Abstract:
This study identifies the potency of forest structure and composition around Tami and Bewan watershed areas and economic income that potentially earned from the usage of timber extraction of the Arso plain in Keerom administrative district. The study method lies on a line plot sampling design to approach field data collection and semi-structural question lists for gaining information regarding benefit earned from the forest. From vegetation analysis standpoint, the result indicated that the highest volume at the tree stage of Tami watershed area was Pimeleodendron amboinicum (13.499 m3 /plot). While, at the pole stage, the highest volume was Pometia pinnata (1.074 m3/plot). Whereas, the highest volume at the tree stage of Bewan watershed area was Ficus benjamina (123.966 m3/plot). On the flip side, at the pole stage, the highest volume was Miristica culcata (2.089 m3/plot). In daily life, local communities are still depending their live on the forest, in particular, for timber to purchase daily basic needs. The locals have been frequently accessing timber, but it depends on their necessities. Conservation effort is carried out but in the traditional way by replanting in the cleared land.
