Open AccessCHEMICAL PROPERTIES STUDYS OF PEATLANDON VARIOUS LANDUSE
Author(s) -
Yondra Yondra,
Nelvia Wawan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
agric
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-9343
pISSN - 0854-9028
DOI - 10.24246/agric.2017.v29.i2.p103-112
Subject(s) - peat , swamp , environmental science , land use , biomass (ecology) , agroforestry , agronomy , ecology , biology
Natural peat swamp forests converted can alter the soil chemical properties. This study aims to determine the extent to which changes in soil chemical properties that occur after the conversion of land from peat swamp forest to palm oil plantation, HTI Acacia crasicarpa, and sago plantation and to know which types of plants are sustainable on peatlands. The results showed that soil pH increased after the change of land function. While the water content decreased. Chemical properties such as C-organic, ash content, CEC, alkaline saturation, macro nutrients (NPK) and bases can be changed also undergo changes after undergoing landuse changes, but no violations based on the law made by the government in pp No 25 of 2000 on the criteria of peatland damage and government regulation no. 150 of 2000 on the control of soil damage for biomass production. Sago is the most sustainable plant compared to others due to changes in soil chemical properties not too much different from other landuse although planted in the long term.