What is it about?
KEHATI AQUA Park is one of the green areas managed by PT. Tirta Investama Klaten (Klaten Factory). This area is located in Wangen and Ponggok Villages, Polanharjo District, Klaten Regency, Central Java, and is an integral part of the company's seriousness in carbon reduction movement. When maintenance of the area is important for the sustainability of the park, there is however no data on the trees inventory in the area. Therefore, this study aims to invent the trees at KEHATI AQUA Park and evaluate the potential of the area to become a carbon sink using Jejak.in application. This study was conducted at the KEHATI AQUA Park. The census method was performed to collect tree data, and the result was recorded in Jejak.in application. The carbon stock calculation was estimated using the application according to the tree data submitted in the application. The study included a total of 1048 plantation spots in 51 tree species. From those numbers, about 738 trees existed, and the remaining spots were blank spaces. Based on the condition of the trees, those were 660 good trees, 17 dry trees, and 61 under pest infection. The carbon stock estimation at KEHATI AQUA Park Klaten in the next five years (2026) is around 40 tons of carbon. Therefore, it can be concluded that the park is valuable as an area to preserve biodiversity and as a carbon sink.
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Why is it important?
According to the importance of the green area of KEHATI Aqua Park in Klaten Regency and the versatility of the online application for carbon stock calculation, this study aimed to implement the online application to estimate the carbon stock in the park.
Perspectives
The online platform Jejak.in the application was used in the project as an automatic carbon stock calculator to estimate the area's potential carbon sequestration in KEHATI Aqua Park in Klaten Regency, Central Java. In addition, the application was also used to invent the tree species and their abundance in the park. The data can be the base to measure the area's potential value from an environmental and ecological view.
Prasanto Bimantio
Institut Pertanian Stiper
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This page is a summary of: Jejak.in as digital platform for vegetation analysis and estimation of carbon stock in KEHATI aqua park, January 2024, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0200530.
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