Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Vol 6, No 1 (2021): April

Biomass Estimation of Eaglewood (Aquilaria filaria (Oken) Merr.) in the Karst Ecosystem of West Papua

Andes Hamuraby Rozak (Research Center for Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibodas Botanic Gardens)
Zaenal Mutaqien (Research Center for Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibodas Botanic Gardens)
Destri Destri (Research Center for Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibodas Botanic Gardens)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Jan 2021

Abstract

Eaglewood is Indonesia’s important trade commodity in the form of resins from several infected species of Thymelaeaceae. The basis to determine its international trade quota through CITES is derived from the estimated eaglewood-producing species grown in their habitat. This paper aims to estimate the biomass of eaglewood, Aquilaria filaria, in the karst ecosystem of West Papua. We conducted a plot-based method and calculated the biomass of A. filaria using a diameter-based allometric equation and simulated using a bootstrap procedure. The results showed that 15,500 tons of naturally infected eaglewood are estimated in the karst ecosystem of West Papua.

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jtbb

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Environmental Science Immunology & microbiology

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Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology (JTBB) is an authoritative source of information concerned with the advancement of tropical biology studies in the Southeast Asia Region. It publishes original scientific work related to a diverse range of fields in tropical biodiversity, functional ...