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Biodiversity, social adoptability, and preference toward managing medicinal plants in homegardens across elevations in the Menoreh Mountains, Kulonprogo District, Indonesia BUDIADI BUDIADI; SITI NURUL ROFIQO IRWAN; LINA DWI LESTARI; MUHAMMAD IQBAL NUR MADJID; HADI SUSILO ARIFIN; NURHAYATI NURHAYATI; KASWANTO KASWANTO; BUDI FAISAL; MUHAMMAD ZAINI DAHLAN; SITI RAHAYU NADHIROH; TUTIK SRI WAHYUNI; MUHAMMAD SADDAM ALI
Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity Vol. 26 No. 3 (2025)
Publisher : Society for Indonesian Biodiversity

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d260331

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Abstract. Budiadi, Irwan SNR, Lestari LD, Madjid MIN, Arifin HS, Nurhayati, Kaswanto, Faisal B, Dahlan MZ, Nadhiroh SR, Wahyuni TS, Ali MS. 2025. Biodiversity, social adoptability, and preference toward managing medicinal plants in homegardens across elevations in the Menoreh Mountains, Kulonprogo District, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 26: 1316-1324. Pekarangan, or "homegarden" is an agroforestry system that provides various products, including low-cost medicinal plants for maintaining family and community health. The Menoreh Mountains in Yogyakarta province, Central Java, is a center of production for medicinal plants that have been utilized by local people for generations. This research was conducted at three elevation levels—100-200 masl (lowland), 400-500 masl (mid-elevation), and >800 masl (highland)—in the Menoreh Mountains, to measure the biodiversity of homegardens, to predict adoption level of and people's preference toward medicinal plants, and to discuss pharmacological activity of the plants against potential epidemics. It involved direct observation of 30 homegardens, and interviews with 45 respondents using 22 close-ended questions from the ADOPT Tool framework.  Diversity indices among locations were compared using one-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD post-hoc test, and results from the interviews were analyzed using the ADOPT Tool. The pharmacological activities of the medicinal plants were analyzed through a literature study. The results showed that plant species in the homegardens had five main functions, i.e., food-producing, medicinal, fodder, estate crops, and ornamental plants. A total of 22 species from 13 families of medicinal plants deeply rooted in the local culture were cultivated in the homegardens. Peak adoption of medicinal-plant management in lowland, mid-elevation, and highland communities was predicted at 17%, 98%, and 98% within a period of ten, five, and two years, respectively. Highland people can more easily adopt the cultivation system of medicinal plants than mid-elevation and lowland communities. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) and ginger (Zingiber officinale) were the two most preferred medicinal plants in all locations, that increase immunity via antiviral, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. This suggests people in the Menoreh Mountains have good resilience to potential epidemics. Still, future research to increase the diversity and characterization of specific compounds of medicinal plants is needed.
Strategi Pengelolaan Agroforestri Dusung Berkelanjutan di DAS Wai Batu Gajah: Pendekatan Berbasis SWOT (Sustainable Dusung Agroforestry Management Strategy in the Wai Batu Gajah Watershed: A SWOT-Based Approach) Angela Martha Rettob; Regan Leonardus Kaswanto; Efi Yuliati Yovi
Jurnal Penelitian Pengelolaan Daerah Aliran Sungai (Journal of Watershed Management Research) Vol 9 No 1 (2025): Jurnal Penelitian Pengelolaan Daerah Aliran Sungai (Journal of Watershed Manageme
Publisher : Asosiasi Peneliti dan Teknisi Kehutanan dan Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (APTKLHI)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59465/jppdas.2025.9.1.55-78

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As a form of traditional agroforestry, dusung provides numerous benefits regarding ecology, economy, and socio-culture in the Wai Batu Gajah Watershed in Ambon City, Maluku Province. The dusung management system is maintained by the local community and has become their traditional knowledge. It has the potential to support ecosystem sustainability. This research uses a SWOT approach to evaluate the internal and external factors influencing dusung agroforestry management and to develop priority strategies for sustainable management. The research was conducted in the upper part of the Wai Batu Gajah Watershed from September to October 2024. Data were collected through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) involving eight key informants representing the government sector, local communities (dusung owners), academics and religious leaders. Additionally, 30 dusung farmers were interviewed. Strategy analysis was carried out quantitatively using IFE, EFE, IE, SWOT, and QSPM matrices. The analysis results show that the internal factors score is 2.874 and the external factor score is 2.831. Therefore, the results of the xy axis combination place the position of dusung agroforestry in quadrant V, at the Hold and Maintain stage. The proposed priority strategy is to increase the effectiveness of strategic land through optimizing productive land, selecting superior seeds, using appropriate technology, and empowering farmers. Implementation of these strategies requires collaboration among the community, government, and private sector to support the sustainable management of dusung agroforestry. This study provides recommendations for policy development that support the sustainability of the Wai Batu Gajah Watershed ecosystem and improve community welfare.