A Case Study of Second Felling in a Logged-Over Dipterocarp Forest

Abstract

Dipterocarp forest covers most of the lowlands and hills of East Kalimantan, and 90% of the dipterocarp forest has been granted to forest concessions. Most of the lowland forests have been selectively logged once by the concessions according to Indonesian government regulations. Extensive logging operations have continued since the early 1970s, and as a result a large logged-over forest remains in the lowlands of East Kalimantan. The large wildfires in 1982–83 accelerated the degradation of the forests in East Kalimantan (e.g., Goldammer and Seibert 1990). The fire damage was especially severe in the lowland forests of the Kutai region, in East Kalimantan, which was one of the main log production areas in the 1970s.