With the largest number of forests, conservation forest areas are added to protected forests.
This is a type of forest area that is sensitive to disturbances in it.
"Overall, forest areas that are easily accessible to the public are like the Pantai Panjang TWA area.
The level of dredging is higher because it is easier to access. This is what is happening now," he concluded.
Previously, the Director of the Indonesian Conservation Community (KKI) Warsi, Adi Junedi explained,
The area of forest cover in Bengkulu Province continues to decrease, so that ecological disasters become a threat.
"Given this fact, it is important for Bengkulu Province to increase awareness, amidst the continued reduction in forest cover," explained Adi.
Adi further said, based on analysis of sentinel satellite imagery from the KKI Warsi Geographic Information System (GIS) Team
Combined with observations from Google Earth, Spot 6 imagery and SAS Planet, Bengkulu's forest cover is only 645,116 hectares (Ha) or 32 percent of the area of Bengkulu.
"Compared to 2022, forest cover in Bengkulu is currently reduced by 8,306 Ha," he added.
From the analysis, it is also known that 142,466 Ha in Bengkulu is open land. Apart from forest areas, open areas are also monitored in various other land uses.
"Such as land clearing in mining areas, covering an area of 3,719 Ha, oil palm plantations covering an area of 12,719 Ha, and forestry companies covering 4,053 Ha," he concluded.