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Table 7
Number of HPH assessed by SmartWood/ other FSC certifier
Year Application Scoping Full Certified
phase assessment (area ha)
1999 2 1
2000 4 4
2001 2 2 3 90,957
2002 1 1 1
2003 4 3 2
In Table 8, we see that of the six that underwent a full assessment, two dropped out
and by early 2004 only PT Intracawood Manufacturing had met its preconditions and
become certified. But certification of PT Intacawood was cancelled shortly thereafter
due to a legal dispute with the Ministry of Forestry. None of the preconditions in the
remaining three operations had been met. A more detailed account of the status of
forest certification is provided below, broken down by region.
Table 8
Results of the six HPH operations that underwent full assessments
Name Number of HPH/management units Status by January 2004
HPH/management Pre- Condi- Recomm- Pre- Condi- Recommunits
condition tion dation condition tion endation
PT. Sumalindo Lestari
Jaya 8 35 26 8 35 26
PT. Erna Djuliawati 5 28 14 5 28 14
PT. Sari Bumi Kusuma 8 17 22 8 17 22
PT. Intracawood
Manufacturing 7 32 18 0 32 18
PT. Inhutani I –
Labanan 6 23 19 ** ** **
PT. Austral Byna 10 27 25 ** ** **
** No longer in certification process
Certification in Java
Perum Perhutani (a state-owned company in Java) was one of the first certified operations
in the world. It was certified by SmartWood in November 1990 and the certificate,
which covered approximately 2 million ha of mainly teak plantations, was valid
until 1995 (the first certification cycle). There was no reassessment until 1998 when
FSC decided that the scale for the assessment should be the district level/KPH (not
the entire plantation area as it was in 1990). Reassessment was conducted in 1998 for
five KPHs, of which three were certified (KPH Cepu, Kebonharjo and Mantingan) in
1999. A new forest district assessment was conducted in March/April 1999 for eight
KPHs, of which three were certified (KPH Madiun, Kendal and Lawu/pine) in April
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