Forests are an essential part of the environment and human life. However, conservation activities at UPT KPH Tasik Besar Serkap are still carried out manually through physical document records and spreadsheets, which potentially causes data loss, delays in reporting, and suboptimal dissemination of conservation information to the public. This research successfully developed a Laravel-based Forest Conservation Information System backend by implementing a RESTful API architecture using the Extreme Programming (XP) method. The developed system provides user authentication features, conservation report management, area data management, educational information management, and API services that support integration with frontend applications. System development was carried out through five iterations following the stages of Extreme Programming, namely planning, design, coding, testing, and software increment. The results of Unit Testing indicate that all main functions of the system were successfully executed in accordance with the predetermined functional requirements. White Box Testing (Cyclomatic Complexity) shows that all tested functions have a low complexity level, making them easy to maintain. The results of Performance Testing using GTmetrix show that the system has good performance, making it suitable for use as a backend service. Load testing using Apache JMeter shows that the system is able to handle the login process across various concurrent user scenarios reasonably well. The results of this research indicate that the developed backend is able to support the digital reporting of conservation activities, simplify conservation data management, and provide educational information services accessible through a website. Thus, the developed system is able to improve the efficiency of conservation data management at UPT KPH Tasik Besar Serkap and support the dissemination of conservation information to the public more effectively.
Keywords: Backend, Laravel, RESTful API, Forest Conservation, UPT KPH, Extreme Programming, Unit Testing, Performance Testing, Cyclomatic Complexity