UNY provides opportunities for students to learn about the environment. One of those who got this opportunity was a student from the Department of Biology Education, UNY.

 

In the observation activities carried out in the West Bali National Park (TNBB), for example, students learned about the diversity of seasonal forest vegetation. The method used is Quadrat Sampling Techniques. The quadrant method is a method that does not use a plotless sample. This method is very good for estimating communities in the form of trees and poles, for example forest vegetation.

 

Based on observations, it was found that the diversity of vegetation in the seasonal forest of West Bali National Park was not too high. There were 17 types of plants found, most of which were still in the form of seedlings but were found in the observation plot. This is due to limited conditions and an unfavorable environment for the growth of plant species. The limitations of environmental conditions can be seen from the results of measurements of abiotic components where the humidity of the air or soil is quite low with high environmental temperatures and soil pH which tends to be acidic. Sunlight is also able to penetrate the vegetation to the ground. (witono)