ENVIRONMENTAL CARRYING CAPACITY IN THE NATIONAL FOOD ESTATE AREA IN CENTRAL SULAWESI
Nursalam, Muhd Nur Sangadji, Nur Edy, Abdul Rahman, Mauludin Kurniawan, Muhammad Musbah

Universitas Tadulako

Abstract

Central Sulawesi Province was established as one of the national food estate areas by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. This policy is part of preparing the National Strategic Project for the Development of Nusantara Food Estate (NFE) as a buffer for the new National capital of Indonesia in East Kalimantan. The consequence of this policy is the provision of land that can be utilized for the development of food estates, which allows changes in environmental conditions due to transformations in land use which can affect environmental conditions. This study was conducted to obtain information on the environment^s carrying capacity based on an assessment of the ecosystem services in the food estate area in Central Sulawesi. The analysis was carried out using a spatial approach to ecosystem services which are indicators of the environment^s carrying capacity. The study results show that 1) the food estate area is dominated by land that has a moderate environmental supportive capacity, around 40% of the total food estate area, 2) Food estate locations with a percentage of more than 90% of the area having a moderate environmental supportive capacity, are located in the Karavana, Manggalapi, and Talaga locations, 3) the food estate area with high environmental supportive capacity is only 28.81% of the total area of &#8203-&#8203-the food estate area. Where a significant percentage of the area is found in the Sirenja location, reaches 40.55%, 4)The food estate area is dominated by land that has a low environmental assimilative capacity, which is 38.48% of the total area of &#8203-&#8203-the Food estate area, 5)Food estate areas with a percentage of the area of &#8203-&#8203-more than 90% have a low environmental assimilative capacity, found in the Karavana, Kamalu, Joda, and Sibalaya locations.

Keywords: Supportive capacity, assimilative capacity, ecosystem services

Topic: Ecosystem Services