Forest View

What about the context of South Kalimantan Province ?. Taman Hutan Raya (Tahura) or Grand Forest Park Sultan Adam of   South Kalimantan determined by the Presidential Decree 52 of 1989. The purpose is for the establishment and preservation of Bornean   germplasm collections of flora and fauna, a research facility types of tropical rain forest vegetation, education and training facilities, nature tourism facilities, maintaining the natural beauty and create a fresh micro-climate, and to improve the function of watershed hydrology. Like other forest area, it is now   to under pressure from various human activities. Protected function of Tahura Adam Sultan to the existence of Riam Kanan lake as hydroelectric suffering excessive sedimentation due to activities in the catchment area. Water debit of the reservoir was continuously decreased. The most prominent human activities cause damage to areas including Tahura Adam Sultan is illegal logging, illegal mining, and fore...

By: Munandar Preserving the forest area as well as conservation of protected areas has spent great amount of funds, but the results have not been encouraging so far. Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 32 Year 2004 about Local Government essentially gives flexibility for elaborating sources of development base on characteristic own to get development goals. This initiative allows local governments explore the sources of new financing for the construction of development. Payment for Ecosystems Services (PES) PES can be said of the compensation money to substitute for environmental goods and services (including forests) that have been used by humans. Ecosystems Services (ES) itself according to the report of Millennium Ecosystems Assessment (MEA: 2005), can be recognized as a support, provision, regulation and cultural services for the environment is inherent to human life. Support can be a rotation of the food chains, the building of soil formation . Provision include the sourc...