UPAYA KONSERVASI BANGSA KURA-KURA DI AREAL PENAMBANGAN EMAS DAN INTAN CATCHMENT AREA RIAM KANAN, KALIMANTAN SELATAN
Abstract: South Borneo have
wetland with 1 million Ha width (27% of total area), that used for wildlife
habitat included tortoise. Tortoise is interesting and unique animal for pet.
Tortoises have many kind locations as its habitat, such as from sea area,
swamp, neutral water to hill, forest and clear land. Tortoise is slow in
growth. This make Indonesian tortoise will have vanished in 2010 because
over-exploitation and export for huge number every month (more than 10 thousand
ton or thousand tail) (Iskandar, 2000). For management action input that will
done, need action research to knowing the dispersal and habitat of
tortoise. This research was located in
Riam Kanan Catchments Area, South Borneo, with 15 rivers for sample. Ground
survey method in all sample location was used
in this research. The point that tortoise have been funded was taken by
GPS then have been plotted in Basic Map by Arc.View.3.3. program. The right and
left of river side was written the environment parameter and all of vegetation have been inventoried by
Quadrate plot and then have been analyzed to knowing Important Value
Index’s for each species that was funded. The result of
this research have showed there are 3 species that funded in the location, like
as: Kura-kura pipi putih (Siebenrockiella crassicolis), Biuku (Batagur baska),
and Kuya Batok (Cuora amboinensis), and 1 species of labi-labi like as Forest
Labi-labi (Pelochelys cantori), that dispersed in 38 point of Riam Kanan
Catchments Area. The typical of tortoise and Labi-labi Habitat is the river
that have 0-50 cm depth and more than 2,5 m width, with vegetation that have
crowded canopy (>60%) that was dominated by Putat (Barringtonia acutangula),
Kayu Kacang (Strombosia javanica) dan Sungkai (Peronema canescens). The river
have good condition in water quality that was signed by the number of water
animal that exist like as fish, crab, shrimp, and water insect that was
consumed by tortoise and labi-labi.
Key word: Riam Kanan, Habitat,
Dispersal, Tortoise
Penulis: Abdi Fithria
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd080033
