The sloping agricultural land management on buffer zone of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Malang Regency

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2019-02, Vol.230 (1), p.12114
• Main Authors: Kholilah, T N, Rahimah, H, Hamzah, R, Arifianto, A, Retnaningdyah, C, Hakim, L
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/230/1/012114

The land management in the buffer zone of the protected area has been considered important to support biodiversity in the conservational area. Many areas in the buffer zone of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (BTSNP) in Malang Regency, Indonesia, have been threatened by improper agricultural activity. The objective of this study was to examine the profiles of soil quality and biodiversity of several sloping agricultural land management in the buffer zone. The assessment of soil quality (pH and C Organic) and biodiversity of trees, shrubs, and herbs were done in the five land use type i.e. bare land, monoculture of chili, pine-coffee, pine-taro, and coffee agroforestry. The data were analyzed using the principal component analysis. The results showed that agroforestry with coffee as the main crop was the most appropriate land management model for biodiversity, carbon storage, sustainable agroforestry, and production profit stability.