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Since the beginning of the New Order Government, forest products, especially timber, has become the most important export product of Indonesia after oil. Some 60 million ha of Indonesian production forest (out of a total of 144 million ha), has been contracted out to 579 concessionaires, most of them in East and Central Kalimantan (255 concessionaires or Hak Pengusahaan Hutan (HPH), 24 million ha), Maluku and Irian Jaya (64 HPH, 10 million ha), and Riau-Jambi (96 HPH, 9 Million ha). The revenue from forest exploitation has been so large that these regions have experienced a timber bonanza, giving a degree of prosperity to the majority of their population. In East Kalimantan, the economic impact has been so dramatic that people from other regions have flooded the province to take part in enjoying the bonanza.
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Mubyarto (1996). The Socio-Economic Benefits of Indonesian Forest. In: Edwards, D.S., Booth, W.E., Choy, S.C. (eds) Tropical Rainforest Research — Current Issues. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1685-2_44
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