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2. Study site and Methods

The studied T village is located about 30 km north of Balikpapan with its total area of 3,000 ha Figure 14.1. The lowland natural forest in this area has already been seriously degraded by logging activities, slash-and-burn and forest fire. At 2003, the vegetation was mostly dominated by alang-alang Imperata cylindrica grass lands Figure 14.2. Figure 14.1. Location of the study site, T village. Map source: Spatial arrangement planning of East Kalimantan provincial government. Source: Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Provinsi, RTRWP Figure 14.2. Vegetation of the study site, T village was mostly dominated by alang-alang Imperata cylindrica grass lands. There were 250 households with 11 neighborhood associations Rukun Tetangga, RT that function as administrative unit below village level. The population in this village is composed of mostly those who 179 resettled from the Bukit Soeharto Protection Forest in 1990 by the instruction of the provincial government Figure 14.1. When the participants resettled to this village under the instruction of the provincial government, they were granted land-ownership certificate sertifikat kepemilikan tanah. Field survey was carried out from July to August 2003. Key informant interviews and direct interviews were conducted to total household samples of 77 31 of the total households in T village, including 29 households who participated in planting activities and 48 households who did not. This social survey was conducted about land tenure issues, motivation to participate in rehabilitation, and annual income. In addition to the social survey, height and diameter of the planted trees in 8 sample plots were measured. This 8 sample plots were selected as a representative of the each planting species and the each planting and tending methods. GPS ground survey of the Location of the Plantations, roads, houses and etc. was also conducted. 3. Results and discussion 3.1. Brief of planting activities