Assessment of Potential Carbon Stock in Social Forestry Areas in the Tangka Forest Management Unit

Abstract

Abstract Sustainable development has three main pillars, namely social, economic and environmental. One form of policy that supports sustainable development is social forestry. This policy is a system of environmental management in the form of forests by involving the surrounding community who benefit from the forest for their livelihoods of environmental management in the form of forests by involving the surrounding community, which benefits from the forest for its livelihood. In the implementation of current development, often do not pay attention to the environmental pillars. So, it is necessary to study how the environmental conditions in the form of Carbon Reserves in the social forestry permit area in the Tangka Forest Management Unit located in Sinjai Regency. This study used remote sensing methods to observe the environment through land cover in 2009, 2017, and 2024. Land cover conditions in 2009 were the basis for observation based on the forest area of South Sulawesi Province. Land cover in 2017 was the initial condition of the Social Forestry permit. While 2024 was the latest land cover observation. Temporal land cover is the basis for determining the amount of carbon reserves. From 2009 to 2017, high and low-density forests dominated the social forestry permit area in Tangka Forest Management Unit. However, quite extensive dryland agriculture and increasing shrubs were also identified. Since the existence of social forestry permits until now, there has been an increase in forest cover and a decrease in the area of dryland agriculture and shrubs. This also increases carbon reserves by around 9,5 tons/ha within six years. The existence of social forestry provides legal certainty to the community so that the community maintains the existing forest in the form of utilization of environmental services (ecotourism). In addition, the community carries out land rehabilitation with an agroforestry pattern with the help of plants from the Forest Management Unit. However, in the field, several forest encroachment activities were also found due to a need for a better understanding of the area and several agricultural sector policies.

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