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FINAL REPORT Tiger <strong>HCVF</strong> <strong>Supplemental</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> – Serapung FMU to HTI (Figure 21). It is anticipated that remaining HPH concession areas will change to HTI in the near future. Significantly, a HTI application has been submitted to the MoF for conversion of the remaining areas of what was once the PT. Alam Wana Sakti HPH area (Serapung I and II districts are also situated within this HPH). This will result in the adjacent forests immediately to the west and north of Serapung I district being clear-felled and planted with industrial forestry timber species. The status and progress of this concession application is yet to be confirmed, but for the purposes of this report the granting of this HTI licence is considered a forgone conclusion. If this HTI application is successful then the Serapung FMU could potentially loose all habitat connectivity with the greater Siak-Pelalawan forest block. In addition to this several other HTI concessions are at the application stage for ex-HPH areas situated adjacent to the Kampar river (to the south) and the Selat Panjang strait (to the north). Since 1990 the natural forest cover in TCU 150 has been greatly reduced due to forest conversion for oil-palm and industrial timber plantations (Figure 22). The total natural forest remaining in TCU 150 as of 2001 was 1,060,000 ha and by 2007 is predicted, based on GIS analysis of current land-status and ongoing concession applications, to represent a maximum of 625,000 ha (see Table 9). A maximum of 305,000 ha of remaining forest in TCU 150’s will exist within the northern Siak-Pelalawan block by this time, based on current best knowledge regarding future conversion plans in the region. The remaining forests in the Siak-Pelalawan block is estimated to be primarily comprised of all of the area managed under the HPH logging concession belonging to PT. The Best One Uni Timber, and most of the forests contained within the HPH concessions owned by PT. Yos and PT. Triomas FDI. A predicted forest area of 305,000 ha in the Siak- Pelalawan block by 2007 should be considered an optimistic analysis of future forest conversion trends since it does not account for what are likely to be numerous concession applications at both the provincial and central government level for smaller scale HTI and other land-uses. There are four protected areas listed in the Siak-Pelalawan forest block. The largest of these - Danau Pulau Besar (29,000 ha) - has already been gazetted as a protected area, while the three smaller areas (total 11,000 Ha) are still only proposed status (Figure 21). The Riau BKSDA office has informally expressed an interest in creating a further protected area around Tasik Pinang, a small lake 2 km to the west of the Serapung. Outside and to the south of the Siak-Pelalawan block, but within TCU 150, the Kerumutan Wildlife Reserve (100,000 ha) represents the only other protected area in this region. Table 9. Area of natural forest cover from 1990 to expected future forest cover. The Siak-Pelalawan and Kerumutan blocks constitute TCU 150. The forest cover in 1990 but the total area for TCU 150 per the TCU framework is used. Forest Block Forest Cover in 1990 (Ha) Forest Cover in 2001 (Ha) Predicted Forest Cover in 2007 (Ha) Siak-Pelalawan 560,000 305,000 40,000 Forest Area Currently Protected (Ha) Kerumutan 500,000 320,000 100,000 TCU 150 1,181,600 1,060,000 625,000 140,000 Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program Pg 42/68
FINAL REPORT Tiger <strong>HCVF</strong> <strong>Supplemental</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> – Serapung FMU Figure 21. The Siak-Pelalawan-Kerumutan (TCU 150) landscape showing (a) HPH concessions in 1997 (Source: MoF) and (b) current HTI and HPH concessions (Source: Peta IUPHHK-HT, dan IUPHHK-HA Propinsi Riau). All HPH concessions shown here are now inactive even though licences may not have expired. Ex-HPH areas that currently have indeterminate status are not shown. Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program Pg 43/68
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