature reserve and other conservation areas artificial infrastructure. They argue that the natural because in general the area of forest is increasingly nar- system also has unique benefits that make them immune row in almost all countries in the world both developed to some of the problems faced in infrastructure and developing countries. Therefore, there are more and development, for example in America. Considerations more disturbances and threats to the forest area both in are given: (1) the value of forest appreciated over time production forests, protected forests and other forest as it grows and develops - unlike built infrastructure, conservation areas. One of the causes is the explosion of such as pipes and reservoirs, which ultimately require people in the world which has been costly repairs or complete replacement; (2) the forest *Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] 73 Pattimahu et al. provides benefits other than supplying clean water, such demand arises when certain renewable resource demand as carbon sequestration, habitat provision and cannot be satisfied by the existing supply; Scarcity recreational opportunities; and (3) forests and wetlands caused
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