Forest planning

Planning is important to make sure the works will be on. It will help the organization do the right thing in the right place. Otherwise, as a student, planning is the best ways to arrange the activities that they will do in one day, one week, or the others. Actually, all of thing that we should do must have the planning. In an organization, planning will show the target of the company. If the company does a multinational business, the planning of the company should be more on how to get the profit to make sure their company will be known in international level.

Forestry has been affected by globalization and decentralization. Most countries have been planning to make sure their forest still alive. Forest planning is a process where community members come together to discuss how they want their forests and communities to look, feel, and function in the future and an opportunity to help decide what will happen on the land around you. Forest planning is gain by the government and will be adapted to the community as the responsible task.

Forest plan can make sure the communities especially lives in the forest will not do anything which can destroy the forest plant. They can rezoning a wooded property, whether or not to build or expand major infrastructure that will disturb the tree. In Sabah, for an example, people who live near or in the forest area will be open up for grown their crops. If these activities does not have any plan it can change the forest natural habitat totally. Nowadays, there many planning to make sure that the community will get the advantageous from the forest.

There are several examples in forest planning that the objectives to make sure that all of humans, plants, animals get the benefit from this action. In Sabah, The Mangkuwagu Forest Reserve Project isutilising the principles identified by the joint management initiatives in the Kelawat Forest Reserve Project in particular and expanding them to develop a new model covering a larger area and a greater number of local community participants. These programs are planning by UNDP (United Nation Development Program) and Sabah Forestry Department. This programmed is surely has their planning to make sure it become successful.

Other than that, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) was established to seek out agricultural and forestry problems in developing countries and then support collaborative research programs linking research institution in Australia and overseas to help resolve program(McWilliam, 1989).

Diagram 1 show the cycle of planning.


The diagram is show in how to make the forest planning. First thing that we must do is decide the plan, than plan for planning, than inventory, and analyze trends. Fourthly is create goals and objectives. Fifthly are select implementation tools. Than obtain public approval, implement plan, and finally monitor the performance. This entire thing is the way to make sure that a program can work properly.

Reference
Boland, D. J. (1989). Trees For The Tropics. Canberra: Watson Ferguson & Company.
Ng, G. (2008). Malaysia Sustainable Community Forest Management in Sabah. Kuala Lumpur: Thumb-Print Studio Sdn Bhd.
Webster, B. (2005, May 13). Forest Planning for Winconsin's Future. Retrieved September 15, 2008, from Wisconsin Environmental Education Board: http://www.uwsp.edu