High Conservation Value Area for Wildlife Corridor in Forest City Spatial Planning the Indonesia^s New Capital Rustam, Anjar Mulya
Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University, Samarinda-
Nusa Bangsa University, Bogor
Abstract
An area of lowland tropical forest in East Kalimantan has been designated as an area for the planned State Capital of the Republic of Indonesia (IKN), under the name Nusantara. Covering an area of 256,000 hectares with various land covers and uses, it is planned in such a way for the development of the IKN. The ^forest city^ concept will be applied to this area by maintaining a forested area over 65% of the delineated IKN. The purpose of this study was to identify High Conservation Value Areas (HCV), especially regarding the HCV 1 parameter for important biodiversity and HCV 3 for important ecosystem regions, with the hope of providing input regarding spatial planning for the development of the IKN that is friendly to wildlife habitats and essential ecosystems for wildlife corridor. HCV identification was carried out by spatial analysis using base maps, such as land cover maps, forest area maps, species distribution maps, and important ecosystem maps. These previously mentioned maps were clarified through field visits. The results of this study indicate that at least an area of 887 hectares for north corridor and an area of 5,711 hectares for south corridor is an HCV 1 area with important species such as the Clouded Leopard, Marbled Cat, Sun Bear, and Proboscis Monkey, as well as having identified HCV 3 with essential ecosystems such as lowland forest, karst and mangrove forest. Maintaining HCV areas within the IKN is very important to support the ^forest city^ concept and forest cover. Policies in the spatial planning of the IKN that accommodate HCV areas are very much needed.
Keywords: HCV, Forest City, Wildlife, Essential Ecosystem
