Prof. inauguration. Revelation Andayani: Forest Management Important for Forest Rehabilitation and Improvement of People's Welfa

Indonesia has a forest area of 120.35 million ha. Approximately 48 million people of Indonesia rely on the existence of life these forests. Regrettably, however, approximately 59 million ha of forest resources has been degraded. There are various factors which cause, among other things, because that is not true management, forest conversion for various development purposes outside the forestry sector, illegal logging, encroachment, and deforestation.

Prof. inauguration. Revelation Andayani

Plantation development of the people (HTR) in production forests is one of the government's efforts to restore the quality of forest resources. The program is believed to improve the welfare of the community and regional economy, as well as be able to rehabilitate the forest quickly so the quality of forest resources can be restored. In the development of HTR, the applied patterns are expected to give priority to the welfare of society, especially those living around the forest.

"Error determining HTR policy strategies can affect the failure of the government in an effort to improve the economy of the community because the place is actually exploitative policies," said Prof. Dr. Ir. Hj. Revelation Andayani, MS, Tuesday (12 / 5) at the Senate Hall at GMU confirmed as Professor of Forest Management at the Faculty of Forestry Gadjah Mada University.

In a speech titled "Economic Concept of Forestry and implementation of Forest Plantation Development", Revelation says error HTR policy implementation strategy will result in economic processes take place is not natural. Conditions that do not make it mutually beneficial economic justice and efficiency HTR program can not run the same direction.

It was said by a woman born in Yogyakarta, January 31, 1952, there are various patterns that can be used in the HTR program, among others, the pattern of independent, partnerships, and developers. Related to this, Revelation delivered some advice to the government. "We recommend policy applied patterns in the HTR program is an independent or individual patterns. In independent patterns, each individual community will feel as the owner of state forest land to be managed. In addition, the community expected to have responsibility for the success of his farming business. While the partnership and the developer should not be applied predominantly to the target area which has become HTR government programs, "he said.

Added the mother of two sons and a grandson of this, the production process in the development of plantation forests, including HTR, will have no meaning if the management does not include aspects of management. Management aspects mentioned is a strategy of forest resource management so that appropriate business efficiency goals can be realized. If the level of business efficiency is achieved, the result will be optimized with the realization of business feasibility. This is where the government is required to play good extension in explaining the economic phenomena to the community HTR program participants.

Some aspects that need to be socialized, among others, about the economic value of forest resources, rules, and the time to provision of funds and loan repayments farming. "It is to anticipate the possibility of distortion of use of funds allocated. Moreover, the available sources of funds for forest rehabilitation is now very limited, both in quantity and about sustainability, "said the wife Ir. H. Kusnarijanto, M.Sc