Open AccessKajian Interaksi Gajah Sumatera (Elephas Maximus Sumatranus) Dengan Masyarakat Kuyung Arang, Kabupaten Tanggamus
Author(s) -
Dina Farida Utami,
Agus Setiawan,
Elly L. Rustiati
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jurnal sylva lestari/jurnal sylva lestari : journal of sustainable forest
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-5747
pISSN - 2339-0913
DOI - 10.23960/jsl3363-70
Subject(s) - elephas , national park , geography , criminology , forestry , demography , ethnology , psychology , zoology , sociology , biology , archaeology
Study on the interaction and its effects between sumateran elephants and Kuyung Arang’s local people, Tanggamus was conducted in October-December 2014, direct and indirect observation, by questionnaire was applied. Amensalism is the interaction found between sumatran elephants and local people of Kuyung arang. Negative impacts include harvest fail (29,58%; n=21), crop (60,56%; n=43), and hut (9,86%; n=7) destruction. Key word: Sumatran elephant, interaction, local people, Kuyung Arang, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park