Indonesian Journal of Geography
Vol 48, No 1 (2016): Indonesian Journal of Geography

Indonesia’s Forest Resource Monitoring

Belinda Arunarwati Margono (Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti Bld, Jakarta 10270 Indonesia)
Ahmad Basyirudin Usman (Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti Bld, Jakarta 10270 Indonesia)
Budiharto . (Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti Bld, Jakarta 10270 Indonesia)
Ruandha Agung Sugardiman (Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti Bld, Jakarta 10270 Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Aug 2016

Abstract

Forest cover in term of distribution, extent and types, is major information required to manage the forest resources. Notably for Indonesia, which covers by approximately 98 Mha (>50%) forests, consist of 93 Mha (49.6%) natural forest and 5 Mha (2.6%) plantations forest. The forests are invaluable, including significantly preserve carbon, maintain unique biodiversity, support water and mineral cycle, as well as support local and global community. Here we report efforts have been made for years in the Ministry of Forestry for providing land cover information. Those efforts are including early development, data sources selection, method employed, techniques, and classification scheme, as well as problem encountered and approach for improvements.

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Journal Info

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ijg

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Description

Indonesian Journal of Geography ISSN 2354-9114 (online), ISSN 0024-9521 (print) is an international journal of Geography published by the Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada in collaboration with The Indonesian Geographers Association. Our scope of publications includes physical geography, ...