Eyes on the Forest Interactive Map
Forests of Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia

Below are the data sources for the interactive maps published here.

Information on individual concessions changes frequently and varies greatly depending on the sources, Government or companies. Eyes on the Forest tries to stay as up-to-date as possible and requests Government, companies, communities and other stakeholders to send requests for updates to the information in the maps and tables to EoF@Eyesontheforest.or.id.

Eyes on the Forest is also very interested to learn more about human-wildlife conflict. If you hear about incidences with tigers and elephants in Riau, please let us know at EoF@Eyesontheforest.or.id.  

1.      Forest Cover

·           Forest Cover 1982: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996) Tropical Moist Forests and Protected Areas: The Digital Files. Version 1. Cambridge: World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Centre for International Forestry Research, and Overseas Development Adminstration of the United Kingdom..

·           Forest Cover 1988, 1996: Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and World Bank, Digital data set (2000).

·           Forest Cover 2000, 2002: WWF (2003) Landsat ETM Images analysis.

·           Forest Cover 2004, 2005: WWF (2005) Landsat ETM Images analysis.

2.      Protected Areas

·           Riau Forestry Service (Dinas Kehutanan) (2002).

·           Ministry of Forestry (2004).

3.      Elephant Range

·          Elephant 1985 Data: Raleigh A. Blouch and Kuppin Simbolon (May 1985) Elephants in Northern Sumatra, IUCN/WWF Report No. 9 Project 3033 Field Report. IUCN/WWF Conservation for Development Programme, Bogor. 

·           Elephant 1996-1999 Data: Nukman, BKSDA (1999).

·           Elephant 2003 Data: Nurchalis Fadhli et al., (2004) Elephants in Tesso Nilo and The Conflict. WWF AREAS Riau Project, Pekanbaru, Riau, Sumatra Indonesia.

4.      Human Elephant Conflict Data

·           Nukman, BKSDA Survey 1996 – 1999.

·           WWF Survey 2003 – 2006.

5.      Information on Pulpwood Plantations (Industrial Timber Plantations)

·         Forest Conversion License Holding Company: Riau Forestry Service (2005) & Ministry of Forestry (2005).

·           License Number, License Issued by, Type of License: Riau Forestry Service (2005).

·           Size of Area (Ha): Riau Forestry Service (2005).

·           Associated Pulp Mill: Riau Forestry Service (2005), APRIL, public documents by APP.

·           MoF Review Status: Public information.

6.      Oil Palm Concessions (approx)

·           Oil palm 2002 concession data: Riau Plantation Service (2002).

·           Oil palm 2004 concession data: Riau Plantation Service (2004).

7.      Forest Fires

·           MODIS Web Fire Mapper (August 2004 - July 2007).

·          Forest Fire Prevention Management Project 2 (Ministry of Forestry & JICA) (January 2001-July 2004).

8.      Other data

·          Road: WWF Survey 2000 – 2005, Bakosurtanal (1986) Topography Map 1 : 250.000,
1 : 50.000.

·          River: Bakosurtanal (1986) Topography Map 1 : 250.000, 1: 50.000.

·          Administration: Riau BAPEDA (Riau Province Government) (2000).

·          Cities, mills: WWF (2002 – 2004).

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