PEKANBARU - The Technical Implementation Unit of the Forest Management Unit (UPT KPH) Indragiri, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia, confiscated around 300 cubic meters of illegal processed wood in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province.
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The Technical Reviewer of the Policy Technical Team of the Indragiri KPH Unit, Syamsul Rizal, said that the findings were revealed by a joint team consisting of the Indragiri Hulu and Indragiri Hilir Police, the Indragiri KPH Unit, and PT MSK security officers.
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The team moved using water transport along the river flow in the Kuala Cenaku District.
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"From the findings, it is clear that the environment must be damaged and the ecosystem disturbed. Currently, we are still calculating the estimated number of trees that have fallen and the area of open land due to illegal logging activities," said Syamsul Rizal in a statement received in Pekanbaru, Antara, Monday, December 15.
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During the operation, the team found two locations of piles of processed wood in the form of board and bread sortiments. Based on the results of matching (overlay) with forest area maps and forestry licensing maps, the two wood pile points are in the Production Forest (HP) area and the PT MSK concession area.
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In addition, the team also found three wooden assembly points in the HP area and the PT SPA concession area. Not far from the location, officers again found a main pile of illegal processed wood which was also in the HP area and the PT SPA concession area.
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The results of the inspection and measurement showed that the illegal processed wood was a type of meranti which was included in the Meranti Type Group or Commercial One. The total cubic capacity of the wood is estimated to be around 300 cubic meters.
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The Ministry of Environment through the UPT KPH Indragiri explained that the estimated forest damage due to illegal logging activities reached around 120 trees with an open land area of around 1.15 hectares. The calculation is based on the results of a survey by the Faculty of Forestry, Lancang Kuning University (Unilak) in 2018 which recorded the average density of production forests reached 104 trees per hectare with an average volume of 238 cubic meters per hectare.
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"With the diameter of the trees that were cut down an average of 30 to 60 centimeters and an estimated cubic capacity of 2.5 cubic meters per tree, then 300 cubic meters of wood is equivalent to about 120 trees. From the density of the trees, the estimated open land reaches approximately 1.15 hectares," said Syamsul Rizal.
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