Dampak Perambahan Hutan Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser Terhadap Aspek Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat

This research was aimed to find out the effect of forest encroachment at Damar Hitam Area, Resort Sei Lepan, Conservation Section IV Besitang National Park Gunung Leuser to sosio-economic aspects of Dusun V Sidorejo, Desa Mekar Makmur, Kecamatan Sei Lepan, Kabupaten Langkat. The statistical analysis of chi-square (X2), showed that there were efect of forest encroachment to the income, type of job opportunity, size of agricultural land, and agricultural yield. The value of coefficient contingensi (Cc) from each indicator sosio-economic aspects were 0.386, 0.265, 0.318 and 0.470. The comparison value of Cc and Cmaks showed forest encroachment had strong relationship to the income and agricultural yields than the type of job opportunity and size of agricultural land. Keyword: forest encroachment, National Park Gunung Leuser, sosio-economic aspect Keyword: forest encroachment, National Park Gunung Leuser, sosio-economic aspec