77% of allocated areas for industrial forests unused<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-three licensed industrial forest
\ncompanies have only planted on 23 percent of the acreage allotted
\nto them, according to data from the Association of Indonesian
\nForest Concessionaires.<\/p>\n
The data, collected by Antara, shows that as of July, the 23
\nfirms planted 867,773 hectares of industrial forests, out of an
\nallocated 3.72 million hectares.<\/p>\n
Of the 23 firms, five companies control 66 percent of planted
\nindustrial forests.<\/p>\n
The largest industrial forest firm in operation is Musi Hutan
\nPersada, a subsidiary of Prayogo Pangestu's Barito Pacific
\nTimber.<\/p>\n
Musi Hutan Persada's forests in South Sumatra cover 193,715
\nhectares, or 22.45 percent of all planted industrial forests.<\/p>\n
Next in size is Arara Abadi Indah Kiat, a subsidiary of Indah
\nKiat Pulp and Paper. Arara's planted forests cover 133,159
\nhectares of land in Riau province, or 15.42 percent of the total.<\/p>\n
Then comes Surya Hutani Jaya in East Kalimantan, with 91,902
\nhectares, followed by Menara Hutan Buana in South Sulawesi with
\n79,452 hectares and ITCI Hutani Manunggal in East Kalimantan with
\n71,931 hectares.<\/p>\n
Menara Hutan Buana is an affiliate of the Mercu Buana Group,
\nwhich is controlled by President Soeharto's half-brother
\nProbosutedjo. ITCI Hutani is owned by forestry baron Mohamad
\n(Bob) Hasan, a close associate of Soeharto.<\/p>\n
All five companies are among 13 firms -- out of 23 companies
\n-- categorized as priority companies with specific support from
\nthe government.<\/p>\n
Initially, the government only licensed 13 companies to plant
\nindustrial forests in the allocated areas totaling 2.6 million
\nhectares.<\/p>\n
But later, the government licensed 10 more companies to plant
\nindustrial forests, allocating an area of 1.1 million hectares.<\/p>\n
The 13 priority companies include Tusam Hutani Lestari and
\nAceh Nusa Indrapuri in Aceh, Inti Indo Rayon Utama in North
\nSumatra, Arara Abadi Indah Kiat and Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper
\nin Riau and Wirakarya Sakti in Jambi.<\/p>\n
The other priority firms are Musi Hutan Persada in South
\nSumatra, Menara Hutan Buana in South Kalimantan, ITCI Hutani
\nManunggal, Surya Hutani Jaya, Tanjung Redeb Hutani and Adindo
\nHutani Lestari in East Kalimantan, and Finantara Intiga in West
\nKalimantan.<\/p>\n
The other 10 companies are Pakerin in South Sumatra, Fajar
\nSurya Swadaya in East Kalimantan, Aspex Paper and Kertas Leces in
\nCentral Kalimantan, Sinar Kalbar Raya, Kertas Basuki Rahmat,
\nNityasa Idola and West Kalindo in West Kalimantan, Guhara Lestari
\nCell in Southeast Sulawesi and Maharani Rayon Jaya in Irian Jaya.<\/p>\n
All industrial forests are to supply raw material for pulp and
\npaper-producing companies. The plant species grown in the
\nindustrial forests are mostly fast-growing plants, like acacia
\nmangium, albazia, pinus, gmelina arborea, sungkai, eucalyptus
\nspp, perenema canescan and shorea spp. (rid)<\/p>",
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