STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF VEGETATION IN SESAOT PROTECTED FOREST NATURE TOURISM IN WEST LOMBOK-WEST NUSA TENGGARA

The research was carried out in Sesaot Protected Forest Nature Tourism which focused on two locations, namely in front of the Sesaot Resort Office and Wisata Aik Nyet. The purpose of this research is to present data on environmental conditions and the value of the biodiversity index calculation so that this information is important as an evaluation material for forest managers to maintain and even improve the structure and composition of plant species in Sesaot Protection Forest. This research was conducted in three main parts, namely the strengthening of research design and methods, preparation for field work, data collection, and data analysis. The method used is a combination method of transect and double plot methods, namely the transect method consisting of four plots arranged in a double zigzag plot with a size of 20 x 20m for trees, 10 x 10m for shrubs, and 2 x 2m for shrubs. The results showed that the analysis of the calculation of the value of the highest Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index (H ') in front of the Sesaot Resort Office was found on a 10mx10m plot of 2.03 with moderate overflow category. Then, for the highest Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index (H ') value in Aik Nyet Sesaot, which is found in a 10mx10m plot of 1.88 with the medium abundance category.