HUBUNGAN ANTARA CADANGAN KARBON DENGAN KERAGAMAN HAYATI: STUDI KASUS DI TAMAN NASIONAL MERU BETIRI

The REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) program focuses more on
carbon stock than the conservation of biodiversity. Therefore, this study tries to answer the relationship
between carbon stock and biodiversity in Meru Betiri National Park by using 40 permanent sample plots of
20 x 100 m which have been used to calculate carbon stocks. The carbon stock of each permanent plot then
regressed with the biodiversity index, number of species and number of individual trees of each permanent
plots. The results showed that the regression between carbon stocks and biodiversity indices produced a
regression equation of Y = 1.953 + 0.001 x + e with a coefficient determination of R = 0.028. The equation is
only explained 2.8% of the relationship between carbon stocks and biodiversity indices. The regression
between carbon stocks and number of species produces equation of Y = 9.543 + 0.02x + e with a coefficient
of determination R = 0.075. The equation only explains 7.5% of the relationship between carbon stock and
the species richness. Regression between carbon stocks with the number individual of trees produced the
regression equation of Y = 17.403 + 0.50 x + e with R = 0.102. The equation explains 10.2% of the
relationship between carbon stock and the number of individual of trees. It was concluded that carbon stocks
are not related to biodiversity.