Forest Management Plan - Sabah Forestry Department

and Management Inventory (SMI), these guidelines describe and discuss the fieldmethodology, interpretation, and application of this approach to forest inventory,especially with regard to timber stand improvement and yield regulation of loggedforests.Procedure #14: Compartment Restoration PlanningThe purpose of this procedure is to define the process for planning restoration within acompartment under a mosaic system based on sampling of severely degraded and residualforest areas. Forest areas within the compartment need to be stratified based on qualityfollowed by ground sampling of 1% to verify average number of PCTs /ha to identify areasas severely degraded. Areas with less than 50 PCTs/ha can be marked for clearing within amaximum of 30 ha patch. Buffer zones of residual forests of at least 50 m for permanentstreams and areas over 25 degrees slope need to be marked for protection. Severelydegraded areas identified for clearing should be less than 60% of the total area of thecompartment. A compartment restoration map must be developed that shows all areas forclearing and planting, streams & areas for protection, roads and access to planting blocksand residual forest areas. A Compartment Restoration Plan (CRP) must be developed thatdefines total area to be planted, protected and restored. The CRP needs to include thespecies to be used in planting, restoration system, planting of habitat & high valuedipterocarps, climber cutting or enrichment of residual forest stands.APPENDIX DLIST OF COMPARTMENTS AND ASSOCIATED FOREST FUNCTIONS IN FMU 17A