2016 Volume 62 Issue 1 Pages 75-83
In Java Island, Indonesia, where shows active utilization of private forest (PF) timber by timber processing industry, the relation between behaviors by the government, timber processing company, sawmill and farmer and the transition of forest area was analyzed. The most effective policy was request for acquisition of certification for a place of timber's origin. In Tasikmalaya District, the check of certification grasped the real situation of timber utilization. Meanwhile, the demand expansion of PF timber increased amount of timber production by farmers and decreased forest area. Tree planting by farmers increased forest area in 2007. However, because of continuous of purchasing price increase, timber cutting was continued at a faster rate than plantation and it decreased forest area in 2010. Furthermore, sawmills were established in associate with demand expansion and the total capacity of sawmilling was exceed timber supply in amount. As a result, sawmills fell into timber shortage. From these results, the flow "decrease of natural forest area → shortage of timber supply → utilization of PF timber → increase of PF area" and the existence of next scenario "increase of PF timber utilization → decrease of PF area" was clarified.
