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Project/activity ID PD426/06 Rev.1 (F)
Title THE PREVENTION OF FURTHER LOSS AND THE PROMOTION OF REHABILIATION AND PLANTATION OF GONYSTYLUS SPP. (RAMIN) IN SUMATEA AND KALIMANTAN
Status

COMPLETED

Executing agency
Regional Forestry Research Centre (Sumatra and Kalimantan)
FORDA - FORESTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, MINISTRY OF FORESTRY
Budget
ITTO: $507.903,00
AUSTRALIA $5.000,00
JAPAN $425.963,00
KOREA $30.000,00
USA $46.940,00
National counterpart: $174.639,00
Project total budget: $682.542,00
Summary
This project proposal is a follow up to completed Pre-project PPD 87/03 Rev.2 (F) “Identification of Gonystylus Spp. (Ramin) Potency, Distribution, Conservation and Plantation Barrier”. The pre-project reported that the key problems facing the ramin forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan are unsustainable methods of harvesting, rampant illegal logging, slow progress in rehabilitation and plantation, insufficient natural regeneration, poor implementation of the requirements of Appendix III of CITES, poor land use planning and frequent forest fires.

The project is aimed at contributing to the prevention of further loss and sustainable management of ramin forests in Indonesia. Its specific objectives are: i) to improve silvicultural techniques for ramin conservation and plantation development; and ii) to enhance institutional capacity to implement CITES rules and procedures.

The main outputs expected are:

- High quality planting materials propagated;
- Appropriate plantation techniques developed;
- Institutional and human resources capacity to implement the CITES regulations on ramin strengthened; and
- Rules and regulations on ramin conservation and plantation development including harvest protocols improved.
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