Author : Agus Setyarso

Summary : This study argues that problems in forestry planning are rooted on a system that operates on the planning situation and therefore should be approached using system paradigm. An extensive exploration of the existing planning system was conducted using survey responses of 76 forest concessionaires and various policy packages as bases of investigation. The system characteristics were identified and an alternative design for forest development planning system was constructed. It was concluded that the forest development planning system in Indonesia should be designed using a mixture of process and blueprint modes, a mode of disjoint-incremental moving toward rational-comprehensive modes, and a dominance of normative mode of planning. Validation of the proposed system was performed by experimentation. To accomplish this, an interactive computer algorithm, possessing proposed design properties was constructed and the area of PT Inhutani II, South Kalimantan, was chosen as the experimental unit. It was shown that the algorithm gains superiority to the in-effect development plan in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility, without losing the attainability of the planning objectives.