The Availability of Forest Ecosystem Services in Siak Regency

Abstract

This study aimed at quantifying or valuating the use of provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services of forestland in Siak Regency, Riau Province. The sample was taken by purposive sampling, and the overall research, including report, was carried out in 4 (four) months/ 120 calendar days (February-May 2018). The data analysis was done for primary and secondary data, in which the primary data was obtained from field interview and observation in the form of questionnaire and note-taking, that were tabulated. The secondary data taken were tabulated and classified based on the class of the land and forest land cover. The research result depicted the ability of Siak’s forest in giving ecosystem services and the ability in providing biomass carbon stock as follows: 1) Giving ecosystem services in the category of very low, low, fair, high, and very high with each score was 22,35%, 9,68%, 32,60%, 27,84%, and 7,53% from the total land area, and 2) biomass carbon stock was 13.453.527,98 ton from the total of forest area.

Keywords: the use of provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services of forestland in Siak Regency.