The Application of the Silviculture Tebang Pilih Tanam Indonesia-Intensive (TPTI-Intensive) to Support REDD (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation)

very year in greenhouse gas emissions tend to increase. Sources of global emissions come from energy emissions (65%) and non-energy (35%). In order to reduce the greenhouse effect, Indonesia has made some Demonstration Activities (DA) in Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). One management technique to support REDD is the implementation of Indonesian Selective Cutting and Planting system Intensive (Tebang Pilih Tanam Indonesia-Intensive – TPTII). The basic principle of this system is an intensive planting through planting in the logged over areas. This was stated by Gusti Hardiansyah, the student of the Doctorate Degree Program (S3), on the Management of Natural Resources and Environment, of School of Graduate Studies of Bogor Agricultural University, in the open examination on his desertation on “Potensi Pemanfaatan Sistem TPTII untuk Mendukung Upaya Penurunan Emisi dari Deforestasi dan Degradasi Hutan (Studi Kasus Areal IUPHHK PT.Sari Bumi Kusuma di Kalimantan Tengah”, (the Potential Utilization of TPTII System to Support Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Case Study Area IUPHHK PT.Sari Bumi Kusuma in Central Kalimantan) ‘, on Friday, 16 September 2011. 

"The application of the TPTII system was implemented  after the company learned the local culture. The utilization of TPTII activity is expected to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, it also expected to give the economic benefits for the community and provide ecological protection of the forest area, "said Gusti.  PT. Sari Bumi Kusuma was selected as the location of the study as this company is one of the pioneers in developing TPTII since 1999. Planting activities in logged over areas will have positive impact in preventing deforestation and reduce the rate of forest degradation in the long run. "To know the extent to which TPTII system’s effectiveness in preventing deforestation and forest degradation so as to reduce the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, necessary to study comprehensively, especially regarding the potential utilization TPTII systems in support of REDD. That is the basis of my research, "said Gusti. His study was under the supervision of Prof. Rizaldi Boer, Prof. Cecep Kusmana, and Prof. Dudung Darusman.

The Gusti’s study revealed that  the Silviculture Tebang Pilih Tanam Indonesia-Intensive (TPTI-Intensive) or known as Silviculture Intensive (Silin), as well as  the community development program by implemented by the IUPHHK PT.Sari Bumi Kusuma have successfully suppressed the rate of shifting cultivation in forest areas. "However, long-term analysis with a 50 years projection shows that in future there will be  potentially rapid shifting rate that penetrade the TPTII areas. Therefore, to suppress the rate of shifting cultivation it is necessary to develop alternative development of TPTII and community development are integrated and simultaneous, "said Gusti. (Wied).