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Silvicultural plan for degraded forest lands

Causal factors
Forest/land

fire Shifting cultivation Land occupation

Forest land cut and burn by the local people (farmers) to plant rice for 1-2 yrs and than fallowed for 5-7 yrs before the next rice cultivation.

Unproductive land

Unproductive land

Mangrove forest conversion into tidal ponds

Traditional villager gardens: agroforestry, tropical culture

Traditional villager gardens: agroforestry, tropical culture

Traditional villager gardens: agroforestry, tropical culture

High value garden: agroforestry, vanilla

Rp 3.5 mill/kg

Cultural? garden: agroforestry, tea and agathis

Teak plantation at Tenggarong Seberang

Teak plantation at Tenggarong Seberang

Durian as shelter for coffee

Plantation of perupuk (Lophopetalum javanicum), log price was 800 US$/m3. A farmer in Desa Atap, Kec Sembakung, Kab Nunukan.

Forest lands?

The local people cut and burn patch of stateowned forests to make rice fields, only for two yrs. The lands after swidden cultivation will be secondary vegetation, dominated by pioneer scrubs without economical value. The lands claimed by the people as owned lands, without further cultivation. No law enforcement by the government.

Silvicultural consideration for private forest establishment

Private forest could be saver (does not destroyed by the local people) than state owned forest, because there are owners. Private forests give direct benefit to the local people in contrary state owned forest give direct benefit mainly for the concessioners come from Jakarta and their employees which mainly not local people.

Silvicultural consideration for private forest establishment


Slope? Available land < 40%, > 40% Soil fertility? Clay content > 20% (not Spodosols), not swampy, lithosols (stone), calcareous? Product marketing opportunities: near, far?

Indonesian characteristics in forestry:

Silvicultural consideration start from natural forest condition. Even lower than 40% slope, plantation forestry can be established only in fertile soil (not lime stone, not spodosols, not entisols/lithosols, etc.) Degraded land should be rehabilitated.

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