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The Rationalization of the Arrangement and Utilization of Indonesia's Forest Area is a corrective measure to address the issues of forest area arrangement, which still relies on the 1:500,000 scale Consensus Forest Land Use Map (TGHK) from the 1980s, whose data quality is now considered irrelevant and inaccurate. This rationalization is crucial to bridge the high demand for land for national development and conflicts in forest areas with the vital importance of forest ecosystem services (carbon stock, biodiversity, and water flow regulator), while also providing legal certainty for both the community and investors

The rationalization method employs a science-based, integrated, transparent, and participatory approach, identifying the feasibility of forest areas based on three categories: High Carbon Stock (HCS), High Conservation Value (HCV), and Carrying Capacity and Assimilative Capacity for Water (DDDT). The analysis results recommend 72.3 million hectares of forest area to be protected, 23.62 million hectares for utilization, 8 million hectares for rehabilitation/restoration, and 16.6 million hectares for conversion/lease. Furthermore, 4.5 million hectares of Other Use Area (APL) with high HCS, HCV, and DDDT values are recommended to be designated as permanent forest areas.