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1.08 MILLION HA OF FORESTS DAMAGED EACH YEAR
Yogyakarta, Aug 5 (ANTARA) - Damage of forests in Indonesia occurred each year reaching 1.08 million hectares and the leading causes are illegal logging and forest fires.
"Damaged forests in Indonesia have become so alarming, and at present had reached some 137 million hectares," Head of the Forest Research and Development at the Ministry of Forestry Tachrir Fathoni said here Wednesday.
He sasid the damaged forests in the special district of Yogyakarta had been the smallest apparently because of the high awareness of the local population that damaged forests will only cause misery to the people.
"In addition, the Yogyakarta forestry and plantation service had also teamed up with the population in forest conservation and profit sharing of the sale of forest produce," he said.
In the meantime, Head of the Yogyakarta forestry and plantation service Ahmad Dawam said the trees raised in the forests in Yogyakarta area are teak with a felling period of 25 years.
"We are planning to raise or replace ordinary teak trees with super teak trees which have a felling period of only 10 years, and are therefore more favorable in terms of economic value and regeneration," he said.
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"Damaged forests in Indonesia have become so alarming, and at present had reached some 137 million hectares," Head of the Forest Research and Development at the Ministry of Forestry Tachrir Fathoni said here Wednesday.
He sasid the damaged forests in the special district of Yogyakarta had been the smallest apparently because of the high awareness of the local population that damaged forests will only cause misery to the people.
"In addition, the Yogyakarta forestry and plantation service had also teamed up with the population in forest conservation and profit sharing of the sale of forest produce," he said.
In the meantime, Head of the Yogyakarta forestry and plantation service Ahmad Dawam said the trees raised in the forests in Yogyakarta area are teak with a felling period of 25 years.
"We are planning to raise or replace ordinary teak trees with super teak trees which have a felling period of only 10 years, and are therefore more favorable in terms of economic value and regeneration," he said.
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