Strategi Konservasi Tumbuhan Obat di Kawasan Ekowisata Rainforest Lodges Kedah Wilayah KPH V Aceh

Abstract

Rainforest Lodges Kedah is one of the ecotourism in the Protected Forest area of KPH Region V Aceh which is managed by KTH based on a cooperation agreement. Ecotourism areas are very important for the community as a source of medicinal plants, clean water and nature tourism. Medicinal plants have a role in overcoming various health problems, especially for communities around forest areas. The tradition of using plants as medicine by the Gayo tribe has long been used and passed down from generation to generation long before the development of modern medicines in society. This study aims (i) determine public perceptions of medicinal plants (ii) conduct an inventory of medicinal plant species in the Ecotourism area of Rainforest Lodges Kedah (iii) analyze the strategy of medicinal plant conservation using SWOT. The study was conducted from March to December 2021. The analysis of the Gayo people's perception of medicinal plants was classified good. The results of the inventory of medicinal plant species found 31 families, 45 species and 517 individuals of medicinal plants consisting of tree, palm, shrub, liana, bush and herb habitus. The SWOT analysis obtained values of 1.15 (X axis) and 0.90 (Y axis) and resulted in a strategy in quadrant 1 position. This strategy shows that Rainforest Lodges Kedah ecotourism can use the best opportunities to minimize weaknesses and use strengths as capital key to suppressing threats.