Assessing the Impact of Landuse on Water Quality Using Macroinvertebrata in the Upper Way Besai Catchment

Deforestation is often blamed as a main culprit for decreasing water quality. About 20% of the State Forest land in Indonesia is classified as ‘protection forest’ in order to safeguard water quality. Also in Sumberjaya (sometimes violent) evictions took place in order to ‘safeguard’ the watershed. This study aims to assess the impact of land use on the biological water quality.


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Authors

Suryadi I,Verbist B,Mouton A,Dedecker A,Stuer V,de Ridder K,Warto D,Susanto R H

Publication year

2022

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