Forest rehabilitation operation in Deramakot forest reserve

Martin Ricky Alisky, . and Daim Balingi, . and Teo Y.H., . (2004) Forest rehabilitation operation in Deramakot forest reserve. [Proceedings Paper]

Approximately 55 of the 55 083 ha of the total area of Deramakot Forest Reserve is located in Stratum 1 that is considered as Very Poor Forest. This dictates the importance of forest rehabilitation in combination with other stand with treatments in order to restore it to a normal and productive forest reserve. The forest rehabilitation objectives of the Forest Management Plan FMP are to annually raise 75 000 timber seedlings. Practical and considerably cheap infrastructure and planting materials are manipulated as well as using the site-spicies matching principle. Line Gap and Heister plantings are three planting methods used. Maintenance activities are weeding poisoning of competing non-commercial trees and renoving of all climbers. Seedling growth height and survival data are collected annually in a 100 enumeration exercise. Presently about 1 100 ha have been planted with 35 different commercial timber species. Average growth rate for most species is about 0.5m per year. The average plant height measured in year 2000 from seedlings planted in years 1996 1997 1998 and 1999 were 2.2 1.5 1.0 and 0.5m respectively. DFR would need to continously undertake enrichment planting and stand tending in order to achieve the preffered growing stock of 226 m3/ha of commercial trees 10cm dbh in 40 years from the present 155 m3/ha.

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Approximately 55 of the 55 083 ha of the total area of Deramakot Forest Reserve is located in Stratum 1 that is considered as Very Poor Forest. This dictates the importance of forest rehabilitation in combination with other stand with treatments in order to restore it to a normal and productive forest reserve. The forest rehabilitation objectives of the Forest Management Plan FMP are to annually raise 75 000 timber seedlings. Practical and considerably cheap infrastructure and planting materials are manipulated as well as using the site-spicies matching principle. Line Gap and Heister plantings are three planting methods used. Maintenance activities are weeding poisoning of competing non-commercial trees and renoving of all climbers. Seedling growth height and survival data are collected annually in a 100 enumeration exercise. Presently about 1 100 ha have been planted with 35 different commercial timber species. Average growth rate for most species is about 0.5m per year. The average plant height measured in year 2000 from seedlings planted in years 1996 1997 1998 and 1999 were 2.2 1.5 1.0 and 0.5m respectively. DFR would need to continously undertake enrichment planting and stand tending in order to achieve the preffered growing stock of 226 m3/ha of commercial trees 10cm dbh in 40 years from the present 155 m3/ha.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	5 tables. 4 refs.
AGROVOC Term:	FORESTRY
AGROVOC Term:	FOREST REHABILITATION
AGROVOC Term:	FOREST RESOURCES
AGROVOC Term:	FORESTRY OPERATIONS
AGROVOC Term:	FOREST RESERVES
AGROVOC Term:	MALAYSIA
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16629

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