Conflict Research between Human-Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii, Tiedemann 1808) in Tanjungpura and Mayak Landscape, Ketapang, West Kalimantan

• Main Author: NOVITARIANI MUSA (NIM : 10613076), DEBY
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/21612
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii, Tiedemann 1808) was one of the great apes species that stated by IUCN to become a critically endangered species in 2016. The major reason of decreasing orangutan population was habitat loss. Nowadays, orangutan often come into residence which could caused conflict. This research have aimed to know a better way to handle the conflict between human and orangutan by identify orangutan existence based on it’s nest and the direct observation of orangutan, to identify the conflict level, classify conflict form, and to identify the prevention that already used in Tanjungpura and Mayak Landscape, Ketapang, West Kalimantan. The data were taken with belt transect perpendicular distance method with total transect 41.8 in kilometers and wide of area provided was 1.25 km2. Then the structured interview with quitionare and opened question were done to the people that experienced conflict with orangutan. The level of conflict was considered by scoring method. There are only two individual of orangutan that has been found and 53 nests of orangutan in 12 area that classified into 20 new nests; 28 middle age nests; and 5 old nests that showed there are potential of conflict in each area. Conflict happened in various habitat, the farm, peat swamp forest, and high conservation value area with high level (7 location); middle level (4 location); and low level (4 location). The types of conflict that happened is crop raiding (94%) and fear perception (6%) towards the orangutan. The prevention using noisy tools was not effective because orangutan still come back into the farm to take the resources that they need. Some prevention techniques such as the use of repellent, making corridor, and buffer zone could be tried in Tanjungpura and Mayak landscape. It was proven that conflict were happened in every level of conflicts. The effective way to prevent and handle conflict between human-orangutan haven’t been found in Tanjungpura and Mayak Landscape, Ketapang, West Kalimantan.