Proceedings SPICE Workshop 2007

Synopsis of Ecological and Socio-Economic Aspects

of Tropical Coastal Ecosystem

with Special Reference to Segara Anakan

Editors:

Edy Yuwono

Tim Jennerjahn

Moh. Husein Sastranegara

Purnama Sukardi

Research Institute

University of Jenderal Soedirman

Purwokerto

Synopsis of Ecological and Socio-Economic Aspects

Synopsis of Ecological and Socio-Economic Aspects of

Tropical Coastal Ecosystem with Special Reference to Segara Anakan

Editors

: Edy Yuwono

Tim Jennerjahn

Moh. Husein Sastranegara

Purnama Sukardi

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Preface

The Indonesia-German initiative on Earth System Research “Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Marine Ecosystems” (SPICE) Phase I was conducted between 2003 to 2007. The program included field trips to Segara Anakan, Cilacap, Central Java, which lies between 108°46’ - 109°03’ E and 7°35’ - 7°48’ S, and laboratory works in the University of Jenderal Soedirman (UNSOED) Purwokerto as well as workshops attended by scientists, students, non-government organizations, industry, local authorities and other stakeholders.

The Segara Anakan consists of a lagoon isolated from the Indian Ocean by Nusakambangan island, mangrove forest areas, settlement areas, and rice field areas. In the north of Segara Anakan, there are agricultural areas, whereas in the south primarily rain forest is covering most parts of Nusakambangan island. In the east the lagoon is bordered by the city of Cilacap. The environmental changes due to natural causes as well as the impact of human activities are evident in this lagoon-mangrove ecosystem. The lagoon became narrower and shallower due to sedimentation in the west part, and the water condition has been deteriorated by pollution in the east part which is close to industrial and settlement areas. In addition, illegal logging resulted in the decrease of mangrove areas. The complexity of natural and human made phenomena had also created not only ecological problems but also social conflicts and economic loss.

These complex phenomena of Segara Anakan were discussed in a “Workshop on Ecological and Socio-Economic Aspects of Segara Anakan Cilacap”, in March 26-27, 2007, organized by Research Institute, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia in collaboration with Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie (ZMT) Bremen,

Germany within the framework of the SPICE project. Results of the field trips and laboratory works conducted during the implementation of SPICE Phase I were presented in the workshop and are documented in this book. The book describes ecological aspects including the importance of mangrove vegetation of Segara Anakan as a habitat of various living organisms, the mangrove conversion and its degradation due to illegal logging, the present environmental conditions in the lagoon and the abundance and community composition of organisms living in the ecosystem such as benthic organisms and keystone species of the intertidal crab community. Socio-economic aspects such as conflicts of communities along the Donan River and the empowerment of rural coastal community in the northern part of Segara Anakan area are elucidated.

We are grateful to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany for supporting SPICE Project Phase I implemented during 2003 – 2007 in which the workshop has been important part of the activities. The project was also supported by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP), and the Ministry for Research and Technology (MENRISTEK) of the Republic of Indonesia. Contributions by the authors and support by ZMT and UNSOED have made the dissemination of the manuscripts presented in the “Workshop on Ecological and Socio-Economic Aspects of Segara Anakan” through this book possible.

September, 2007

CONTENT

Page ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Mangrove Vegetation of Segara Anakan Cilacap, Java, Indonesia: Structure

Composition, Litter Fall Production and Composition, by Rudhi Pribadi 1

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Mangrove Conversion at the Segara

Anakan Cilacap, Java, Indonesia, by Erwin Riyanto Ardli 11

Illegal Logging of Mangroves at the Segara Anakan Cilacap, Java, Indonesia: A Conservation Constraint, by Moh. Husein Sastranegara , Edy Yuwono &

Purnama Sukardi , 21

Environmental Conditions in the Segara Anakan Lagoon, Java, Indonesia, by

Tim Jennerjahn, Peter Holtermann, Insa Pohlenga & Bushra Nasir 28

The Benthic Community in the Segara Anakan Lagoon, Java, Indonesia, by

Inga Nordhaus 33

The Intertidal Crab Community of the Segara Anakan Lagoon, Java,

Indonesia during the Dry Season 2005, by Simon Joscha Geist 39

Parasites as Bioindicators for a Risk Classification System around and within

Indonesian Grouper Mariculture, by Sonja Rückert & Harry W. Palm 44

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS

Governance Problems in Managing Donan River Uses, Cilacap, Java,

Indonesia, by Slamet Rosyadi, Imam Widhiono & Petrus Hary Tjahja Sudibya 50

The Empowerment of Self-help Group (Milk Fish Aqua-culturist) in Tritih Kulon, Cilacap, Java, Indonesia, by Purnama Sukardi, Edy Yuwono,

Sugiharto, Moh. Husein Sastranegara, Lucie Setiana, Hartoyo, Isdy Sulistyo,

MANGROVE VEGETATION OF SEGARA ANAKAN CILACAP,

JAVA, INDONESIA: STRUCTURE COMPOSITION, LITTER-FALL

PRODUCTION AND DECOMPOSITION

by

Rudhi Pribadi

Department of Marine Science, University of Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

rudhi_pribadi@yahoo.co.uk

Introduction

Mangroves ecosystems are highly productive with a high litter production (Snedaker and Brown, 1981; Proctor, 1984) and are believed to enhance near-shore primary and secondary production (Macnae, 1974; Mann, 1982). Odum (1969) described mangroves as interface or open systems because of their flow-through pathways for transporting matter. These pathways are driven by physical (tides, terrestrial runoff, and rainfall) and biological (litter production, decomposition, mineral uptake and faunal activities) factors that control the rate of matter import, export and storage (Pool et al., 1975). The result of these flows and

transformations is the import of inorganic matter from terrestrial ecosystems and the export of both particulate and dissolved organic matter to adjacent marine ecosystems.

Mangroves provide important feeding and nursery areas for many fishes (Knox and Miyabara, 1984). Their most important function for fisheries however is their role as nursery areas. Attempts have been made to determine the relationship between mangrove areas and offshore shrimp production. Martosubroto and Naamin (1977) suggested that there is a significant linear relationship between the two, and that any reduction in mangrove area will cause a reduction in shrimp production. A regression analysis of annual prawn production with mangrove area and latitude, using a world-wide data set (Turner, 1977), showed that in Indonesia one could expect a production of about 100 kg of prawns/ ha/ year of mangrove. Nair (1977) has attempted to quantify the economic trade offs between mangrove forestry and offshore prawn fisheries in Sabah. In Australia, Staples et al. (1985) found a high positive

correlation between the length of the mangrove-lined section of rivers and the mean annual commercial catch (1973 to 1982) of the banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis de Man) in

different areas of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Adults of the commercially important penaeid prawns usually spawn at sea and after a short larval life (2 - 3 weeks), the post larval stage settles in the near inshore areas and estuaries (Dall et al., 1990).

Located on the southeast coast of central Java, Segara Anakan, consist of a central lagoon surrounded by mangrove swamps and intertidal land, is believed has an ecologically and economically rich area. The extensive mangrove habitat, estimated to be about 9,600 ha (Erwin Ardli Riyanto, this volume), and the lagoon supports a lagoon fishery and more importantly serves as a nursery ground for marine fish and shrimp. The most significant economic contribution of the lagoon is in the coastal and offshore waters of Cilacap. A fisheries survey found that 45 species of fish and several species of penaeid shrimp occur in the lagoon waters. An abundance of larvae of commercially important marine fish and shrimp in the lagoon demonstrates the strong ecological links between offshore and lagoon waters and confirms the high value of tropical coastal estuaries for offshore fisheries stock. Despite the fact that mangrove forest of Segara Anakan is the largest such area remained in Java with all those important ecological and economical functions, presently the forest condition has undergone serious degradation due to illegal cutting and conversion to other uses. The estuary’s ecological function of the lagoon has also a serious threat by a rapid accelerated

sedimentation and infilling from the inlet rivers. Two options has been recommended to solve this serious sedimentation threat i.e. inlet diversion, and lagoon dredging which now is on going.

The main purpose of this study were to describe mangrove vegetation and some of its ecological processes within Segara Anakan lagoon, Cilacap Specifically, the project aims were:

1. to describe the mangrove floristically, including the structure and composition of the vegetation and its regeneration;

2. to determine the small litter-fall production, quantify its nutrients, and 3. to estimate its rate of decomposition.

Material and Methods

1. Forest structure and composition

There are three main locations on the study: Klaces area (KLA) representing the most impacted area and Sapuregel area (SAP) that is less impacted. Some study was also set up in Motehan (MOT) area as the transition between the two locations. Three stations of 500 m length transect line was designated for each station. All study designed to be comprehensively conducted on the same sites therefore its information obtained would be integrated and hopefully supporting one to another.

Figure 1. Study sites in Segara Anakan Cilacap.

All together the study were conducted in 6 transect lines of 500 m length and 20 m width, 3 transects were set up in Klaces area (KLA1-3) and and 3 transects in Sapuregel area (SAP 1-3). The transect lines then divided into 20 x 20 m plots. Within each plots, all

trees with diameter ≥ 4 cm were measured (diameter and height) and identified to species. The number of saplings (diameter < 4 cm and height ≥ 1 m) in each 20 x 20 m plot were recorded in one 5 x 5 m quadrat, and the number of seedlings (diameter < 1 cm and height less than 1 m) in one 1 x 1 m quadrat. The quadrats were placed in a certain corner of each 10 x 10 m plot. They are treated here as statistically independent samples. The physiognomy of each representative site was determined by a series of profile diagrams. Each tree and sapling species present in these representative plots were plotted for their position and measured for diameter, height (bole and total height) and canopy width.

2. Litter-fall and litter-layer

On each transect of 500 m were installed 5 litter traps for upper plants and 5 litter traps for lower plants (Acanthus and Derris) with a distance in between approximately 100 m. In total 45 sets of trap of each category were installed. The upper-plant litter-fall were collected using traps which were made by attaching a conical-shape nylon mesh (2 mm) to a 1 m X 1 m wooden frame and hanged about 1.5 m above the mean high water level at spring tide. The lower plant litter-fall were collected using 1 m x 1 m x 1m open top and bottom cages of nylon mesh (2 mm) which encircled the target plants. The litter-fall collected from each trap on the 15th and on the last day of each month for a year period then bulk by month before sorting into leaves, branches, fruits and flowers, and a miscellaneous fraction. The fractions were subsequently dried to a constant weight at 70 o C for at least 72 h prior to weighing. A substantial number of samples were randomly picked from the batch for further chemical analysis (N, P, K). The small litter-layer was collected from 1 m x 1 m wooden frames that set up on the forest floor. The frames positioned in the same 20 m x 20 m plots as for the litter-fall collection, but they were only collected on the last day of each month. Only leaf, stipule, reproductive part, and small wood litter-layer were collected. The litter-layer then cleaned, dried, sorted and weighed using the same methods as for litter-fall. The litter-fall decomposition rate (or, in the case of mangroves, litter-fall loss-rate, since there may be removal by the tide) was calculated as the ratio of annual litter-fall mass (L) to litter-layer or standing crop (Xss), k = L / Xss. Turnover rate, the rate of the amount of a substance released by or entering into a compartment in a given time was defined as the inverse form of decomposition rate (1/k). Half-lives (t0.5) (assuming an exponential model applies), were calculated as 0.693/k (Olson 1963).

3. Leaf-litter decomposition

Decomposition was studied using freshly-fallen leaf-litter (collected from the forest floor at low tide) of Acanthus ilicifolius, Aegiceras corniculatum, Avicennia alba, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Ceriops tagal, Derris trifoliata, Excoecaria agalocha, Finlaysonia sp., Rhizophora apiculata, Scyphyphora hydropillacea, Sonneratia alba and Xylocarpus granatum. Ten grams of this leaf-litter were enclosed separately in 30 cm X 30 cm 2-mm

mesh nylon bags. The bags were left on the forest floor (tied to plant roots or trunks) in sites that were dominated by the same species as the leaves that were used in the bags. Collections were made at 0, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 days. There were three replicate bags for every collection. Litter remaining in the bags at every collection time was washed carefully with fresh water and air-dried. After the final collection the litter was oven-dried at 70°C for 4 days and weighed. No chemical analyses were made for the litter because it was impossible to clear off the remnants of adhering mud without altering the chemical composition of the sample.

Results and Discussion

1. Forest structure and composition

In total, there are 26 species of 15 mangrove families recorded in the area. Following Tomlinson’s functional classification (Tomlinson, 1994) twelve species are belongs to major mangrove component, while the rest either belongs to minor component (8 species) or mangrove associate (6 species) as it shown in the following table 1.

Table 1. Species mangrove

Component Family Species

Major component _{Avicenniaceae}

Rhizophoraceae

Sonneratiaceae

Palmae

Avicennia alba Avicennia officinalis Bruguiera cylindrica Bruguiera gymnorrhiza Ceriops tagal

Ceriops decandra Rhizophora apiculata Rhizophora mucronata Rhizophora stylosa Sonneratia alba Sonneratia caseolaris Nypa fruticans

Minor component Pteridaceae

Myrsinaceae Euphorbiaceae Sterculiaceae Meliaceae

Acrostichum aureum Aegiceras corniculatum Aegiceras floridum Excoecaria agallocha Heritiera littoralis

Scyphiphora hydropyllacea Xylocarpus granatum Xylocarpus moluccensis

Mangrove associate Acanthaceae

Guttiferae Leguminosae Asclepiadaceae Malvaceae Rutaceae

Acanthus ilicifolius Calophylum inophylum Derris trifoliata Finlaysonia obovata Hibiscus tiliaceus Merope angulata

The number of mangroves found in Segara Anakan, 26 species in total, is somewhat comparable to the rest of Malesian and Australian mangroves (“Old World” mangroves) such as Papua New Guinea (31 species; Johnstone and Frodin, 1982), Bintuni Bay, Papua (31 species; Pribadi, 1998), Sarawak (40 species; Chai, 1975), Quezon, The Philippine (29 species; Fortes et al., 1989), Ranong, Thailand (24 species; Aksornkoae et al., 1991), or Northern Australia (33 species; Wells 1983), and much higher compared to

the mangroves from the “Atlantic” areas (“New World” mangroves) such as Eastern Coast of United States of America (4 species; Reimold 1977), West Africa (6 species; Chapman 1977) and the South American mangroves (4 species; West 1977). This condition reflected that Segara Anakan once was favorable place for mangroves development. The lagoon was more or less has a similar conditions to what Johnstone and Frodin (1982) mentioned, on their review of Papuan Subregion mangroves, as the most favorable conditions to mangroves development i.e. deltaic area, embayment and deep estuary that is sheltered

from excessive wave action and where mud and silt accumulation are taking place, together with high rainfall and no or only a feeble dry season. However, due to illegal cutting and conversion to other uses, presently forest condition has undergone serious degradation and it is clearly shown in the forest structure.

Klaces area was dominated by Avicennia alba (mean Important Value, IV; 139.85), Sonneratia caseolaris (IV; 36.39) and Sonneratia alba (IV; 15.51), while Rhizophora apiculata (IV; 104.58), Aegiceras corniculatum (IV; 31.41), Scyphiphora hydropyllacea

(IV; 22.30) and Aegiceras floridum (IV; 16.57) were more dominant in Sapuregel area. In

term of tree density Sapuregel area with 3,140 ind./ha almost doubled than Klaces area (1,818 ind./ha), but tree size in Klaces (mean trunk diameter 6.98 cm; height 4.79 m) slightly bigger than Sapuregel (5.39 cm and 3.38 m, respectively). The results shown that Klaces area was “younger” in term of vegetation colonization, characterized by the domination of pioneer species such as Avicennia alba, Sonneratia caseolaris and Sonneratia alba. The area, consist of several deltaic islands, only created in the past few

years due to the high sedimentation in the lagoon. Sapuregel, located further to the east from lagoon (see Figure 1), even though dominated by smaller trees but denser and consist of Rhizophora apiculata, Aegiceras corniculatum, Scyphiphora hydropyllacea and Aegiceras floridum which normally found in more mature forest with more stable substrat.

The similar species was also dominated the sapling stage in both locations and its density in Sapuregel (5,075 ind/ha) way much higher than in Klaces area (2,125 ind./ha). However, Acanthus and Derris shrubs were dominating the seedling stage in Klaces area

with mean density of 6,733 ind/ha and 2,200 ind/ha, respectively. In Sapuregel area the seedling stage dominated by Rhizophora apiculata, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Ceriops tagal

and Ceriops decandra with mean density of 5,200 ind/ha. The availability of sapling and

seedling of the same tree species, for some extent, reflecting that the natural regeneration is assured. It should be noted, however, the total number of sapling and seedling in Segara Anakan were way much lower compared to some other areas such as Bintuni Bay with sapling density of 3,935.7/ha and seedling of 60,938.7/ha (Pribadi, 1998) or Bungin River, South Sumatera with 929.7/ha for sapling and 35,485.7/ha for seedling (Sukarjo et al.,

1984). There is no further information why Acanthus and Derris becomes so abundant in

Klaces area but possibly due to the change of water salinity in the lagoon and uncontrolled logging of other mangrove species in which, in normal condition, limited the growth of those both shrubs species.

On each transect of 500 m were installed 5 litter traps for upper plants and 5 litter traps for lower plants (Acanthus and Derris) with a distance in between approximately 100 m. In total, 45 sets of trap of each category were installed. The upper-plant litter-fall were collected using traps which were made by attaching a conical-shape nylon mesh (2 mm) to a 1 X 1 m wooden frame and hanged about 1.5 m above the mean high water level at spring tide. The lower plant litter-fall were collected using 1 x 1 x 1 m open top and bottom cages of nylon mesh (2 mm) which encircled the target plants. The litter-fall collected from each trap on the 15th and on the last day of each month for a year period then bulk by month before sorting into leaves, branches, fruits and flowers, and a miscellaneous fraction. The fractions were subsequently dried to a constant weight at 70 oC for at least 72 h prior to weighing. A substantial number of samples were randomly picked from the batch for further chemical analysis (N, P, K). The small litter-layer was collected from 1 x 1 m wooden frames that set up on the forest floor. The frames positioned in the same 20 x 20 m plots as for the litter-fall collection, but they were only collected on the last day of each month. Only leaf, stipule, reproductive part, and small wood litter-layer were collected. The litter-layer then cleaned, dried, sorted and weighed using the same methods as for litter-fall. The litter-fall decomposition rate (or, in the case of mangroves,

litter fall loss-rate, since there may be removal by the tide) was calculated as the ratio of

annual litter-fall mass (L) to litter-layer or standing crop (Xss), k = L / Xss. Turnover rate, the

rate of the amount of a substance released by or entering into a compartment in a given time was defined as the inverse form of decomposition rate (1/k). Half-lives (t0.5) (assuming an

exponential model applies), were calculated as 0.693/k (Olson, 1963). 2. Litter-fall and litter-layer

The total small litter-fall was 18.65 t/ha/y for upper plants and 4.23 t/ha/y for lower plants, giving a total number of 22.88 t/ha/y. For upper plants leaf-litter was by far the biggest contributor (65.16%), followed by reproductive parts (15.48%), wood (12.26%), trash (3.23%) and stipules (2.58%). In contrast wood litter productivity (70.81%) was by far the highest for lower plants, followed by Derris (16.44%) and Acanthus leaves (10.90%). September to December was the most productive months for upper plant litter-fall but in contrast the least for the lower plant. The lowest litter-fall for upper plants was in July-August. The total number of litter-fall in Segara Anakan was amazingly much higher than the range reported for any other mangrove sites in South-East Asia such as Matupore Island, Papua New Guinea with total production of 14.30 (Leach and Burgin, 1985), Bintuni Bay, Papua 11.1 t/ha/y (Pribadi, 1998), Kuala Selangor, Malaysia 15.8 t/ha/y (Sasekumar and Loi, 1983), Matang Mangrove Reserve, Malaysia 11.4 t/ha/y (Gong et al., 1984) and Ranong

Mangrove Forest, Thailand 10.88 t/ha/y (Aksornkoae et al., 1991). There are several factors

which influence litter-fall in mangroves: latitude (Saenger and Snedaker, 1993); freshwater input (Pool et al., 1975, Flores-Verdugo et al., 1987); salinity (Clough et al., 1982; Clough

1984); the ratio of precipitation to evaporation (Clough et al., 1982; Clough, 1984); soil

nutrients (Boto and Wellington, 1983); and the age or state of maturity of the forest (Clough, 1985). The mangroves of Segara Anakan were not extreme as far as the above factors are concerned and but surprisingly produced a very high litter-fall. It should be noted, however, that there might be overriding factors that can influence litter-fall in Segara Anakan in the short term. As it was mentioned above the lagoon presently has a serious threat by a rapid accelerated sedimentation and infilling from the inlet rivers which of course influence water salinity, and possibly other physical and chemical factors.

The amounts of nutrient returned through small litter-fall were estimated to be (kg/ ha/ yr): N 255.5, P 41.0 and K 145.5. These values are higher than those reported by Pribadi (1998) for Bintuni Bay i.e. N 240.4, P 6.1 and K 43.2 and Gong et al. (1984) for Matang

mangrove forest, Malaysia i.e. N 46.6, P 4.7, K 25.6. The lower values for both forests must be viewed in the light of their lower annual litter-fall of Bintuni Bay (11.1 t/ha) and Matang (7.8 t/ha) than in Segara Anakan (22.88 t/ha).

3. Leaf-litter decomposition

The decomposition rate (k) values of 6.38 (leaves), 2.51 (wood), 8.89 (fruit and

flower), and 14.84 (stipule) were much higher than the values for truly terrestrial tropical rain forests (Olson, 1963; Anderson and Swift, 1983) because of the removal of litter by seawater. The removal by seawater will differ with the tides and will be offset to some extent by an inflow as well as the outflow. The high value of decomposition rate (k) indicates the high ratio

of litter-fall and litter-layer. However, this finding is a common phenomenon in the mangrove forest since high tide normally removes most of the litter-fall from the forest floor. Leach & Burgin (1985) found that k was high (28.6) for Rhizophora stylosa-dominated forest in

Matupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Robertson (1986), Robertson & Daniel (1989) and Robertson (1991) reported that in tropical Australia the k values varied from 6.19 for

Avicenniain a high intertidal area to 280 for Rhizophora in the mid-intertidal area. In Bintuni Bay, Papua, Pribadi (1998) found the values was ranged between 26.0 (fruit and flower) and 158.4 (stipules). The maximum tidal amplitude in Segara Anakan of 2.2 m c might explain why the values were much lower than in Bintuni Bay with maximum tidal amplitude of 5.6 m.

In general, the results showed leaf-litter decomposition in Segara Anakan are varied among species. Sonneratia alba, Excoecaria agalocha, Avicennia alba and Finlaysonia

decomposed very fast with only less than 25% of the initial mass remaining in litterbags after 32 days. Derris trifoliata, Acanthus ilicifolius, Ceriops tagal, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Xylocarpus granatum were slower with mass remaining ranged between 25% – 75%, while Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, Aegiceras corniculatum and Rhizophora apiculata showing a

way much slowly decomposition rate leaving more than 75% after 32 days of experiment. Steinke et al. (1983, 1990, 1993) attributed differences in decomposition rates to differences

in leaf morphology, anatomy and chemistry. B. gymnorrhiza, for example, has glabrous leaf

surfaces which are covered with a thick cuticle which would impede the entry of water and degradative organisms. In contrast, only the adaxial surface of A. marina leaves has a thick

cuticle; the lower (abaxial) surface is covered with numerous fine, non-glandular hairs. Fahn and Shimony (1977) have shown that the non-glandular hairs are covered by a very thin cuticle that may be absent in parts. It is suggested that water and microbes may enter readily through the leaf underside. Benoit and Starkey (1968) and Swift (1976) had pointed out that the presence of tannins in mangrove leaves can also delay the colonisation by fungi and bacteria. Ceriops tagal, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Rhizophora apiculata are among

member of family Rhizophoraceae that well known with high tannin and lignin concentration on its tissues. Choong et al. (1992) reported that Sonneratiaalba has a relatively a high ratio

of protein (% N) to fibre, which they believed to be a good predictor of leaf palatability and digestibility.

The decomposition process pretty similar: faster in the first week then slower in the following weeks. Some species showing a mass increment after two days in the field but then consistently decreased at the rest of the time. Hodgkiss & Leung (1986) discovered that the highest fungal cellulolytic enzyme activity was found during the first six weeks of decomposition, indicating that microbial cellulolytic activity is likely to reach a peak at this time. They also noticed that time was also required for the leaching of tannins and the build up of microbial biomass. This assumption corresponds well with the knowledge and understanding of the biology of litter decomposition. As decomposition proceeds, soluble components and relatively easily degraded compounds such as sugars, starches, and protein will be rapidly utilised by decomposers such as fungi and bacteria, while more recalcitrant material such as cellulose, fats, waxes, tannins, and lignins will be lost at slower rates. Thus, with time, the relative proportion of these recalcitrant materials will increase and the absolute decomposition rate will decrease (Wieder and Lang 1982). Benoit and Starkey (1968) and Swift (1976) had pointed out that the presence of tannins in mangrove leaves could probably delay the colonisation by fungi and bacteria.

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SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF MANGROVE CONVERSION AT THE SEGARA ANAKAN CILACAP, JAVA, INDONESIA

by

Erwin Riyanto Ardli

Faculty of Biology, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia

eriantoo@yahoo.com

Introduction

The term “mangrove” is used to designate a group of floristically diverse tropical trees and shrubs belonging to unrelated families that share physiological characteristics and special adaptations, which allow them to persist on waterlogged, saline, oxygen depleted silty and unconsolidated substrates. Mangrove forests or ecosystems are referred to as tidal forests, mangrove forests, mangrove swamps or mangal (Novelli et al., 2000). Mangroves

are found along sheltered coastlines in the tropics and subtropics. Where they fulfill important ecological and economic functions in conserving biological diversity and providing wood and non-wood forest products (FAO, 2003). They protect coastline from erosion, storm damage and wave action by acting as buffers and catching alluvial materials. They protect reefs and sea grass beds from siltation and pollution (William, 2005). They provide a protective habitat for spawning, and represent nursery and feeding grounds for a variety of fish, crustacea and shellfish, including many commercial species (Primavera, 1998; Adeel and Pomeroy, 2002). Mangroves are critical for sustaining the production of coastal fisheries (Primavera, 1998; Alongi et al., 2005; Manson et al., 2005),

and are important indicators of coastal changes (Blasco et al., 1996).

Indonesia has one of the world’s largest mangrove areas, estimated of 2.93 million ha or 20% of the total mangrove area of the world (FAO, 2003). However, they continuously declined at an assumed rate of about 1.7% per year during 1990 – 2000. In 1997, the Segara Anakan mangrove forest covered about 13,577 ha (Tomascik et al.,

1997). It has been severely degraded and reduced by 192.96 ha per year (Ardli and Widyastuti, 2001). Segara Anakan is subjected to multiple resource use conflicts, overexploitation of coastal resources and environmental degradation. The coastal communities traditionally exploit mangroves. Key management issues are the decreasing size of the lagoon due to heavy riverine sediment input from upland activities, water quality problems, particularly pesticides runoff from upland agriculture and poor economic conditions of the coastal inhabitants (Dudley, 2000; BPKSA, 2003; Yulastoro, 2003).

There were two large-scale Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) projects in Segara Anakan. The first was the Coastal Resources Management (CRM) Project (1984 – 1992) implemented by the Directorate General of Fisheries and supported by USAID. The objectives of this project were to establish a land use zoning scheme that satisfied the different resources users, to preserve ecological important areas of coastal forest, estuarine and marine ecosystems; and to solve land use conflicts. The second project was the Segara Anakan Conservation and Development Project, SACDP, from 1996 to 2004 implemented by the Directorate General of Regional Development and supported by an ADB loan. Primary objectives were water resources management and sedimentation control, rehabilitation and management of mangroves through community participation, capacity building and education (White et al., 2005).

Remote sensing technologies provide useful information about coastal features including mangrove ecosystems (Filho and Paradella, 2002). Many environmental and

ecological properties can be measured using remote sensing (Mumby et al., 2004). Landsat

thematic mapper (TM) and SPOT (Le Systeme Pour l’Observation de la Terre) images are adequate for mapping marine and intertidal habitats (Mumby et al., 1999; Donoghue and

Mironnet, 2002), as well as for mapping mangrove cover changes (Long and Skewes, 1996; Ardli and Widyastuti, 2001; Vasconcelos et al., 2002; Wejers et al., 2004). Landsat

TM and SPOT multispectral (XS) are the data sets used in this study to determine coastal

habitat changes, based on the available data, and the provided spectral and spatial resolution (Mumby et al., 1999; Wejers et al., 2004).

Mangrove conversion in Segara Anakan has been reported in many studies (Purba, 1991; Soemodihardjo et al., 1991; Tomascik et al., 1997; Dudley, 2000; BPKSA, 2003;

Yulastoro, 2003; White et al., 2005), but there is limited information on the trends of

mangrove conversion temporally and spatially in this area. The main purposes of this study are to map and analyse mangrove converted of the Segara Anakan and to monitor and assess their temporal (1978 – 2003) and spatial changes by analyzing the satellite and ground truth data.

Figure 1. Map of the Segara Anakan ecosystems, Cilacap Regency, Java.

Material and Methods 1. Study Area

The Segara Anakan coastal ecosystem is located in the south-western part of Central Java (108o46’ – 109o03’ E; 7o34’ – 7o47’ S), west of Cilacap city. This ecosystem is protected from the open ocean by a barrier island called Nusakambangan.

Segara Anakan Lagoon

Indian Ocean

Cilacap Nusa Kambangan Island

Cikonde River Cibereum River

Citanduy River

Indonesia

Java

Motean Klaces

The climate at Segara Anakan is tropical and humid, with the southeast monsoon dry season during the months (April – October) and the northwest monsoon rainy season (November – March). Rainfall during the rainy season exceeds 300 mm/month and falls to 100 mm/month or less in the dry season (Tomascik et al., 1997). Tides are semidiurnal

with an amplitude ) within the lagoon is 1.48 m in average (White et al., 1989). The area of

the present study included the Segara Anakan lagoon, the rivers Citanduy, Cibeureum and Cikonde in the northern part of lagoon, Motean in the eastern and Klaces in the southern part of the lagoon (Figure 1).

2. Data sets

Satellite images were used in this study is listed in Table 1.

Table 1. List of satellite images in this study.

Sensor Platform

Spectral coverage

(µm)

Number of channels

Spatial resolution

(m)

Path/Row (scene)

Acquisition date

MSS Landsat 5 0.50–12.6 4 (G,R, 2 x

NIR)

79 (MS) 240 (TIR)

129/065 25.04.1978

HRV 2 SPOT 1 0.50–0.89 3 10 (PAN) 20

(MS) 289-365/0 10.11.1987

HRV 2 SPOT 3 0.50–0.89 3 10 (PAN) 20

(MS)

289-365/0 11.07.1995

TM Landsat 5 0.45–2.35 7 (B, G, R,

NIR, 2 x MIR, thermal IR)

30 (MS) 120

(TIR) 121/065 19.01.2003

3. Data processing: 3.1. Pre-image processing

The dataset was geometrically corrected through ortho-rectification in order to assure corrections for terrain distortions. The radiometric correction for the Landsat TM data was related to the attenuation of atmospheric effects and was based on the minimum histogram pixel approach (Filho and Paradella, 2002).

Landsat MSS and TM images were registered and resampled to a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system for zone SUTM 49 on the WGS 1984 projected output image composed of 30 x 30 m pixels with an RMS error of less than 1.0 pixel. SPOT images were also registered and resampled to a UTM (SUTM 49) projected output image composed of 20 x 20 m pixels with an RMS error of less than 1.0 pixel, was obtained from the Biotrop Training and Information Centre (BTIC).

Resampling was done by the nearest neighbour method, which set the radiometric value of the output pixel equal to the nearest input pixel in the original geometry, in order to preserve the original values of the image. The images were cut to include only the areas of interest.

3.2. Classification, accuracy assessment, mangrove mapping and change detection

Supervised classification with a maximum likelihood algorithm (available in ERMapper 5.5) was used in this study, because this classification algorithm produces consistently good results for most habitat types (Donoghue and Mironnet, 2002). The training polygons were digitized on-screen based on terrain knowledge acquired during fieldwork and was distributed throughout the study areas. The pixels in the polygons that were selected as representatives of each class were plotted in spectral space and a visual check was made that all classes could be separated in at least one combination of bands, for ellipses containing 95% of the class pixels.

To increase the size of the sample to be used in classification accuracy assessment, the layer with the field-checked sites was overlaid on the corrected satellite images, and homogeneous polygons with similar spectral reflectance, when viewed in several band combinations, were drawn around those sites. The layer of polygons created using this process was later used for checking the accuracy of the classified map.

Accuracy assessment for the coastal habitat maps from the Segara Anakan ecosystem was based on 37-ground truthing points recorded during the field survey (May 2004 – February 2005). Using ecological information in a Geographic Information System (GIS), one can formulate and apply location and topological (the relation between area-based objects) rules to the classified satellite data to improve the mapping accuracy (Long and Skewes, 1996).

After accuracy assessment, the classified images were exported to GIS facilities to generate the mangrove thematic map. Analysis and quantification of mangrove conversion between the different dates was included in the GIS database. Once both maps had exactly the same number of feature pixels they were subject to a cross-tabular comparison. This indicates the differences in extent of each class and the transitions that had taken place between the two dates. The characterization of land cover change is done using aggregated measurements of area by cover type at both dates and quantifying transitions. The change analysis is limited to these measurements due to the different generalization levels and minimum size of mapped units for the data sources available for the study (1978 – 2003).

Results and Discussion

Since 1978, the Segara Anakan region has changed enormously. A large part (42.1%) of the mangrove changed into rice fields, and minor parts into other land use area such as aquaculture (2.5%), dry land agriculture (5.4%), urban settlement (1.1%), industry (0.4%) and other land cover types (1.7%, see Table 2.). This was mainly caused by the high sedimentation in mangrove and water area/lagoon. The sedimentation rate in the areas of mangrove and water area/lagoon was estimated to be on the order of 1-3 million tons/year (Purba, 1991). Sedimentation has been one of themain management concerns in the river basin, particularly regarding the impacts on the low land activities, including the Segara Anakan. Sedimentation has been attributed to deforestation and poor agricultural management practices in the upland areas of the Citanduy river basin, as well as the 1982 volcanic eruption of Mount Galunggung, which is located in the river basin. In the western region (Karanganyar, Klaces and Motean) mangrove change were higher due to stronger logging and sedimentation compared to the eastern area. These changes were mainly caused by extent of urban settlements, rice fields and industry area. The largest patch of the mangrove area was converted into the rice fields that are mostly located in the northern, northwestern and northeastern part of the lagoon (Figure 2). This is where most of the low

lying area with a great abundance of fresh water resources of the former mangrove area occurred compared to the other parts of the mangrove.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

Legend:

Figure 2. Temporal and spatial conversion of mangrove forest of Segara Anakan since 1978 (a); 1987 (b); 1995 (c) and 2003 (d).

The largest proportion (42.1%) of the mangrove area of the year 1978 has changed into rice fields and the smallest proportion (0.4%) into industrial area (about 79.7 ha). There are also important additions of the new mangroves (3,433.7 ha) derived from other land cover areas such as mud flats and the open lagoon. The reduction in the addition of the new mangroves (from 193.5 to 97.1 ha per year) may also be the result of the progressive decrease of its original area and of the dredging activities since 1996.

Table 2. Temporal change in land cover area (in ha) in Segara Anakan.

Land cover 1978 1987

Annual change 1978-1987 (%) 1995 Annual change 1987-1995 (%) 2003 Annual change 1995-2003 (%)

Mangrove 17,090.0 15,827.6 -0.8 10,974.6 -3.4 9,597.0 -1.4

Rice fields 0 1,708.1 - 6,940.8 34.0 8,644.4 2.7

Aquaculture 0 127.8 - 278.3 13.1 515.1 9.5

Industry 0 46.7 - 46.8 0.0 79.7 7.8

Urban

settlement 0 156.1 - 179.8 1.7 225.0 2.8

Dry land

agriculture 0 678.8 - 986.6 5.0 1,108.8 1.4

Others 0 286.1 - 340.3 2.1 353.7 0.4

Total area 17,090.0 18,831.2 19,747.2 20,523.7

Table 3. Temporal trajectory of mangrove conversion in Segara Anakan.

Land cover 1987 (ha) Annual change 1978-1987 (ha) 1995 (ha) Annual change 1987-1995 (ha) 2003 (ha) Annual change 1995-2003 (ha) Mangrove (no

changed) 14,086.5 - 10,058.6 - 8,820.5 -

New mangrove areas 1,741.1 193.5 916.0 114.5 776.5 97.1

Mangrove, converted 3,003.6 333.7 5,769.0 721.1 2,154.1 269.3

Rice fields 1,708.1 189.8 5,232.7 654.1 1,703.6 213.0

Aquaculture 127.8 14.2 150.5 18.8 236.8 29.6

Industry 46.7 5.2 0.1 0.0 32.9 4.1

Urban settlement 156.1 17.3 23.7 3.0 45.2 5.7

Dry land agriculture 678.8 75.4 307.8 38.5 122.2 15.3

Others 286.1 31.8 54.2 6.8 13.4 1.7

Remark:

• Mangrove (no changed): this refers to the area that remained covered by mangroves over the reference

time

• New mangrove: this refers to mainly former lagoon area of mud flats that due to siltation got habitable

for mangroves

• Mangrove converted: former mangrove area, which was converted into a different land use types.

Figure 3 shows a decrease of the total mangrove area where goes opposite to the increase of the agricultural area. While mangroves covered about 17,090 ha in 1978 and rice fields was not existent at that time, both mangroves and rice fields covered about the same area in 2003 (ca 9,000 ha). The increase of other land uses such as aquaculture, industry, urban settlement, dry land agriculture and others did not significantly change the extent of the converted mangroves area because of new mangrove area were building up. During the period of 1995 to 2003 (for example) the mangrove area converted into land use excluding rice fields was 450.5 ha, while at the same time new mangrove area of about 776.5 ha.

The transformation of land use activities has been accelerated by the immigration of farmers, which has significantly increased the population of the area. The rate of the population growth at the Segara Anakan is about 2.4% per year. In general, the rate of mangrove conversion declined from the period 1987 – 1995 to 1995 – 2003, from a rate of

-3.4% per year to only -1.4% per year. It can be assumed that this decline resulted (at least in part) from the projects CRMP and SACDP conducted in Segara Anakan, as mentioned above.

Figure 3. Extent of change from 1978 to 2003 by land use types.

The land cover and land use changes described, particularly the great reduction of the original mangrove forest have changed the ecosystems of and around the Segara Anakan lagoon significantly. It should be asked if these changes considered to the ecosystem and to the local resource users and other stakeholders of if these changes may also provide new opportunity and benefits.

The result of these changes has been an increase in the diversity and complexity of the social, economic, and environment. The local economy of the three fishing communities located in the estuary has been highly dependent on the estuary fisheries. Others land use activities around the farmers’ homes are generally more diverse than in the fishing communities, including home gardens and fishponds. Home garden crops, or

palawija, are mainly located on built up areas. Small non-intensive fishponds have been

constructed around some of the houses.

Economic opportunities arose from rice fields development, mainly from the greater number of income generating activities, including farm labour, harvester, garden and dry land crops, and fishponds. While rice has been the dominant agricultural activity in Segara Anakan, the cultivation of other agriculture products, generally cash crops, occurs on a much smaller scale. These crops include soybean, sugar production, sorghum, fruit and vegetables, and are often sold to supplement the household income. The cultivation of the rice fields is managed through various labour arrangements, notably, farmers working the land themselves, hiring labour, and/or help from family members.

While producing economic benefits, aquaculture development has also been

associated with environmental degradation on Segara Anakan, including the conversion of

0 4000 8000 12000 16000 20000

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area (ha)

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mangroves and pollution of the surrounding waters. Mangrove conversion may lead to several problems such as reduced catch yields of commercially important species; reduced biodiversity; loss of habitats and nursery areas; coastal erosion; loss in productivity; acidification; pollution; and alteration of water drainage patterns. High population pressure in the coastal areas near Segara Anakan and elsewhere in Java has led to the conversion of many mangrove areas to other uses, including infrastructure, aquaculture and rice growing etc.

The loss of biodiversity in mangrove-converted area in Segara Anakan has been reported since 1980s (Sastranegara et al., 2003). Monthly fluctuation of intertidal crab

diversity was more constant in the undisturbed area with a high mangrove coverage (90%) compared to the crab hunting, the logging and the prawn pond area with mangrove coverage of 89%, 33% and 0%, respectively. Sjöling et al. (2005) reported that the nutrient

and bacteria diversity are significantly different (lower) in the deforested mangrove areas. Issues of sustainable development of the land use/cover changes were addressed in terms of economic viability, social equity and ecological integrity. Overall, the current changes have produced both constraints and opportunities for sustainable development. This paper provides information on land use/cover change for resources sustainable development, that would be related with the further papers about the assessment of the Segara Anakan natural resources stocks and uses by using the models Ecopath and Ecosim.

Conclusions

The results of this study show that there have been important mangrove conversions in Segara Anakan from 1978 to 2003 with the largest portion of mangroves converted into rice fields (8,644.4 ha or 42.1%) followed by 5.4% to dry land agriculture (about 1,108.8 ha), 2.5% to aquaculture (about 515.1 ha), 1.7% to other land uses (about 353.7 ha), 1.1% to urban settlement (about 225 ha) and 0.4% to industry area (about 79.9 ha). The mangrove area has continually decreased by 1.4% per year since the last decade. This process may lead to several negative impacts such as reduced fish catch, reduced biodiversity, loss of productivity and habitat as a spawning, nursery and feeding ground. Rapid human population growth and sedimentation are the most important causes of the mangrove conversions in the study area.

Acknowledgements

The authors want to thank the SPICE project, Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) Bremen, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, for their support during this study; Biotrop Training and Information Center (BTIC) Bogor for images support.

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by

Moh. Husein Sastranegara 1, Edy Yuwono 1, Purnama Sukardi 2

1_{Faculty of Biology, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia}

2_{Faculty of Science and Technique, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia}

msastra@web.de

Introduction

In general, tropical forest areas are in Central America, Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and the islands of Pacific Oceans. The biggest forest is in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia which has 120 millions ha in areas (Haeruman, 1980). Segara Anakan Cilacap has 9,600 ha in the number of mangroves (Erwin Ardli Riyanto, this volume). The role of mangroves is as the habitat of living organisms (Sasekumar et al., 1992; Marshall, 1994;

Ewell et al., 1998).

Based on the forest map of the State Forest Corporation, mangroves in Segara Anakan Cilacap is in “Estuarine Forest Corporation Class“ (Perum Perhutani, 1993). Mangrove or estuarine forests grow in protected coast, river mouth or lagoon. Their distribution and composition are not dependent upon climate, but edaphic factor (soil type) and tide. Structure of mangroves is simple and consists of one layer of canopy and the small number of species (Bupati Cilacap, 2001b). Unfortunately, illegal logging of mangroves is still continuing and will disturb the available of mangroves in Segara Anakan Cilacap. Yuwono et al., (2007) declared that mangroves in Segara Anakan Cilacap is

considered to be the largest remaining single mangrove in the south coast of Java.

Therefore, the Segara Anakan Management Areas (108°46´ – 109°03´ E and 7°35´ – 7°48’ S) is divided into the West Swamp-managed Areas (Swamp- production Zones: 108°46´ E – 108°53´ E and 7°35´ S – 7°43’ S) and the East Swamp-managed Areas (protected Zones: 108°53´ E – 108°58´ E and 7°39´ S – 7°44’ S; and Swamp-production Zones: 108°57´ E – 109°02´ E and 7°40´ S – 7°45’ S) by the government of Cilacap (Bupati Cilacap, 2000; GIS Lab PMO – SACDP, 2000). Mangroves in Segara Anakan Cilacap are managed by the Central Java State Forest Corporation, Forestry Department.

Swamp-production zones is in the West and the East swamp-managed areas of Segara Anakan Cilacap that silvofishery leading to the complete clear-cutting of mangrove trees (as in the prawn pond areas) leads to a highly impoverished crab community both in terms of crab individual and diversity (Sastranegara et al., 2003). In general, the mangrove

destruction has marked effects on species diversity (Hobbs and Huenneke, 1992). Sucgang

et al., (1994) clarified that conversion of mangrove into prawn ponds resulted in coastal

erosion producing a retreating shoreline, inundated wetlands, salt water intrusion, depletion on the supply of river sediments, disastrous flooding, damages to infrastructures, loss of property, and mangrove destruction. Then, mangrove destruction makes a decreasing of species diversity. Hampicke (1994) reported that nature can be valued in its own right or as an instrument for the benefit of humankind which substantiate conservation as moral duty. This background inspires the purpose of research which is as follows:

1. to know the kind of species that is cut by local people in Segara Anakan Cilacap, 2. to calculate the average of felled tree per days in Segara Anakan Cilacap, and 3. to find the source of felling of trees in Segara Anakan Cilacap.

So far, the research can provide useful information on the illegal logging as mangrove constraint in Segara Anakan Cilacap for conservation suggestion efforts which is done by the Central Java State Forest Corporation, Forestry Department, the Republic of Indonesia.

Methods

Survey method was taken in the Segara Anakan Management Areas in the period of half way between spring and neap tidal periods every month from March 2006 to May 2006. The Segara Anakan Management Areas is divided into the West Swamp-managed Areas (Swamp-production Zones: route of field trip is from station 21, Y, 24, 22, X, Y, 19, 18, 20, 17, 6, 17, 11, 17, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21 to 24; or from station Y, 19, 10, 17, 6, 17, 11, 17, 11, 17, 8, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 24, X, 26 to 21) and the East Swamp-managed Areas (Swamp-protected Zones and Swamp-production Zones: route of field trip is from station 2, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 2, 1, 12, 1, 13, 14, 15, 14 to 13).

The kind of species that is cut by local people in Segara Anakan Cilacap is known by identification of various parts of felled tree (Ng and Sivasothi, 1999; Tomlinson, 1999). The average of felled tree per days in Segara Anakan Cilacap is known by the multiplication between the average of number of wooden ship per days and the average of number of volume of felled tree inside wooden ship. The source of felling of trees in Segara Anakan Cilacap is known by route of field trip in accordance with Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Marine Ecosystems (SPICE) as BMBF/DKP/RISTEK Project in the year of 2003-2007 route from Sleko at the East Swamp-managed Areas at

09.00 a.m. to the West Swamp-managed Areas. All data is described by descriptive approach.

Results and Discussion

Mangroves in Java and Kalimantan islands have 29 species in number (Tomlinson, 1999) and Cilacap Regency has 26 species (Cilacap Regent, 2001b). Therefore, Segara Anakan Cilacap has a good diversity potential. ASEAN/ US CRMP (1992) was worried about illegal logging of mangroves in Segara Anakan Cilacap affecting the decreasing of aquatic organism diversity and catching effort of fishes per year. Sastranegara (2004) showed that Segara Anakan Cilacap has 16 species at the East Swamp-managed Areas.

The result of research showed that Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, and Bruguieragymnorrhiza was cut by local people. R. apiculata and R. mucronata tend to use

for charcoal and firewood, whereas B. gymnorrhiza is for building material needs. Various

parts of felled tree were cut with an adze and machete in back mangroves at low tide. At high tide, it was transported by wooden ships. Therefore, the condition of mangrove is a good enough in front mangroves and the other way of back mangroves.

The number of wooden ship bringing the various parts of felled tree is between 6 and 14 per day (Table 1b) with 10.17 wooden ship on average (Figure 1b), and the average of number of volume of felled tree inside wooden ship is 400 cm in length x 70 cm in width x 50 cm in height = 1.4 m3 in volume (Figure 2). Therefore, the average of felled tree in Segara Anakan Cilacap is 14.23 m3 per days. A year before at the same month, Sastranegara and Marhaeni (2005) reported that the number of wooden ship bringing the various parts of felled tree is between 5 and 8 per days (Table 1a) with 6.42 wooden ship in average (Figure 1a), and the average of number of volume of felled tree inside wooden

ship is same. Therefore, the average of felled tree in Segara Anakan Cilacap is 8.98 m3 per day. It means that there is increasing number of the average as much 158.46 percent. If the average of felled tree in Segara Anakan Cilacap which is 14.23 m3 per days (5,122.80 m3 per year) is continue, the mangrove area will continually decreased.

Table 1. The number of wooden ship bringing the various parts of felled tree on 2005 (a) and 2006 (b).

(a)

Month March 2005 April 2005 May 2005

Date 11 12 26 27 10 11 25 26 9 10 24 25

No. wooden

ship 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 6 5 8 6

No.station/time

of occurence 02/11.50 21/10.16 21/10.35 18/14.50 02/11.55 21/10.14 21/10.45 21/10.18 01/12.56 21/10.32 01/09.55 22/12.45 01/12.15 21/10.16 18/13.50 19/15.00 02/11.55 21/10.17 18/12.15 18/11.45 15/14.07 19/13.52 13/11.16 22/13.03 15/14.18 18/13.40 19/14.00 19/15.00 15/14.42 18/13.59 18/12.15 19/12.11 15/14.11 22/15.00 13/11.18 22/13.24 15/14.18 18/13.40 19/14.10 22/15.40 14/15.59 19/14.53 19/14.33 19/12.11 14/14.27 13/16.57 21/13.33 22/13.24 14/14.44 19/14.10 22/15.20 22/15.40 13/16.30 22/15.30 22/15.44 22/14.00 13/15.03 01/17.15 21/13.40 13/16.40 14/14.50 22/15.00 22/15.20 13/17.45 01/16.45 13/17.58 13/18.05 13/17.06 01/16.55 21/13.40 02/17.59

13/15.19 01/16.45 13/17.06 18/14.10

01/17.40 19/14.19

(b)

Month March 2006 April 2006 May 2006

Date 16 17 14 15 9 10

Wooden

ship 11 9 6 12 9 14

Station/time 13/15.15 X/07.03 03/10.24 22/06.28 03/10.15 24/06.30

04/11.14 19/07.19 05/11.30 19/08.12 12/13.16 18/08.18 02/11.50 18/08.45

20/09.20 01/13.10 20/09.35

10/10.35 15/15.17 10/11.08

11/11.57 11/13.17

17/12.23

06/13.05

Therefore, the average of felled trees per day in Segara Anakan Cilacap is faster than its growth. Then, we cannot find the big mangroves because they grow slowly. For example, mangroves in the village of Tritih Kulon, the district of Cilacap Utara, the regency of Cilacap which is established in 1980’s has only 7.5 m in height. Haeruman (1980) showed that the hole of canopy cover needs 200 years for their recovery.

The source of felling of trees is at protected Zones in the East Swamp-managed Areas of Segara Anakan Cilacap. It is known from the direction of wooden ships (Figure 3). Various parts of felled tree were sold for business needs at the kampong of Kali Panas and the village of Lomanis (station 2); whereas local needs at the village of Kutawaru (between station 2 and 14), Motean (east part of station 21), Karanganyar (station 18) and Majingklak (station 17). The last three stations are found at the north field trip of lagoon because the local people have always tried to avoid the guard post of marines (station 20) at the district of Kampung Laut, Cilacap Regency.

(a) (b) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16.03 .200 6 17.0 3.2 006 14.0 4.2 006 15.04 .2006 09.05 .200 6 10.05 .200 6 Date N u m b er o f w o od y sh ip p e r day A verage V alue

Figure 1. The number of wooden ship in average in the year of 2005 (a) and 2006 (b)

Figure 2. The average of number of volume of felled tree inside wooden ship 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11.0 3.2 005 12.0 3.20 05 26.0 3.20 05 27.0 3.20 05 10.0 4.20 05 11.0 4.20 05 25.0 4.20 05 26.0 4.20 05 09.0 5.20 05 10.0 5.20 05 24.0 5.20 05 25.0 5.20 05 Date N u m b e r of wo ody s h ip pe r da y Average Value

Figure 3. The direction of wooden ships

Based on the deep interview to local people, there are smokestacks at station 2 for burning mangrove trees in relation to produce charcoals. At least, it can produce charcoal as much 12 m3 per days which is coming from three trucks per six days. The size of truck is 6 m in length x 2 m in width x 2 m in height. It means that the charcoal is as much 12 m3 per days for business needs and 2.23 m3 per days for local needs. The number of 2.23 m3 per days is calculated from the average of felled tree in Segara Anakan Cilacap as much 14.23 m3 _{per days minus 12 m}3 _{per days.}

Now, Scientist and politicians agreed that biological diversity is in crisis due to human activities (Van-Wright et al., 1991). Human activities in relation to mangrove have

been regulated in Cilacap. For example, the illegal logging of mangroves is an infraction of roles as follows:

1. Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Cilacap Nomor: 17 Tahun 2001 about the mangrove management in Segara Anakan Cilacap, especially article 11 (Bupati Cilacap, 2001b); 2. Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Cilacap Nomor: 6 Tahun 2001 about the art plan of

Segara Anakan, Cilacap Areas, especially article 14 (Bupati Cilacap, 2001a);

3. Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Cilacap Nomor: 23 Tahun 2000 about Segara Anakan Cilacap border line, especially article 13 (Bupati Cilacap, 2000).

Conclusions

Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, and Bruguieragymnorrhiza was cut by local

people with the average of various parts of felled tree as much 14.23 m3 per days, especially from Swamp-protected Zones in the East Swamp-managed Areas of Segara Anakan Cilacap. Various parts of felled tree were cut with an adze and machete in back mangroves at low tide. At high tide, it was transported by wooden ships. Therefore, the condition of mangrove is a good enough in front mangroves and the other way of back

Information gained from these two activities is used as policy recommendations for developing community development programs by Cilacap Government as well as Cement Cibinong Company in apong net fishermen community.

Until approaching the end of 2005, there are at least some intangible impacts of the tripartite activities instead of tangible ones.

1. Awareness building towards the importance of cooperation in managing the

Donan conflict. Before implementation of Tripartite Cooperation, some activities undertaken by Cement Cibinong Company and Cilacap local government was partially implemented and uncoordinated well. As a consequence, efforts to handle Donan conflicts did not gain optimal results. Furthermore, the conflicts had led to severe distrust of people to the local government and industry because profession change programs promised by industry for apong fishermen were never realized. The socialization of Tripartite Cooperation Program in a multistakeholders forum provided a new hope for most of apong fishermen that were not accessible to decision making process. In social mapping activity surveying 130 respondents from four fisherman villages (Donan, Kutawaru, Karang Talun, and Tritih Kulon), a number of apong fishermen aspiration and expectation have been collected by social mapping team. In addition, in some meeting forum involving various stakeholders it was revealed that there was a huge hope from apong fishermen to the tripartite team in order not to repeat the past mistakes and be able to take a significant role in mediating apong fishermen interest with the local government and industry. This condition encourages various parties involved in the Donan conflicts to becoming more aware of the importance of cooperation in managing the conflicts.

2. Program planning based on joint discussions. Social mapping and

introduction of improved bottom-fish trap net (wadong) results held by university researcher team will be used to develop the Cilacap local government-led community development programs and industry in particular Cement Cibinong Company. In relation with this, program plans are started with joint discussions between university, local government and industry. The main aim of this discussion is to increase effectiveness of the programs in managing the Donan conflicts.

3. Big hope from net apong fishermen. As explained above, some past program

before the formation of tripartite cooperation were found to fail. Instead, they had created distrust of people to the government and industry. After net fishermen heard the aim of tripartite cooperation, they expected tripartite cooperation more successful to manage the Donan conflict as well as to increase their socioeconomic status.

Conclusions

credibility because of government crisis after reform era. Therefore, any law enforcement to govern river uses is difficult to implement.

3. Before implementation of tripartite cooperation, stakeholders of Donan River were difficult to build cooperation to manage the conflict river uses. Instead, conflicts of Donan line uses become worst. Introduction of tripartite cooperation facilitated by University of Jenderal Soedirman provides a new mechanism for building public awareness and multistakeholders cooperation in managing the conflicts. This mechanism is currently in institutionalizing process and brings an important implication for developing collaborative management in river resource uses.

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The Empowerment of Self-Help Group (Milk Fish Aqua-culturist)

in Tritih Kulon Cilacap

by

Purnama Sukardi 1, Edy Yuwono 2, Sugiharto 2, Moh. Husein Sastranegara 2, Lucie Setiana 3, Hartoyo 1, Isdy Sulistyo 1, Teuku Junaidi 1

1 _{Faculty of Biology, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia} 2 _{Faculty of Science and Technic, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia}

3 _{Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia} purnamas@hotmail.com

Introduction

Tritih Kulon village is situated in North Cilacap District, Regency of Cilacap. It is a part of Segara Anakan lagoon. The village consists of two parts i.e. upper and lower land. The upper land where agricultural activities are dominant is hilly and the people are poor. The lower land is alluvial and is used for aquaculture. People are working as fish farmer (aquaculturist) who cultivates milk fish and others live on subsistence agriculture. Poverty, malnutrition and unemployment are all paramount in rural areas. It is an important social issue. A program has recently been carried out to increase their income based on aquaculture activity in Tritih Kulon village. Cage aquaculture was developed in this area, specifically as a poverty alleviation endeavor in association with local non government organizations (NGOs), industry and the university. This program is designated to assist poor villagers who get together in a group to develop small-scale cage culture farmer to produce milk fish and crustacean species which could provide food for consumption or for earning income.

The technology consists of very small individual cages of 60 liters in volume which can be made for US $ 0.5 each (Yuwono et al., 2005a). The advantages to use this technology are: it includes low cost containers for fattening crabs, is economically viable, is readily available, and is a simple construction. It has a high feed efficiency, avoids cannibalism, has a floating cage according to tide system and is environmentally friendly. The nutrition provided for crabs growth is usually fresh natural feeds gathered from wild (trash fish). The crab subjected to periodic feed restriction to induce compensatory growth (Sukardi et al., 2005). Occasionally, and particularly in the case of milk fish, the diet may be supplemented with commercial pelleted feed. The fish was fed in feeding regime developed by Yuwono et al. (2007). Growth is rapid in the warm climate like in Java and the fish attains marketable size within 3-4 months, providing aqua-culturist with a rapid

Methodology and Approach

Base on need analysis, the aqua-culturist communities in Tritih Kulon were welcome to university people who intend to apply RSA in their coastal area. The self-help group was established by themselves. It is a well-mannered group with intense enthusiasms and great spirits, and therefore support was made for them.

Training

The objective of training was to increase the capability of the group in undertaking aquaculture and in group management. The training was held in the coastal community by involving women to help in preparing foods for the participants. A house owned by one of the community member was used as a class for conducting the training. Lectures were delivered by expert from Center for Technological Transfer and Partnership (Pusat Alih Teknologi dan Kemitraan - PATTRA). For water quality management training, some instruments, include hand refracto-meter for salinity, chemical kits and dissolved oxygen meter were introduced. The group learnt about joining used cans as container for growing and fattening crabs. Used paint cans from which some benefits were obtained include low cost, economically viable, readily available and simple construction.

Study visit

The aim of study visit was to motivate the group, to increase their knowledge in aquaculture and to make emulation when they see something different. The visit was sponsored by PATTRA, local NGO, PT Holcim cement industry and Parliament of Cilacap regency.

Participatory approach

Technology may come from outside community, but the driving force for change, healing, learning, growth and progress must come from within the communities themselves. In order to assess the suitability of any new activity for poverty alleviation, it is first necessary to understand the causes of poverty of the area, the strategies adopted by the community to cope with poverty, and finally how these strategies might relate to a new activity and opportunity. Participatory approach was applied to empower self-help group in Tritih Kulon (see Sukardi et al., 2006) It started from election for their leader, decided in divide their group to produce crabs, etc.

Group management

The group was divided into ten sub groups which consisted of 3 members. One sub group manages 300 tubes (300 crabs). Competition for production was established using their criteria. Thus, during one production period (3-4 months) the group manages for 1000 fry milk fish and 3000 crab.

Sharing System

A sharing system employed in this program was in accordance with that developed by Sukardi et al. (2006), as depicted in table 1.

Table 1. Sharing system between PATTRA and aquaculturist implemented in the poverty

alleviation program in Tritih village, Cilacap.

NO. UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY PATTRA AQUACULTURIST

1. Providing tube Feeding the crab and fish

2. Providing feed for fish and crab Maintenance of the pond 3. Fry/seed (fishes and crabs) Assuring security

4. Providing bamboo

5. Employ worker for joining tubes and bamboo

The tubes were originally from a used paint can joining together to become one appropriate size of tube for crab rearing (Yuwono et al., 2005). It was purchased by PATTRA from people who collected abandoned used materials. Seed for crab were harvested from wild, approximately 50 gram body weight. Bamboo and worker for joining the tubes and bamboo were also facilitated by PATTRA. Crab seed was usually caught in traps by local fisherman, whereas milk fish fry was purchased from dealers at local market. The diet provided for crab was trash fish, which was caught locally by the group and used directly while it still fresh. The diet provided for milk fish was purchased from dealers from local market and facilitated by PATTRA. The majority of crab was sold and marketed live, mainly local buyers who sell the crab to local market. Milk fish were sold life to middle-mans who sell the milkfish to long line fisherman as baits, whilst others were sold in local market.

Conclusion

• The tube system for fattening crabs was accepted by aqua-culturists in the area

• A sharing model was suitable for aqua-culturists, but it needs to be developed further in the near future

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Yuwono, E, Sukardi, P & Sulistyo, I, 2007, Efek Daur Deprivasi Pakan Terhadap Konsumsi Oksigen dan Hematologi Ikan Bandeng (Chanos chanos). Aquacultura Indonesiana, in print