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BC0401-14
TitleEnrichment planting using native species (Dipterocarpaceae) with local farmers in rubber smallholdings in Sumatra, Indonesia
AuthorHesti L. Tata, Ratna Akiefnawati and Meine van Noordwijk
Year2014
Book TitleGenetic considerations in ecosystem restoration using native tree species. State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources – Thematic Study
PublisherFAO and Bioversity International
City of PublicationRome
Number of Pages of the book7
Pages178-184
Call NumberBC0401-14
Abstract:
The nature of forest in Indonesia is rapidly changing, even if cover is being maintained. Indonesia has become the global leader in carbon- dioxide emissions from land-use change as a result of the rapid loss of forest biomass and destruction of peatlands (Archard et al., 2002; de Fries et al., 2002). The overall loss of forest cover in Indonesia from 2003 to 2006 was 1.2 million ha/ year (MoFor, 2010). In the Bungo district of Jambi province alone, forest cover decreased by 9964 ha/year in the period of 1988–1993, but by only 1211 ha/year in the period of 2002–2005. Between 1988 and 2005, almost 40 percent of the Bungo area was converted to intensive agriculture, such as rubber and oil palm plantations. Rubber trees are planted in both monoculture and agroforestry systems. Between 1973 and 2005, the area under rubber agroforest in Bungo decreased from 15 to 11 percent, while the area under monoculture plantations increased from 3 percent to over 40 percent (Ekadinata and Vincent, 2011).
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