FOREST MAP OF INDONESIA BY PROVINCE

Posted by Flora Sawita

INDONESIA

FOREST COVER

The most recent official data published by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry are based on a Forest Zone determined by a so-called “harmonization” process that involved the Department of Forestry and local governments, combining the results of a “forest land use by consensus” exercise completed in 1994 (TGHK desk studies that resulted in Forest Zone maps based on remote sensing images) and provincial spatial developments plans (RTRWP) of 1999. The result of this harmonization process is a legally designated Forest Zone (Kawasan Hutan) of 120 million ha , corresponding to 62% of the total land surface of Indonesia. The responsibility for the management of these forests falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Forestry. This Forest Zone does not correspond to actual forest cover. It represents a compromise between local governments and the Ministry of Forestry (MoF) regarding land areas where the MoF has jurisdiction over forest management or the creation of timber plantations. As will be discussed later, the MoF does not have jurisdiction over the allocation of land. Its authority ends with the management of the actual forests or areas where forests are to be planted. Land rights recognition or the leasing of state land is the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Lands.

Table 1: Indonesian Land Cover Data, 2002 - Department of Forestry Data

Land Cover	Forest Zone								Non-forest Zone (APL)		Total
	Permanent Forest Zone (‘000 ha)					HPK ‘000 ha	Total ‘000 ha	%	Total ‘000 ha	%	Total ‘000 ha	%
	HL	KSA-KPA	HP	HPT	Total
Forest	20,903	12,858	20,510	17,769	72,040	10,882	82,992	62	7,985	15	90,907	48
Non-Forest	4,798	2,835	10,964	4,702	23,298	9,629	32,927	25	41,466	76	74,393	40
No data	4,359	3,678	3,859	3,259	15,054	2,224	17,278	13	5,206	10	22,483	12
TOTAL	30,060	19,371	35,333	25,630	110,392	22,735	133,127	100	54,657	100	187,783	100
	- KSA-KPA = protected/conservation forest - HL = watershed forest - APL = area outside the Forest Zone					- HP = production forest - HPT = limited production forest - HPK = forest zone that can be converted