AN ANALYSIS OF LAND CHARACTERISTICS AND CAPABILITIES IN KUSAMBI SUB-WATERSHED OF BATULICIN WATERSHED IN TANAH BUMBU REGENCY SOUTH KALIMANTAN

The objective of this research was to find out the land characteristics and capabilities for the land stewardship in Kusambi sub-watershed. The characteristics of land unit were obtained from a field survey and a soil analysis at laboratory while the analysis of the land capabilities was conducted by matching per land unit of the overlay result on the land slope map and soil type map. The result showed that Kusambi sub-watershed had five land capability classes and had experienced population pressure. The land stewardship for the suggested land rehabilitation is changing the land use forms of the rainfed rice field, the moor and the plantation at the land capability class II, III, and IV into agricultural land and agroforestry, and at the land capability class V and VI into productive community forests with protection function.