DEVELOPMENT OF PALM OIL PLANTATION AND ITS EFFECT ON EXISTENCE OF

PRODUCTION LIMITED FOREST Case Study: LIMITED PRODUCTION FOREST IN

MUKOMUKO REGENCY

AHMAD MEDAPRI H, SH

Education Background and Employment

• Under Graduate : Law Faculty of Andalas University, West Sumatera

• Major in : Law• Working for : Law Bureau at Goverment Office

of Bengkulu Province• Position : Staff

INDONESIA

Research Backgroud

• Bengkulu province has 435,116 hectares plantation area in 2010.

• Growth of oil palm plantation area from 166.627 hectares in 2009 to 190.787 hectares in 2010. Most of the oil palm plantation in Bengkulu owned by private estates.

• Muko-Muko Regency is one of the main locations of oil palm plantations in the province of Bengkulu.

• There are many rights of Enterprises that issued by local governments of Mukomuko Regency in the Limited Production Forest Zone.

Plantation area in Bengkulu Province

Theoritical Base

• Economics Development• Development Theory• Agricultural economy• Forestry

Tables of Palm Oil Productions and Poor Population in the Province of Bengkulu(BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

373,815 373,815

450,278

602,735 615,624

Palm Oil Production (Tons)

2006 2007 2008 2009 20100.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

23.00 22.1320.64

18.59 18.30

Poor population (%)

The number of farmers from the five major plantation sector in the province of Bengkulu in 2009

Most of the farmers work in

oil palm plantations

97,598

59,258

57,741

2,792 21,724

Palm Oil

Rubber

Robusta Coffee

Arabicca Cooffe

Cacao

Problem Questions

1. How is the development of palm oil plantations in the Mukomuko Regency?

2. How does the existence of limited production forest area in Mukomuko Regency?

3. What is the impact of the development of palm oil plantations on the Limited Production Forest in Mukomuko Regency?

The three actor

Limited Production

Forest

Palm Oil PlantationThe Goverment of

MukomukoThe Farmer

Research Statements

" Development of oil palm plantations affect the limited production forest in Mukomuko Regency “

“In 2007 when analyzing land cover in the District of Muko Muko, more than 6,000 hectares of forest have been taken over by plantation companies,”(Gunggung Senoaji, Forestry Faculty Lecturer At The University of Bengkulu)

Research Objectives

1. To know the development condition of oil palm plantations in Mukomuko Regency.

2. To know some constraints in the development of the agricultural sector, especially oil palm plantations.

3. To find the impact of the development of palm oil plantations for the Limited Production Forest area in Mukomuko Regency?

Time Series AnalysisThis analysis is needed to show and prove the correlationbetween dependent variables and independent variables byusing statistical tools of analysis. It also will help to analize thevariation of data, the trend and tendencies.

Librarian researchIn order to have the real ovarview about the research theme,the librarian research will help to construct theoritical base asthe guide-line to come to thesis statement and conclution.

Field researchThis method related to the effort of collecting data and alsodiscussion and interview. Those data are Spatial Regulation, Forestry Regulation, region income, Statutes, the result of interview and other related data.

Research Method