POLA PERSEBARAN DAN PEMANFAATAN KAWASAN OLEH PELADANG DI HUTAN NAGARI BULUH KASOK KECAMATAN LUBUK TAROK KABUPATEN SIJUNJUNG

Abstract

 The purpose of this study was to find out: 1) Potential of nagari forest. 2) The distribution pattern of fields in the village forest area. 3) Utilization of the area by farmers in the village forest. This research is a mixed method, which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. The implementation of this research was carried out in the Nagari Buluh Kasok Forest, Lubuk Tarok District, Sijunjung Regency. Data collection techniques include direct measurement and data collection in the field using the Global Positioning System (GPS), interviews and distributing questionnaires. This research found: 1) Forest potential of Nagari Buluh Kasok through scoring calculation based on indicators of abundance, human resource capability, technology, capital and market. 2) The results of the distribution pattern of fields in the Nagari Buluh Kasok Forest area based on the Average Nearest Neighbor analysis on ArcGIS Software is a random pattern with a Nearest Neighbor Ratio of 1.136415 and a z-score of 1.278495. 3) Utilization of the Nagari Forest area is 31% of the Nagari Forest area + 763 ha. The number of identified farmers is 77 farmers.