DAMPAK ERUPSI GUNUNG MERAPI TERHADAP LAHAN DAN UPAYA-UPAYA PEMULIHANNYA
ABSTRAC: TThe eruption
of Merapi mountain
has primary and
secondary hazard and
may damage to the land. In detail, the hazards are land degradation is a
loss of some or many of germplasm and
changes in plant
biodiversity. The others
hazard including loss
of water catchment areas, the destruction of forests, and even the
closing of the water source, as
well as the
loss of water
channels. The burried
of soil and
soil formation inhibition were caused
by the repeated
eruptions of Merapi,
beside the loss
of roads access
to agricultural land and loss of land ownerships boundaries by the
eruption and cool lava. Materials
of eruption are sand and
pyroclastic materials, as
well as the
nature of cementation require
special techniques and technology to use
the land as new farmland. Land
restoration efforts can
be done with
the land management
by reforestation on government-owned land
for water catchment
function, agroforestry forage
grass based, grazing field on
land owned by the village and residents, with the use of organic materials in
the eruption sandy soil ameliorant.
Penulis: Rahayu, Dwi Priyo
Ariyanto, Komariah, Sri Hartati,
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd140348
