This study was aimed at investigating the effect of dosage and frequency of NPK fertilizer application on the growth of Shorea ovalis Korth. (Blume.

Teak (Tectona grandis Linn.) is one of potential forest plants that is developed especially for sawn wood. In growing period, it was often attacked by several pests that caused seriously damages. This research was conducted to identify kind of main pest organisms and determine the damage intensity. The inventory and identification of pests were done at a private teak plantation Rumpin, Bogor West Java and Forest Protection Laboratory, Bogor Agricultural University. The results showed that the main pests on teak plantations at the research location were Leucopholis rorida F. and Zeuzera coffeae Nietn. The highest damage caused by L. rorida was recorded on plot I (teak was 2.5 years old) with attack and damage intensity of 77.63% and 48.89% respectively. Beside this, the highest damage caused by Z. coffeae occured on plot IV (teak was 11 months old) with attack and damage intensity were 5.2% and 3.71% respectively Tectona grandis Leucopholis rorida Zeuzera coffeae Z. coffeae .

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The government has granted Social Forestry (SF) management licenses since 2014, in the Village Forest and Community Forestry scheme, for communities around the forest in the highlands of South Sumatra. However, until early 2019, most of the SF groups still did not have a concept or vision of what was to be designed. The work area of SF is generally a stretch of monoculture coffee plantations. Within the frame of a sustainable forest management system, they are confused about making plans and actions. We conducted action research at two Village Forest groups in Muara Enim, South Sumatra, to encourage the implementation of independent SF. We use Vayda’s progressive contextualization research approach. We found the desire of farmers to make Kebun-Ghepang in the SF work area, not just tree planting activities, as requested by the forester. Ghepang is a term of the Besemah ethnic people for fruit gardens that resemble forests, generally dominated by durian trees. Ghepang is a legacy of ancestors. Kebun-ghepang is an imagined forest by both the local community and foresters. The formation and conception of Kebun Ghepang would be an ecological and institutional reference in managing and building SF work areas, as analyzed in this paper.

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