In situ and Ex situ Conservation of Commercial Tropical Trees - ITTO

546industries, the establishment of good quality plantation forests is considered tobe the most appropriate option.Plantation Forests In East KalimantanData presented by the Regional Forestry Office (2001) have shown that by1999/2000, about 1.4 million hectares of state forestland in East Kalimantanwere allocated to 32 companies to develop plantation forests. However, to dateless than 500 thousand hectares have been planted, consisting of about 291thousand hectares for pulpwood production, 77 thousand hectares for timber,and 120 thousand hectares for both pulpwood and timber. And, the latestplantation was developed in relation to transmigration programs (see Table 1 inthe Appendix). Most of the companies have depended upon the reforestationfund (dana reboisasi) to establish the plantations in the area of 10 forestrydistricts, using 15 recommended tree species (see Table 2 in the Appendix).Plantation forests in East Kalimantan have been developed mostly usingfast growing species to supply raw material for the pulp and wood panelindustries, especially particle-board and medium density fiberboard (MDF).The following brief summary describes the recent condition of most plantedforests in East Kalimantan.ITCI Hutani Manunggal, a private forest company in partnership withInhutani I (a state owned company), has planted Acacia mangium, Eucalyptusdeglupta, E. urophylla, and Paraserianthes falcataria for pulpwood. By1997 the planted area reached about 87,000 hectares, but about 54,000 hectareswere burned in 1997 and 1998. Recent information indicated that about 50,000hectares of the burnt area have been replanted, and the average diameter ofthe plantation has now reached 13 cm with an average height of 14 meters.Surya Hutani Jaya, another private company also in partnership withInhutani I, started establishing plantations for pulpwood in 1989. The total areaallocated to the company is 183,300 hectares located in the District of Kutai (atthe central part of East Kalimantan). By April 2001 about 115,000 hectareswere planted, mainly with Eucalyptus urophylla, E.deglupta, Acaciamangium, and Paraserienthes falcataria. The plantation established in 1994has had an average diameter of 9 cm with an average height of 10 meters.Tanjung Redeb Hutani, Adindo Hutani Lestari and Kiani Hutani Lestariare private companies in partnership with PT Inhutani I, which have been grantedareas in Berau (northern East Kalimantan) for developing plantation forests.Those companies are using Acacia mangium as a primary species to producepulpwood. Other fast growing species, such as eucalyptus, gamelina, and sengonhave also been planted on small portions. The seeds used have been broughtmostly from Palembang (South Sumatra) and Bogor (West Java). Data collected