Shift in raw materials for the wood processing industry in Java Island, Indonesia: A perspective from the post natural forest era

• Iwanaga Seiji

  Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• Masuda Misa

  Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Abstract

Since the 1990s, Indonesian natural resources have become increasingly scarce. The wood processing industry was not only reductive and in need of reorganization but also needed to change its procurement methods for raw materials. In response to this situation, the Indonesian government has encouraged planting trees on private land and these planted areas have increased steadily in recent years in Java. In order to ascertain the extent of natural forest resources depletion, we analyzed data from phone interviews to the wood processing industry in Java about changes in raw material utilization. There were 159 mills that had more than 100 employees and we received responses from 95 (59.7%) of these mills. The interview results indicate that the number of mills utilizing state forest wood decreased whilst the number of mills utilizing private forest wood increased. Use of private plantations predominated and more than a quarter of the mills utilized sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria). From the interview to Company B and management data, it is clear that the company changed their source of wood from state forest to private forest because of a decrease in the state forest wood supply. In recent years the company has started contract plantations with local people. Increased demand for private forest timber and rising wood prices means that timber sourcing and supply through contract plantations is a necessary new direction in Javanese forestry.

Journal

• Tropics

  Tropics 22 (3), 119-129, 2013

  JAPAN SOCIETY OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Keywords

• Plywood
• sawnwood
• wood-based panels
• Perum Perhutani
• contract-based tree planting

Details

• CRID: 1390282679400974976
• NII Article ID: 130004541968
• DOI: 10.3759/tropics.22.119
• ISSN: 18825729
• ISSN: 0917415X
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tropics/22/3/22_119/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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