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Valkenburg, Johan L.C.H. van; Balgooy, M.M.J. van; Lemaire, A.J.J.; Veldkamp, J.F.; Adema, Frits. |
Sustainable forest management is more than limiting harvesting volume of timber in tall forest areas. Reclamation and restoration of depleted forest areas is gaining importance as areas of remaining tall forest are diminishing. Irrespective of the causal factors be it unsustainable logging, mining or forest fires, secondary forest resulting from these activities deserve special attention. In East Kalimantan a wide variety of trees has been used for reforestation of areas affected by the devastating fires of 1982- 1983. These attempts involved exotic as well as indigenous species, and results varied considerably. The 1998 fires that raged through the area sadly destroyed most of the successful trials. Gradually emphasis of reforestation has shifted towards... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/524576 |
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