Analisis Tingkat Kesehatan Hutan Lindung Mutis Timau di Desa Fatumnasi Kecamatan Fatumnasi Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan

Meeting the needs of the community in the village buffer zone of the protected forest area continues to increase due to the increase in population population that continues to grow every year. Probability of impact increasing population negatively affects the utilization of forest areas and their health. forest area and its health. This study aims to determine the condition of health of the Mutis Timau Protection Forest through indicators of vitality, biodiversity and productivity. This paper uses the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) method. Results identification results found that there were 475 individuals of 5 tree species that experienced damage, including ampupu (Eucalyptus urophylla), santigi (Vaccinium varingiaefolium), cassowary (Casuarina junghuhniana), pulai (Alstonia scholaris) and mahang (Macaranga mauritiana). The health condition of the Mutis Timau protected forest is in the medium damage category as assessed by the from the vitality indicator, low category for the assessment of the species richness index, medium category for the species diversity index. species richness index, medium category for species diversity index, and low category for evenness index, as well as low category for the for the evenness index, and a high category for the productivity indicator.