POTENSI HUTAN KEMUNING UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN EKOWISATA DI KABUPATEN TEMANGGUNG

DYAH RATNA WIDI A, Ir. Retno Nur Utami, M.P

2017 | Skripsi | S1 KEHUTANAN

Hutan Kemuning merupakan ekosistem hutan alam yang masih ada di Pulau Jawa. Hutan ini memiliki potensi sumberdaya alam yang melimpah. Masyarakat Desa Tanjungsari memanfaatkan Hutan Kemuning sebagai lahan untuk menanam kopi melalui program PHBM. Bentuk alternatif pemanfaatan lain dengan tetap menjaga kelestarian Hutan Kemuning dan peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat adalah ekowisata. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan penelitian untuk mengetahui potensi Hutan Kemuning di Desa Tanjungsari. Penelitian ini juga bertujuan untuk merekomendasikan konsep pola pengembangan ekowisata yang dapat diajukan. Penelitian dimulai dengan melakukan penilaian potensi obyek dan daya tarik wisata alam menggunakan Pedoman Analisis Daerah Operasi - Obyek dan Daya Tarik Wisata Alam (ADO-ODTWA) Ditjen PHKA 2002. Selanjutnya dilakukan inventarisasi terhadap potensi flora, fauna, lanskap, budaya serta aspek masyarakat. Pengumpulan data flora dan fauna dilakukan dengan cara mencatat secara langsung jenis-jenis yang ditemui. Data mengenai potensi lanskap diperoleh dengan cara melakukan penilaian secara visual menurut parameter Bureau Land of Management. Data mengenai potensi budaya diperoleh dengan cara mendata seluruh objek yang ada. Data aspek masyarakat diperoleh dengan menggunakan kuisioner. Data mengenai potensi objek yang terdapat di Hutan Kemuning kemudian dianalisis secara deskriptif dan hasilnya digunakan untuk menyusun konsep pola pengembangan ekowisata. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Hutan Kemuning memiliki potensi dan cukup layak dilakukan pengembangan ekowisata. Berdasarkan hasil analisis potensi maka menghasilkan dua obyek yang bisa dikembangkan lebih lanjut sebagai destinasi ekowisata yaitu Hutan Kemuning dan Desa Tanjungsari. Jenis-jenis wisata yang direkomendasikan untuk dikembangkan di Hutan Kemuning yaitu wisata pendidikan/penelitian, wisata petualangan dan interpretasi alam, sedangkan di Desa Tanjungsari dapat dilakukan kegiatan wisata budaya.

Kemuning Forest is one of secondary natural forests that still exist in Java Island, especially in Temanggung District. This forest has abundant of natural resources potentials. Tanjungsari Village Community utilizes most of the lower parts of Kemuning Forest to grow coffee through PHBM Program. Another alternative form of utilization while maintaining the sustainability of Kemuning Forest and increasing the welfare of the community which can be taken intoconsideration is ecotourism. Therefore, it is necessary to do a research to find out the potentials of Kemuning Forest in Tanjungsari Village for the ecoturism development. The research was started by assessing the potential objects and natural tourism attractions by using the Guidlines for Operational Area Analysis - Natural Objects and Tourist Attractions, published by Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation 2002.The research was done by inventoring the potential flora, fauna, landscape, cultural and community aspects. The data of the flora and fauna potentials were collected by recording the encountered species directly. The data of the landscape potentials were obtained by assessing the landscape visually based on Bureau Land of Management parameters. The data of the cultural aspect potentials were obtained by recording all the existing objects. The data of community aspects were obtained by using questionnaire. The obtained data of these potentials were then analyzed descriptively. The result of the analysis, then, was used to develop the concept of the ecotourism development pattern in Kemuning Forest which is included in Tanjungsari Village Area. The results of the research showed that Kemuning Forest had potential and quite feasible for the ecotourism development. Based on the results of the potential analysis, it was known that there were two objects/areas that could be developed further as the ecotourism destinatoins, i.e. Kemuning Forest and Tanjungsari Village. The recommended types of tourism which may be developed in Kemuning Forest are educational/research tourism, adventure tourism and natural interpretation, and cultural tourism in Tanjungsari Village. All kinds of tourism previously mentioned are inspired by the ecotourism principles.

Kata Kunci : potensi, Hutan Kemuning, pengembangan ekowisata; potential, Kemuning Forest, development of ecotourism