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Home > Production > SFM Programmes > Plantation Proggress
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As home to one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, creating synergy between using the forest for needed economic development and the necessity to preserve this rare global good is one of the biggest challenges facing Indonesia today. Forestry plays a significant role in reducing poverty as well as maintaining an important environmental balance for the nation. As the biggest player in the Indonesian pulpwood plantation, SMF plays a significant role in answering this challenge. According to the Long Term Plan for Forestry Development 2006 - 2025, the Indonesian Government allocated 47% of Indonesian forest area for permanent conservation - which is approximately the size of Sweden - and the remaining 53% is allocated for use as production forest, or forestry specifically for the purpose of developing the country and alleviating poverty. Out of the 110 million hectares of total forested area in Indonesia, only 3% can be legally used for sustainable pulpwood plantation development to support the pulp- and paper-making industry. Within this 3%, SMF and its partners' projected plantable area is around 1.4 million hectares, in which over 70% consists of denuded wasteland. SMF and its partners' planted more than 200 million trees per year, and by planting more trees than it harvests, it is progressively contributing to an increase in the forested area of Indonesia. |