Public Perception on the Existence of Macaca hecki and Macaca tonkeana in Protected Forest and Pangi Binangga Nature Reserve of Central Sulawesi

Manap Trianto (Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Tadulako, Palu, Indonesia)
Nur Herjayanti (Program Studi Biologi Tumbuhan, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia)
Moh Dahri Kisman (Program Studi Tadris IPA, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan, Institut Agama Islam Negeri, Palu, Indonesia)
Efendi Efendi (Departemen Biologi Tropika, Fakultas Biologi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Sandi Fransisco Pratama (Departemen Biologi Tropika, Fakultas Biologi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Herlangga Adiputra (UPT KPHP Kapuas Hulu, Dinas Kehutanan, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia)
Sri Hardianti (Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Tadulako, Palu, Indonesia)
Agung Dwi Kurniawan (KPH Kulawi, Dinas Kehutanan, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)

Jurnal Biologi Tropis
Vol. 21 No. 2 (2021): Mei - Agustus

Wildlife is one of the biological natural resources that can be use it sustainably and sustainably, because wildlife is a natural resource renewable or renewable biological (renewable resources). This study aims to determine public perception of the exixtence of Macaca hecki and Macaca tonkeana in Protected Forest and Pangi Binangga Nature Reserve of Central Sulawesi. This research was carried out along the Palu-Parigi trans road which is in the Protected Forest and Pangi Binangga Nature Reserve, Central Sulawesi Province in April - June 2021. The results showed that presence of endemic Sulawesi macaque (M. hecki and M. tonkeana) along the Palu-Parigi trans road which is in the Protected Forest and Pangi Binangga Nature Reserve area causes various problems such as people experiencing unpleasant events with the presence of macaque, stolen goods, enter into community plantations, and damage various types of agricultural crops (avocado, cloves, cocoa, and several other fruits).