The role of urban household wood product consumption on forest management and its impact: a system modelling simulation approach in Bogor City

Abstract

The term consumption of wood products has not yet become a significant consideration in regulating timber forest products in Indonesia. The result is that tree harvesting is not based on the size of its utilization. This situation will impact the piling up of harvested wood and reduce the price of wood and forested land’s economic value. Otherwise, timber needs are not fulfilled to carry out illegal logging to meet their needs. Errors in using basic data will improve environmental damage like carbon storage. This problem must be seen as a system. For this reason, this study aims to recommend strategies for meeting the needs of trees and timber to maintain forest productivity. The method used is system dynamics analysis. The results showed that emissions from wood products’ utility in households are 14 t in natural forests and only 2 t from plantation forests. The scenario of promoting the use of wood is carried out, the community will use solid wood and composite wood products more widely, and the use of wood in roof construction tends to be constant.